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Beach clean up day Non-governmental environmental campaigning organization Vida Azul is once more coordinating the International Coastal Clean-up Day in the Dominican Republic. The event is co-sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, an international NGO, as a
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Perhaps surprisingly, the bulk of Dominican exports is concentrated in just 23 products. As reported in Diario Libre, during the first five months of the year, 23 products accounted for US$2.49 billion of the total US$3.2 billion exported. This year exports
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Interest Rate on Bonds explained by Bankers With harsh comments about the "real" interest rates on the sovereign bonds recently placed on the world market, two bankers explain how the figures were reached. Diario Libre said that two executives
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Parque Mirador provides a new oasis in Sosua In what was a fairly unattractive car park, new life has been breathed into Sosua. A new park overlooking the ocean on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, named Parque Mirador, Sosua, was inaugarated
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The Dominican Republic has registered athletes in 24 sports for the Guadalajara, Mexico Pan Am Games this fall, 14-30 October, the Dominican Olympic Committee announced recently, as reported in Listin Diario. COD president Luis Mejia said 244 athletes
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The Dominican Republic qualified along with the US Virgin Islands and the Bahamas to compete in the second round as part of the first group stage of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) as the opening
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Optimist Sailing Championship in Boca Chica To prepare to host the 50th International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) World Sailing Championship (15-26 July 2012), the Santo Domingo Yacht Club hosted a Pre-World Championship for the North American
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According to the latest forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the economies of Latin American and the Caribbean will grow strong again this and next year. The Dominican Republic is placed second in Central America and the Caribbean, closely
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Cabarete still the windsurfing capital of the Caribbean The leading windsurfing event in the Dominican Republic - Pablito Guzman's Cabarete Classic - will take place this year in Cabarete from July 13th to July 17th, 2011, offering racing and freestyle
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Doing business with the Commonwealth The Commonwealth Business Council in London and the Round Table of the Commonwealth in the Dominican Republic signed an agreement this month, during the Caribbean Investment Forum held in Trinidad & Tobago, for
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Plaza de la Salud has new affiliation with Johns Hopkins The General Hospital Plaza de la Salud in Santo Domingo has announced an affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) of Baltimore, Maryland, USA to follow up on Dominican patients.
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Looking for a place in the sun? The Weather Department (ONAMET) confirms that a heatwave is affecting the Dominican Republic. The forecast is for temperatures of up to 31 degrees Celsius in Santo Domingo, chilling off to 22C in the early morning. Onamet
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The United Nations reports on the visit of nine-time Olympic gold medalist and United Nations advocate Carl Lewis to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to meet with national leaders and visit forestry and agricultural projects. The United States track star,
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The US Census Bureau recently released statistics estimating the Dominican population in the United States at 1.4 million. According to the 2010 Census, 308.7 million people resided in the United States on 1 April 2010, of whom 50.5 million (or 16 percent)
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JetBlue has announced plans to add La Romana as its fifth destination in the Dominican Republic. This is the 67th city served by the airline. The flight is subject to government approval. The airline has plans to begin flying to La Romana from 16 November
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