SANTO DOMINGO.- The Attorney General of the United States coordinated with Dominican par RadhamJimz the assistance to capture the Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto and his Dominican paramour Sobeida Felix.
Eric Holder, in a meeting with Jimenez in Brasilia where they addressed several topics of interest for both nations, said the FBI, the DEA and U.S. Marshals will be instructed to work in coordination with Dominican authorities.
Jimz described Figueroa%u2019s case, for which Holder pledged all the help required…
HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Sisters in CatastropheBy Elizabeth Eames Roebling
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan 15, 2010 (IPS) – The Dominican Republic, which has historically regarded its Haitian neighbour with suspicion, has turned toward Haiti with a tremendous outpouring of aid and love since a devastating earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.
All of the major television stations have news teams in the Haitian capital. Regular programming is interrupted to announce another collection point for canned food and medicines. The three major phone companies have all opened text…
Excess, oversize, and overweight baggage will be banned for the next 30 days on American Airlines flights to Santo Domingo, Santiago and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, and the embargo also will also apply to flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when service resumes.
The embargo will be in effect between Jan. 14 and Feb. 14, 2010. For the next 30 days, customers traveling to these destinations will be allowed to check two pieces of baggage of normal checked-bag size and weight…
JIMANI, Dominican Republic, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — International relief aid is expected to reach Haiti by land via the Dominican Republic as air transport is jammed, reports said Friday.
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has promised land access for aid delivery to Haiti during a Thursday meeting with his Haitian counterpart, Rene Preval, at the Port-au-Prince international airport.
Poor infrastructure at the Port-au-Prince airport is making it hard for enough emergency aid to fly into the country. Severe damage to…
Injured Haiti earthquake victims stream across border to Dominican Republic for medical attention
BY Erica Pearson DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, January 15th 2010, 12:11 AM
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Agony is written all over face of Haitian woman yesterday as she holds injured boy at Dominican Republic hospital, where hundreds of casualties sought treatment.
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country dysfunctional in the best of times.
Tested by the first large-scale humanitarian disaster of his presidency, Obama ordered a relief effort of historic proportions despite the strains it was sure to put on both the stretched U.S. budget and military forces fighting two…
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — The spokesperson of the Dominican president on Tuesday made an urgent appeal to the international community for humanitarian aid for Haiti that was hit by the region’s ever-recorded strongest earthquake.
Rafael Nunez, spokesperson from the presidential office, said on television that “the situation in Haiti is difficult so we request aid from Latin America and around the world to help our neighbor.”
The Dominican Republic shares the Espanola Island with Haiti, the poorest country…
MIAMI – (Business Wire) Marine Exploration, Inc. and joint venture partner Hispaniola Ventures, LLC announce the Dominican Republic has confirmed the Company’s recent discovery of a valuable shipwreck from the 1690s. The treasure includes silver coins, gold, pearls and diamond jewelry.
“The most important find in Dominican waters since the discovery of Captain Kidd’s ship Quedagh Merchant in 2007,” states Wilfredo Feliz, Director of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Culture Sub-aquatic Patrimony Office in a December 30 news story in Listin…
Secrets Resorts & Spas announced Tuesday the opening of Secrets Sanctuary Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic.
The property becomes the award-winning brand’s first resort outside of Mexico. Located on the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic, the 175-suite, five-star luxury resort offers the largest selection of unique suite types of any hotel in Cap Cana.
Rooms range from 72 Ocean View Junior Suites to the 600 square-foot Castle Suite to the grand 5,550 square-foot Island Suite situated on its own impressive private island.
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