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I would give away my son again, says father of abducted child
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (27)"I would give my son away again, Ansitho deserves a better life than us," Anchello Cantave, a farmer from Callebasse, East of Port au Prince, said as he spoke about his 5 year old son allegedly abducted along with 32 others, by the 10 Americans from the Baptist mission based in Idaho....
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US Treasury calls for full cancellation of Haiti debt
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (7)The U.S. Treasury Department just announced their intent to work with partners around the world to forgive Haiti’s debt in full. They also voiced their support that aid to Haiti come in the form of gr...
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Sosua tax collections- the plot thickens
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (31)Further developments have come to light in the story about irregularities in tax collection in Sosua.The company at the center of the row is Global Tax Management, owned by business man Ian Shembri Sa...
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CESA members in airport extortion scandal
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (20)The director of the Special Airport Security Corps (CESA), ordered the immediate expulsion of two CESA members together with two National Drug Control (DNCD) officers. It is claimed the men tried to e...
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Propane - are you being ripped off?
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (13)Transporters and housewives backed the inspections in the packaging of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) that are being carried out in the capital and elsewhere in the Dominican Republic and demanded action ...
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Dominican card cloning gang arrested in Spain
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (21)Spanish police have arrested in Sabadell, Barcelona three members of a gang of Dominicans who forged credit cards.Police said today, the gang had managed to steal about € 150,000 (US$205,000) in 300 t...
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German resident of Costa Azul dies
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (22)A German Resident died on Saturday because of an acute lung edema, respiratory stress and heart failure, said the local commander of National Police.Helman Schroder, 63, from the Cabarete community of...
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Pedestrianization of Santiago Center
by Royston on Feb 8 2010. Viewed (10)The historic Calle Espana in the city of Santiago, will be converted into a pedestrian walkway from the Calle del Sol to Avenida de Circunvalación as part of a deal being discussed between traders and...
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Riots in Puerto Plata
by Royston on Feb 7 2010. Viewed (63)Hooded rioters staged violent protests mid afternoon on Friday, demanding the completion of the sewerage system inaugurated by the Tourism Ministry in 2008 in two Puerto Plata streets. Two arrests wer...
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Shootings at Montellano
by Royston on Feb 7 2010. Viewed (48)Two private employees were shot in an incident last night at the Pica Pollo restaurant on the Montellano-Sosua road near Montellano.The injured who received bullet wounds were identified as Henry Rigo...
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Spate of robberies in Sosua Abajo
by Royston on Feb 7 2010. Viewed (58)The Sosua Abajo area is being affected by a wave of robberies causing frustration for property owners and other residents.All types of businesses have been targeted; butchers, car parts dealers,...
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Financial scandal in Sosua
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (124)Local media are reporting that a scandal has erupted in the tourist town of Sosua, after the Town Hall's Financial Manager, Cesar Peña Bonilla, complained that a foreign company is raising the municip...
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Struggling Malecon businesses face eviction
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (68)The Ministry of Tourism is urging kiosk businesses on Puerto Plata's Malecon not to fall behind on their payments.The Board of Trustees of the Malecon have warned that business owners will be evicted ...
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Haiti official Death toll now 212,000, 2 million living on the streets
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (30)The death toll caused by the earthquake in Haiti now totals 212,000, according to latest government figures released by Haitian Prime Minister, Jean Max Bellerive."The latest figure I have received fr...
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Costambar road works complete by mid March says Mayor
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (49)The work to the Costambar entrance road has been allocated to a local engineering firm, Kuky Silverio. The Municipal Council of Puerto Plata and the Construction and Tourism Ministries will be involve...
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Yellow taxis for Santo Domingo - Lives at risk
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (36)All taxis serving the capital will have to be yellow according to a new resolution released yesterday by the National District Mayor Roberto Salcedo. According to the resolution 80-2009 of the N...
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Two Americans die in helicopter crash
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (52)Americans James Jalovec and John Ward died yesterday, early evening, when the helicopter they were traveling in from Haiti, crashed into a mountainside at Restauracion near Dajabon. The aircraft caugh...
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$100 million loan for education in Dominican Republic
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (17)The Dominican Republic will improve performance and effectiveness in elementary and secondary education with a $100 million conditional credit line for investment projects (CCLIP) approved by the Inte...
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G-7 urged to cancel Haiti debt
by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (13)Almost a hundred lawmakers today asked the U.S. Government to urge the finance ministers of the G-7, meeting this weekend in Canada, to permanently cancel Haiti's debt with international agencies.In a...
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New phone code 849 will take effect from Monday 15th
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (27)Starting Monday 15th of this month a new phone code goes into effect in the country, adding to the 809 and 829 codes.The 849 prefix, was announced by President of the Dominican Institute of Telecommun...
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Puerto Plata Carnival boost from the city
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (50)Puerto Plata’s Carnival will receive a boost from the Council of RD $ 200,000.00 for the installation and development of this vital expression of culture and traditions in the city.Alderman Carl...
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Aventura: the new Rolling Stones?
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (33)Perhaps the comparison of Aventura with The Rolling Stones is bold, but they share the distinction of being one of the few bands who have filled Madison Square Garden in New York to it’s 20 thou...
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Earthquake in California
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (22)An earthquake measuring 6 degrees on the Richter scale shook northern California yesterday, according to a preliminary report of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. organization responsible fo...
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10 American missionaries in jail in Haiti for child abduction
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (39)Ten Americans arrested in Haiti while trying to leave the country with 33 children were charged with abduction, a lawyer said Thursday. Edwin Coq said after a court hearing on Thursday that the A...
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Toyota, or Tayota? Is the Dominican Republic’s favourite car maker losing its grip on reliability and safety
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (9)Toyota estimated the recall and repair of more than 5.6 million vehicles will cost about $1.1 billion, and shaken consumer confidence could result in $770 million to $890 million from lost sales....
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Legal process continues for the former owners of Sun Village at Cofresi
by Royston on Feb 5 2010. Viewed (68)The FBI and Federal prosecutors are investigating the case in south Florida where many investors live who claim to have lost vast sums of money at the hands of Frederick and Derek Elliott, a father an...
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They tried to kill me and my wife said Victor
by alex111 on Feb 4 2010. Viewed (199)On Monday a car with three Dominicans arrived the auto service "VICTOR's" in Sosua at around 5pm and they asked for their car to be serviced. The owner of the car service Victor Lazarev and his ...
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Refidomsa shows profits and private sector interest grows
by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (58)The Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) closed the year 2009 with a gross profit of RD $ 2,190 million, which, after paying taxes in the DR was $ 1.651 billion, Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa an...
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Fire destroys bar in Sosua, firemen arrive on motos
by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (314)The early hours of Friday saw the “Wild Coyote” bar in Sosua reduced to ashes. The premises owned by Dolfy Migh on Calle Pedro Clisante had been rented by a German resident.The firefighter Chief...
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Mayor Walter Musa announces access road improvements at Costambar
by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (65)The access road to Costambar is to be re-built by the city of Puerto Plata announced the Mayor Walter Musa this week..Before starting the road construction, a new storm drain will have to be installed...
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