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6,075 Haitian births at Dominican hospitals
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 08:36:19
Of 37,158 babies born in maternity wards at public hospitals in the first half of the year, 6,075 were born to foreign mothers, of these 98% Haitians, as reported in Diario Libre. Stats of the Ministry of Public Health say that 36,606 babies were born alive and 539 were born dead. |
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Dominican Republic’s oldest newspaper is sold 7 years after bank collapse
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 08:22:54
Santo Domingo.- A group of local moguls headed by Juan Bautista Vicini, the brothers Héctor and Samir Rizek, Mícalo Bermúdez and Jose Luis Coripio (Pepín), has bought the 121 year old newspaper Listin Diario for US$38.5 million, seven years after the fraudulent collapse of its owner the bank Intercontinental (Baninter). |
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First Dominican Krispy Kreme Now Open
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 18:25:48
[2010-08-25] Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation announced that its franchisee, Dominspec S.A. has opened the first Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in the Dominican Republic
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Argentine president moves to control newsprint
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 22:06:52
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The government moved Tuesday to take over Argentina's only newsprint maker, alleging two leading newspapers illegally conspired with dictators to control the company three decades ago and then used it to drive competing media out of business.
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O2 to acquire 50 percent of FI in Dominican Republic
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 07:01:50
St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 23, 2010 -- O2 Secure Wireless, Inc. (Pink Sheets:OTOW) announces that the Company's subsidiary, Earthcom Service Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire 50% equity interest in a 30-year-old Dominican Republic Financial Institution, and is scheduled to close early September 2010. |
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The US will donate US$75M to fund AIDS prevention project
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:33:07
Santo Domingo.- The United States Government will provide 75 million dollars to prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS in Dominican Republic through the Pepfar project, expected to be ready by mid September. |
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Dominican Republic hosts peace forum
Monday, August 16, 2010 21:11:40
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) has entered the fray of Middle East peace making by hosting a peace forum in the island resort of Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic. |
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La Soga- the Movie Opens this Week in USA
Saturday, August 14, 2010 16:45:53
La Soga is an edgy, action-packed thriller set in the Dominican Republic and New York City. The film follows the personal journey of Luisito a.k.a. 'La Soga', the son of a butcher turned government killer, who risks everything for justice. La Sogadepicts corruption, brutality and one man's struggle to find redemption.
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Santo Domingo to Host International Photoimagen
Saturday, August 14, 2010 14:52:28
Santo Domingo.– Photographers from Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will attend Photoimagen 2010, to be held in different venues in Santo Domingo.
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Fernandez signs Movie Bill
Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:27:10
President Leonel Fernandez has authorized the publication of the Bill to Promote Cinematography in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has long been used as a location for making movies, from the amber mines of Puerto Plata for Jurassic Park, to the streets of colonial Santo Domingo for the Godfather and other movies. Now there is a legal framework providing incentives for moviemakers to come and work here. |
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Dominican town kicks out drug pushers by decree
Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:19:55
Sabana Iglesia, Dominican Republic.- The Sabana Iglesia City Council passed a resolution declaring persona non grata two drug dealers and expelled them from the community.
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Fix for key span between Haiti, Dominican Republic
Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:16:13
Wednesday, August 11, 2010; 5:06 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The United Nations says its peacekeepers in Haiti have repaired a main bridge linking the country to the Dominican Republic. |
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Taiwanese First Lady to visit Hispanola
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:13:33
Taiwan's first lady Chow Mei-ching is scheduled to travel to Haiti and the Dominican Republic later this month to visit orphans and disadvantaged children who survived the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January, CNA reports. |
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Dominican Republic gets plane for its first “green airport”
Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:55:54
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) and the Airports Department today presented one of four airplanes to be used in the country’s first “green airport” and a research center, which will operate with alternative energy equipment. |
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Old passports are no longer renewable
Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:54:39
The director general of the Passport Office is reminding the public that the old version of the passports will no longer be renewed. The country is a signatory to an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreement that now requires all passports to be electronically scanned. Flavia Garcia said that through her letter (DGP/005/10) no more renewals would be issued for the old version of the passport. Garcia told El Nuevo Diario that the older version of the passports are not machine readable and the owners will have to obtain the newer version which complies with the ICAO agreement and its biometric requirements.
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