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Officials Confirm 3 Cases of Cholera in NYC

NEW YORK - New York City officials have confirmed that three New Yorkers contracted cholera while in the Dominican Republic for a wedding. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, where thousands have died from the disease. A medical epidemiologist for the city Department of Health and Mental...

Florida Teenager Puts Shoes on 1,300 Children

(Oct. 11) -- Jacob Rice is not a shoemaker or a shoe designer or a shoe salesman. Jacob Rice is not a wealthy man of industry with money to spare, nor is he a dedicated nonprofit executive with years of fundraising experience. Jacob Rice is a high school freshman, and Jacob Rice has placed shoes on the feet of more than...

Haiti's President Appeals for Calm in UN Riots

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 17) -- Haiti's president appealed for calm amid fears that riots aimed at U.N. peacekeepers over a cholera epidemic could spread to the capital Wednesday, saying the violence has hurt efforts to fight the disease. In a national address after health officials announced that the death toll from...

Tropical Storm Tomas Could Threaten Haiti

(Nov. 1) -- Tomas weakened from a hurricane overnight and is now a tropical storm that could regain steam and threaten Haiti, already struggling with the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake and a recent outbreak of cholera. The Haitian government put the public on alert Sunday, broadcasting warnings of a...

Hurricane Tomas Weakens to Category 1 Storm

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (Oct. 31) -- Hurricane Tomas weakened slightly Sunday after tearing off roofs and downing power lines in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters said the storm could gain force and veer toward earthquake-stunned Haiti, where some 1.3 million people in tarps and tents are vulnerable to heavy rains and...

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Dominican Republic Elections: Danilo Medina Wins President Vote Amid Fraud Accusations

Dominican President-elect Danilo Medina thanked his supporters Monday for a first-round win in an election that left many in the main opposition party bitterly claiming fraud and his main opponent refusing to concede.

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Dominican Republic Elections: Ex-President Hipolito Mejia Challenges Danilo Medina

Dominicans formed orderly lines at voting stations across the country Sunday as they chose a new president from a field that includes a brash former president whose last term ended with an economic crisis and a favored technocrat from a ruling party that has spent the past eight years on a public works spending spree.

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05/28/12 JICA to fund emigration monument Source: The Japan Times A monument fully financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency is expected be built in the Dominican Republic this year to mark the ill-fated emigration program that lured hundreds of Japanese to the Caribbean island nation in the 1950s.
05/24/12 MLB to host doubleheader for prospects in Santo... Source: MLB - Cleveland Indians As part of Major League Baseball's prospect league for unsigned players, a day-night doubleheader has been scheduled for Thursday, May 31 st in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
05/24/12 Water@Work To Install Three Water Purification Systems... Source: PRWeb Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 During the first of week of June, three Water@Work lead team members from Atlanta plus a number of local volunteers will install three state-of-the-art water purification systems in a 'batey' (sugar cane camp) and other locations in the Dominican Republic.
05/24/12 Update: GoldQuest drills monster gold-copper hole in... Source: Mineweb GoldQuest hails the Romero discovery with a long gold-copper intercept in the Dominican Republic.
05/23/12 GoldQuest Reports Drilling Results from the Dominican... Source: International Business Times (Australia) 231 metres grading 2.4 g/t gold including 160.3 metres grading 2.9 g/t gold and 0.62 % copperMay 23rd 2012, Vancouver, British Colombia â GoldQuest Mining Corp. (TSXV: GQC) is pleased to announce results from a 15 hole drill program at its 100 percent owned Las Tres Palmas project, summarized in this release's Table 1.The most northerly hole, LTP 90, tested a new geophysical target and discovered the Romero gold and copper sulphide mineralization.