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Archive for August, 2009

Economist Mark Marie wants Dominican Women to Make more Babies to Increase the Local Resident Population

Economist McCarthy Marie on Q95’s Hot Seat Program on Tuesday, has put out a call for greater reproduction among the Dominican women. Marie who has been calling for this for some time now, says according to statistics, from 1970-2001, the population had increased by only 226 persons. He says if this is not urgently addressed, […]

Investigative Journalist Lennox Linton Calls on Hon. Vince Henderson to Account for the Use of $450,000 Allegedly Given to the St. Joseph Village Council

Investigative Journalist Lennox Linton is calling on Parliamentary Representative for the St. Joseph Constituency and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Vince Henderson to give public clarification and full details on allegations surrounding a cheque of $300 000 allegedly given to Mr. Henderson by ‘Italians’.

Athie Martin Encourages Partnerships, Organic Linkages and Sharing of Services Among Small Business Firms

Atherton Martin noted that to help the many struggling businesses in the many sectors in the country, be it agriculture, tourism or retail, partnerships should be considered. He says if one business is not sufficiently capable of securing accounting services or marketing services, for example, the option is available for these companies to come together […]

Forecasters Monitor Tropical Wave

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a tropical wave in the western Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico had a high chance – greater than 50 percent – of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. The Hurricane Centre says the system had become better organised and upper-level winds were expected to become […]

Calibishie Co-Op Credit Union Robbed

The Calibishie Co-Op Credit Union was robbed last night. As far as we have heard: Around 9PM last night two masked men armed with a gun captured Mr. Lawrence, the C.U. manager while he was dozing on his veranda. They manacled him and at some time directed him to open the C.U. with his key. […]

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