Monday 8th February, 2010
Palma de Mallorca to be next Royal Caribbean base
Travel BlackboardRoyal Caribbean International announced last week it would base a ship in Palma de Mallorca in a strategic move to attract more U.K. and Irish passengers and families. It is the first time the cruise...
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
BBC CaribbeanFinance Minister Audley Shaw confirmed the money would arrive and told BBC Caribbean that under the deal Jamaica has to lower the high interest rates it pays on its debts, reform and better regulate ...
Customs chief pledges continued support at border crossings
Dominican TodayPedernales, Dominican Republic.- Customes director Rafael Camilo visited the border crossing between Pedernales and the Haiti town Anse-a-Pitre, where he affirmed his Agency's continued support to exp...
HHS Foundation works for the health of Haitians
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- HHS Foundation is a non-profit organization working in the areas of Health, Education and Sport since 1998. In this moment of anguish and devastation of Haiti caused by the 1/12/10 ea...
First major Dominican bank swindler taken to jail screaming
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- officials carried out around 1 p.m. Monday the arrest warrant against Leonel Almonte, who was transferred from the capital’s famous Otorrino Clinic to the office of sentencing judge ...
Growers deliver in Dominican Beans-for-Venezuela Crude deal
Dominican TodaySan Juan, Dominican Republic.- Kidney bean growers of San Juan de la Maguana Valley began to deliver their harvests as part of their RD$100 million financing program with the Treasury Ministry, with n...
Dominican Social Security 2009 revenue jumps 16%, tops US$1.0B
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- 2009 was a very good year for the Social Security Treasury (TSS), as the number of Family Health Insurance affiliates increased and revenue jumped around 16 percent. TSS funds reached...
Demanding higher profit, gas station to halt sales for 6 hours Wednesday
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- Fuel retailers will halt sales in their stations the country for six hours on Wednesday around the country, to demand that the Government raise their profit margins. In a statement th...
Dominican cigar makers to host stogie festival February 15-19
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo. – For the third straight year Dominican Republic’s Cigar Makers Association will stage the “Procigar Festival” in the country, aimed at to increase the competitiveness and promo...
Associate nations eye Caribbean prize
CricinfoTwo places are up for grabs the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies when the qualifying tournaments gets underway in UAE on Tuesday. It is a major prize for the successful sides and Cricinfo takes a loo...
UAE charity sends 200 tonnes of aid to Haiti
General SourcesSanto Domingo, Feb 7 : A charity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent 200 tonnes of relief materials to quake-hit Haiti, WAM news agency reported Sunday.
Dominican Republic fears increased migration from Haiti
General SourcesSanto Domingo, Feb 7: The Dominican Republic fears an increase in immigration from Haiti if work doesn't begin soon to rebuild its capital, Port-au-Prince, shaken by a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthq...
Corrected: Haiti aid chopper crashes, two Americans killed
General SourcesSanto Domingo , paragraph 2 SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Two Americans were killed when their helicopter, which was participating in aid and recovery operations in earthquake-hit Haiti, crashed in the...
Maid-bite suit a breed apart
General Sources02/08/2010 11:03 AM Leagle Eagle, you must be joking. You must know how vague these news articles are. This story was probably picked up when the complaint was filed and complaints are very general. ...
Haiti aid chopper crashes, two Americans killed
General SourcesSANTO DOMINGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Two Americans were killed when their helicopter, which was participating in aid and recovery operations in earthquake-hit Haiti, crashed in the Dominican Republic, avi...
Haiti: What I saw, the people I met
General SourcesArriving in Santo Domingo two weeks ago, Dr. Julian Choe, his Mission Ryan partner Mark Zimmerman, and I were whisked to Dr. Dario Contreras hospital after dropping our bags off at our small hotel. On...
2 Killed in helicopter crash en route from Haiti
General SourcesSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A U.S.-owned helicopter involved in Haiti aid efforts crashed in the Dominican Republic, killing the two Americans on board, an official said Friday. Pilot John...
Taxi! Dominican Republic orders cabbies to paint their cars yellow or buy from new fleet
General SourcesDominican Republic (AP) — More than 3,000 bright yellow taxis will soon be zipping around the Dominican Republic. Officials have ordered that cabs be identified by the standard color to regulate...
2 killed in relief chopper crash
General SourcesSANTO DOMINGO - TWO men killed in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic were US citizens supporting relief operations in quake-devastated Haiti, a US official said Friday. Dominican authoritie...
Royal Caribbean Expands Allure of the Seas Inaugural Season
PR WebRoyal Caribbean International today announced that the first revenue voyage for Allure of the Seas’ inaugural season will take place one week earlier than originally planned. The ship’s fi...
State-owned bank has RD$2.0B for car loans in nationwide fair
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- State-owned Reservas bank (Banreservas) administrator Daniel Toribio on Sunday announced RD$2.0 billion to finance vehicles in the fair to be staged simultaneously around the country, ...
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