Puerto Plata Regional News
Canadian publisher honored for cultural contribution
The ceremony, held last week at City Hall, commemorated El Faro’s 40th year in circulation and marked the paper’s formal designation as part of the city’s Cultural & Historical Patrimony. Five other past and present Directors were also honored.
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Flash floods damage homes in Puerto Plata, one dead
Civil Defense director Hugo González said flash floods damaged 34 houses totally, and 850 partially, whereas 635 families lost their belongings and 6,435 others had partial losses.
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The Meeting Place: new Puerto Plata cultural center opens 24 January
The Meeting Place will hold a week of cultural events to mark its opening
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Spanish Galleon That Sank Around 1700 Found near Nagua
A research team has discovered a Spanish galleon that apparently sank near Nagua between 1690-1700
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Missing Hamilton man found
Ex-Hamilton man says he was kidnapped, held for 16 days
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Dominican Republic’s bad boat rep hurts marinas, hotelier says
PUERTO PLATA.- “The Dominican Republic has a bad reputation as maritime destination due to the inconvenience of its ports, the problematic entry procedures and the regulations for tourist boats,” the vice-president of the company Ocean World Marina & Casino Stefan Meister, affirmed Wednesday.
He said more than eight agencies or authorities receive a boat when it [...]
UN rejects Los Haitises cement plant
The United Nations multi-sectorial team set up to evaluate the decision to install a cement plant in a buffer zone of the Los Haitises National Park has concluded that the project is neither viable nor pertinent. Los Haitises is known as one of the world’s largest karst reserves, and is a source of reserve water [...]
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Canadian Embassy relocates, new ambassador arrives
Todd Kuiack replaces Patricia Fortier as Canada’s Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
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Luxurious estate property to be sold at auction
The auction has been set for Tuesday, January 19th, 2010. The estate had originally been listed for US $33.5 million.
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New law empowers city councils to collect taxes
Municipalities and the municipal districts are the base of local and political administrative system and are the judicial entities responsible for their own activities, it says
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