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Dominican President in talks with Indian entrepreneur Pitroda

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President Leonel Fernández met with the Indian entrepreneur Sam Pitroda on Tuesday, who is interested in investing in the country in the area of information technology. The discussions centered around...
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200,000 dead in Haiti; change needed in government structure

by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (163)
Haiti's Prime Minister, Jean Max Bellerive, said Tuesday that they had counted more than 200,000 dead in the earthquake that devastated Port au Prince and has clarified that this figure does not inclu...
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Dominican diplomats arrested in Venzuela seling fake bonds

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Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, confirmed yesterday that two Dominican diplomats were arrested by the Venezuelan authorities, while trying to sell counterfeit bonds from Venezuela Central Ba...
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To buy or not to buy - is Venezuela stalling on REFIDOMSA?

by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (155)
Dominican Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa said today that he has not yet received official information from Venezuela on that country's reported loss of interest in the purchase of the Dominican Petro...
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Call for survey of school buildings to assess earthquake vulnerability

by Royston on Feb 3 2010. Viewed (146)
The president of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), Radhames Camacho, suggested that the Ministry of Education should initiate a program to assess school buildings for vulnerability to earth...
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British men busted for alleged drugs trafficking at Puerto Plata airport.

by Royston on Feb 2 2010. Viewed (826)
Airport Security Personnel  (CESA) at Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperon International Airport arrested three Englishmen when they tried to leave the country with a total of thirteen packets of coca...
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Park at your Peril in Puerto Plata!

by Royston on Feb 2 2010. Viewed (335)
Drivers leaving their vehicles parked in a dangerous way in Puerto Plata have been returning to find their car has been towed away.Expats and visitors may have thought they had left this nightmare beh...
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Haitian women in new danger from rapists warning

by Royston on Feb 2 2010. Viewed (471)
Reports from police indicate that women and young girls are now being raped in makeshift camps set up in the capital after the disaster, camps that they now call home."With the blackout that's befalle...
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First death in Dominican Republic from infectious disease after Haitian tragedy

by Royston on Feb 2 2010. Viewed (281)
The death from meningococcal meningitis was announced at the weekend of a Dominican Pastor recently returned from Haiti. The minister for Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez said this was was the firs...
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DNCD Chief confirms investigation into two officials after drugs seizure

by Royston on Feb 2 2010. Viewed (343)
The president of the National Drugs Control (DNCD) today warned that he will act ruthlessly if it is determined that two of his officers are linked to a drug ring from which was seized 229 thousand ki...
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