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Puerto Rico looks to make licenses available to the undocumented
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- Created on Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:53 PM
Journalist Nuria Piera asks Injustices Not Be Committed in Search of Her Sources
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- Created on Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:02 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht/Nuria Piera) - For the investigation made on bank accounts and payments made ​​by the senator from the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Felix Bautista, Nuria Investigates received reports of people concerned because intelligence services of the State raided homes and businesses in search of material that served to support the work of the journalist.
Dominican President Rejects U.S. Assistance to Fight Crime, Opting for Loans Instead
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- Created on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:55 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez declined on Thursday the type of economic benefits the United States was offering his country to combat organized crime and drug trafficking.
Cholera Spreads to Nearly All D.R. Provinces
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- Created on Monday, May 23, 2011 5:30 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Health officials in the Dominican Republic are reporting hundreds of new cases of cholera as the outbreak spreads through most of the country.
Dominican Government Declares Cholera State of Alert
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- Created on Monday, May 16, 2011 10:10 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. - A wave of new cholera cases has prompted the Dominican Republic's Health Ministry to declare a state of alert in 17 neighbourhoods in the capital.
Guns for Ganja Dealers Elude Jamaican Authorities, Again
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- Created on Monday, May 09, 2011 4:11 PM
PORTLAND, JAMAICA - Police in Portland Parish are hunting a man they believe to be a player in the guns for ganja trade with Haiti.
Dominican marched against illegal Haitians
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- Created on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:27 AM
On Thursday March 31, 2011, hundreds of Dominicans demonstrated against the presence of illegal Haitians in the city of Santiago, DR.
United States, Dominican Republic Begin Joint Military Exercises
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- Created on Monday, March 28, 2011 9:46 AM
The United States military on Tuesday began a second round of military exercises with forces from the Dominican Republic. According to Dominican Today, the this second round of training exercises will continue until June 6, 2011, the first exercises were within the past few weeks.
Buju Banton Facing Life in Prison
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- Created on Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:38 AM
2011 Grammy Award winning dancehall reggae sensation Buju Banton has been found guilty on drug charges after many thought the artist would beat the odds after an earlier mistrial in the fall of 2010. The superstar now awaits sentences in Florida of up to life in prison.
