2017 – Page 83

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) reported on Tuesday, 19 September 2017, that they had once again begun to offer service services at the Central Office of Civil Registry that is located in the Centro de los Heroes in Santo Domingo. Work was halted on Monday in this building because of serious problems with the sanitation …

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With all the commotion being created by the Association of Dominican Professors (ADP), the national teachers union, and with some 1,000 teachers currently off of the payroll, it is interesting to note that the audit carried out by the Ministry of Education (Minerd) found some 130 professors of those removed from the payroll to be …

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Legislators from many of the Dominican political parties issued a call to the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) to set aside their plans for protests on Wednesday, 20 September 2017, because of the passing of Hurricane Maria. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ruben Maldonado, suggested that “the doctors have to come to the side …

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At the Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) the cancellation of some 22 flight operations that cover 44 arrivals and departures was announced on Tuesday, 19 September 2017, in the afternoon, because of the approach of Hurricane Maria expected to cross the island on Thursday. The flights affected are primarily from Puerto Rico, Florida, Colombia and …

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The heavy rains falling in the northwest due to a passing weather system, unrelated to Hurricane Maria, affecting the Cibao Valley west of Santiago, has caused interruptions of transit and localized flooding of businesses, residences and farms. It is suspected that over a dozen Haitian immigrants could have drowned as they tried to cross the …

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Due to flight cancellations and resort preparations for the uncertainty of Hurricane Maria, several medical conferences that had been scheduled for this month in Punta Cana and La Romana have been cancelled. El Nacional reports these have included the Dominican Society of Emergency Medicine (Sodoem) congress that would have been this weekend. A new date …

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As part of disaster mitigation efforts, the Emergency Operations Commission (COE) said that evacuations of people from vulnerable areas in Santiago and the northern region began on Tuesday, 19 September 2017. General Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the COE, said that alerts for nine provinces have been issued. When the announcement was made the provinces …

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President Danilo Medina met on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 with members of the Emergency Operations Commission (COE). Medina cut short his participation in the United Nations General Assembly to head the Hurricane Maria disaster mitigation efforts. It is expected that the country will begin to feel the effects starting on Wednesday, 20 September, especially along …

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The National Hurricane Center (NHC), located in Miami, Florida, in its reports on Tuesday, 19 September 2017, included the Dominican Republic in the hurricane watch zone and should prepare for possible hurricane conditions. Most of the country is within the hurricane uncertainty cone that predicts tropical storm conditions for Wednesday and Thursday. The National Hurricane …

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As of Wednesday, 20 September 2017, school is called off for the provinces of La Altagracia (Punta Cana and Higuey), El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Samaná, Espaillat (Moca), María Trinidad Sánchez (Salcedo), Puerto Plata and La Romana, under red alert for Hurricane Maria. The major storm is expected to pass by the island as of the …

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