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Spate of robberies in Sosua Abajo

by Royston on Feb 7 2010. Viewed (215)
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 (335)
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 (131)
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 (142)
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 rece...
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Costambar road works complete by mid March says Mayor

by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (196)
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 (311)
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 t...
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Two Americans die in helicopter crash

by Royston on Feb 6 2010. Viewed (179)
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 (123)
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 (124)
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 (104)
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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