Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Unesco to help restore Haitian cultural heritage
Dominican Republic News.NetThe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) will set up a committee to help restore the Haitian cultural heritage damaged in a devastating earthquake in the Caribbean nation.
Launch Date Of New Caribbean Inter-island Ferry Service To Be Announced Soon
Caribbean Net NewsST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- With the gradual resolution to a number of logistical issues, the date for the launch of the Caribbean’s new inter-island ferry service, will soon be announced. In ...
Jean Thanks Dominican Republic For Haiti Help
CBC NewsGovernor General Michaëlle Jean is greeted by Leonel Fernandez, the president of the Dominican Republic, during an official visit on March 10 in Santo Domingo.
Jean Thanks Dominican Republic For Haiti Help
CBC NewsGovernor General Michaëlle Jean is greeted by Leonel Fernandez, the president of the Dominican Republic, during an official visit on March 10 in Santo Domingo.
Haiti Presents Obama With $14bn Vision Of A Rebuilt Caribbean Paradise$
Times OnlineEND: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Haiti’s President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a Ca...
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
BBC CaribbeanThis is the conclusion of newspaper publisher Leslie Pierre, who told BBC Caribbean he was surprised it had taken this long for the cracks to show in the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Governor General Meets with the President of the Dominican Republic
Market Wire(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic, Their Excellencies Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond met with the country's pres...
Dominican Republic February prices climb 0.14%, paced by foods
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Central Bank said consumer prices in February climbed 0.14% compared with January, which takes the accumulated inflation rate in the first two months to 1.45 per...
Dominican, Canadian leaders meet, dodge sticky gold mine issue
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez Canada Governor General Michaëlle Jean met in the National Palace on Wednesday ,where the two leaders spoke about important regional topics. Jean, who arri...
Dominican Republic’s most wanted had Puerto Rican politicos in his pocket
Dominican TodayCable theft prompts Dominican Republic ban on scrap metal exports ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -->
Police Chief taps a new top traffic cops
Dominican TodaySANTO DOMINGO. – Police chief Rafael Guzmán on Wednesday designated Assistant chief Henry Peralta interim director of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet). Guzman also made temporary appointm...
Residents say Dominican Government officials own condos in tower under probe
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- The Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) seized a Hummer and a Porsche SUV in the exclusive Torre Atiemar, which is at the center of an international drug trafficking and money laundering inves...
After Chavez’s snub, Dominican leader gets Uribe’s thanks
Dominican TodayBogota. - The Government of Colombia expressed its gratitude to Dominican Republic chief executive Leonel Fernandez, for his mediation to ease the strained relations between Bogota and Caracas. In a ...
Batey Relief takes dental, medical care for Haiti’s quake victims
Dominican TodayAnse-a-Pitre, HAITI. – As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses offer free Bible instruction in English
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo – There is now help available for English speakers with a spiritual inclination here in Santo Domingo. Starting January 3, 2010 and continuing every Sunday thereafter, Christian meetin...
Signed pact seeks a transparent nation
Dominican TodaySANTO DOMINGO. - The National Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (CNECC) and the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC), signed an agreement on Tuesday, to promote ethical values in the acade...
Expert: remittances should jump start Dominican economy
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo. - The head of the Economic Development Organization’s (OECD) Latin America Unit yesterday said the country must take advantage of remittances its citizens receive and to turn them int...
Dominican Government, the World Bank advance toward Conference for Haiti
Dominican TodayPORT-AU-PRINCE-. Haitian and Dominican Technical delegates and World Bank representatives met yesterday to continue preparations for an international conference of donor countries who’ll meet in San...
Spanish, Dominican authorities suspect major players in 1,200 kilo bust
Dominican TodaySANTO DOMINGO.- Local authorities asked Spanish pars for information on the confiscation of 1,200 kilos of cocaine from Dominican Republic, as unconfirmed reports attribute it to Arturo del Tiempo, ow...
Dominican Government fails transparency test, civic group says
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- The civic movement Citizen Participation (PC) conducted two studies which show that more than 42 percent of Government agencies don’t conduct purchases and contracts correctly, as st...
Number of motor vehicles in DR over 2.5 million
Diario LibreThe total number of motor vehicles in the Dominican Republic reached 2,570,220 at the end of 2009. This represents a 5.1% increase in spite of the drop in the number of vehicles that entered the count...
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