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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.
| 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
| 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.
| 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.
| Dominican Republic's Internet Users Grew 40 percent to Over 3 Million in 2009
Monday, July 19, 2010 12:10:54
Jul 19, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Dominican Republic - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts report to its offerings.
| Obama Expresses Gratitude To Dominican President Over Haiti Effort
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:35:17
RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama has expressed gratitude to his Dominican Republic counterpart Leonel Fernandez for that country's help in tackling crises in Haiti, Honduras and on drugs trafficking.
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Russians boost Dominican Republic’s tourism
Friday, July 09, 2010 12:34:05
Santo Domingo.- Visitors from emergent markets such as Russia have compensated the amount of tourists from traditional markets that didn’t come to the country as the result of the global economic crisis, affirmed Hotels and Restaurants Association (Asonahores) executive vice president Arturo Villanueva.
| PLD sweeps the election
Monday, May 17, 2010 16:41:40
As polls had forecast, the ruling PLD party swept the 2010 congressional and municipal election held yesterday. The government party won congressional seats for 30 provinces and the National District, 31 of a possible 32.
| Former Canadian Ambassador Heads OAS Mission
Sunday, May 09, 2010 08:42:39
Former Canadian ambassador to the Dominican Republic Adam Blackwell is heading the Organization of American States Electoral Observers' Mission to the DR. The mission will observe the congressional and municipal elections to be held on 16 May 2010. This will be 14th time the OAS observes an election in the DR. The Electoral Observers' Mission begins on 7 May.
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Dominican Republic hit by 2 Earthquakes-no victims
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 07:53:49
The Dominican Republic was rocked on Monday by two small earthquakes in about two hours, without report of damage or victims.
| New European Caribbean approach
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 14:37:02
This month, senior Caribbean officials will meet in Jamaica with their European counterparts to consider the nature of the future Cariforum-European Union relationship.
| Deep Blue Marine, Inc. Announces Development of New Subsidiary Company in the D.R.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 14:09:44
Deep Blue Marine, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DPBE) announced today that the company has filed a new business entity for the Dominican Republic. The new company will be registered as Deep Blue Marine International and is wholly owned by Deep Blue Marine, Inc. Deep Blue Marine has retained the services of one of the top law firms in Santo Domingo to facilitate the incorporation process and to provide the educational background in dealing with international law.
| 4.6 quake Santiago and Puerto Plata Region
Monday, March 22, 2010 15:54:16
An earthquake registering 4.6 points on the Richter scale, whose epicenter was located between Santiago and Puerto Plata in the mountains near Guananico caused panic in several towns in the Cibao region and the north coast last night. The seismic event occurred at 10:53pm on Sunday, as reported by the UASD seismological institute.
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