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PUERTO PLATA.- The National Office of Meteorology (ONAMET) warns that due to current and anticipated weather conditions for the next 24 to 72 hours, the waves will become dangerous in the country, especially on the North coast.
This situation is caused by the anticyclonic circulation at several levels of the troposphere, a frontal system located in the north of the country in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the predominant wind of the east / northeast direction.
It is noticed that, from the first hours of this Thursday, December 27, from Montecristi to Punta Cana the marine waves could reach up to 10 feet of height and very likely there will be sea penetrations in areas of low areas prone to coastal flooding .
The expert in meteorology and communicator Jean Suriel, said that in the last days of 2018 the waves will be very dangerous on the Dominican coasts due to the influence of high pressure in the Atlantic, and between Friday and Sunday waves of up to 11 feet will be recorded. the east, 10 feet in the north and 9 feet in the southwest.
Suriel explained that the most significant swell will occur this Friday, December 28 and will last until Sunday the 30th, so all boats must remain in ports from this Thursday afternoon until next Tuesday.
The high pressure system will be strengthened, moderating the intensity of the wind, this will cause a gradual deterioration of the state of the sea, therefore, from tomorrow it is recommended to the fragile and small boats both on the Atlantic and Caribbean coast, to navigate near the coastal perimeter without venturing out to sea by abnormal winds and waves.
The political, social, environmental and economic chaos in Haiti continues to be probably the Dominican Republic’s greatest challenge. Instead of improving, nevertheless, over the years the situation in the neighboring country seems to be worsening as evidenced by a recent violent assault on an orphanage.
The Vatican News reported a brutal attack by armed men on the Kay pè Giuss orphanage manned by Italian nuns in the slum area of Waf Jeremie, Haiti. Sister Marcella Catozza told the Vatican News that the emergency situation in Haiti is “perennial.” The orphanage houses 146 children, including 30 that are seriously disabled, and receives around 400 day children. The shelter was founded after the 2010 earthquake.
During the assault, the armed bandits stole the power generator, sanitary material and the mattresses and all else they could take. Sister Marcella Catozza says the country is going towards the abyss, and the citizens are increasing being exposed to violence. We are not building anything that can guarantee a different future: we work as if we were always in an emergency. ”
“There is a lack resolve to change things,” said Sister Catozza. She has worked in Amazonia, Albania, Vietnam, but in the Caribbean country she finds almost insurmountable difficulties. The lack of interlocutors, for example, so much that they cannot call the police after the attacks, because “the police are afraid of bandits,” she explained. “There is no one to turn to, there is nothing objective: you change things in the running, every day, depending on the employee you find in the office. It’s like always having to continuously start over and the state does not help you,” she told the Vatican News.
She explained that the program Doctors without Borders, for example, is leaving the country: they have already closed three hospitals because the state has imposed on exorbitant taxes on the facilities. Doctors Without Borders ran free hospitals: now people do not know where to go. “This is the drama of this country: there is no will to change things,” she complained.
Joint efforts of the Dominican Republic and the European Union to establish a hospital in Haiti to reduce the demand of Haitians on the free public health system in the Dominican Republic has met with indifference on behalf of the Haitian authorities. The Dominican Republic shares more than 300 km border with Haiti.
Dr. Clemente Terrero, the deputy director of the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital, told the Diario Libre that a five-year old boy who had been hospitalized with the clinical symptoms of human rabies had not been administered the anti-rabies vaccine within the timeframe established in the protocols for these cases. This was in the Elio Fiallo Hospital in Pedernales. This apparent neglect is more bewildering given two recent fatalities from this disease in recent weeks being reported in that region.
Terrero said in a telephone interview that “in this case the child was not vaccinated when he was taken to the hospital, but ten days later they began the vaccination process, but by then it was too late.” Dr. Terrero said: “We have a serious situation in the country. An outbreak of canine rabies and now we can say that we have human rabies, because there have been three cases in Pedernales. There have been four deaths attributed to the disease this year, which if it shows clinical symptoms is nearly impossible to cure. The doctors said that the chances of curing it are minimal.
Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas confirmed to reporters that the failure to follow protocols at the Elio Fiallo Hospital in Pedernales was a major factor in the two fatalities registered, so far, and he called upon the National Health Service (SNS) to investigate and apply sanctions against those that acted with negligence in these cases. The minister also expressed regret that the child who is currently being treated at the Robert Reid Cabral Hospital has to be officially diagnosed at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, because the local rabies center is undergoing a major remodeling.
Dr. Sanchez Cardenas said that there is a team of specialists in Pedernales going house to house to investigate if other persons have been bitten by dogs of other animals. The Ministry is also using social media to inform the public regarding of the dangers and symptoms of human and canine rabies. The Ministry has an on-going campaign to vaccinate all the dogs and cats in the city of Pedernales as well as in the countryside.
Dr. Chanel Rosa Chupany, director of the SNS, said that persons bitten by an animal need to take several doses of anti-rabies vaccine in the first 28 days, undergo lab tests and the animal needs to be taken under surveillance. He urged that all cases be immediately reported to the Direcciones Provinciales de Salud (DPS), the regional health agencies.
He explained that the anti-rabies center was closed following a recommendation from the Panamerican Health Organization that said that vaccines should be available at all health centers and not in a single specialized center.
The former president of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) observed that while the Centro Antirrabico operated with limitations tests to determine rabies were made there. Now the samples have to be sent to the Atlanta-based CDC labs in the United States. He said this increases the vulnerability to the mortal illness. Rabies cannot be treated in humans, only in the dogs.
The Center for Emergency Operations reported 10 persons dead in violent incidents and over 200 injjured over the Christmas holiday. Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo said the 911 Emergency System attended to 1,087 emergency cases and 196 road assistance cases on the peak days of 24 and 25 December 2018.
But the focus is on prevention, especially when driving in these days when there is no restriction on alcohol sales.
With more than 1,000 accidents being attended to in just one public hospital in Santo Domingo, the month of December has shown an alarming propensity for the public to disregard highway safety and common sense. The director of the Public Trauma Hospital Dario Contreras is calling for a ban or strict limitations on motorcycles over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Minister of Public Health was one of the first to voice this possible solution to the traffic dangers on the nation’s roads.
Of the 1,190 accident victims treated at the Dario Contreras, 735 were either the driver or a passenger on motorcycles, some 66.7%. Dr. Jose Aponte said that 49% of the yearly expenditures at the hospital involve treating accident victims, the majority of whom need intensive care that costs RD$50,000 a day. Fractures can cost RD$70,000 for three months of rehab work.
Sunday evening a spectacular Christmas gala concert took place in the amphitheater at the Malecón of Puerto Plata. Thanks to the sponsorship by Senator José Ignacio Paliza and some companies in Puerto Plata, the Gala was free of charge to the public. That was noticeable, because the amphitheater was packed with the most enthusiastic crowd.
The gala opened early in the evening by the 95 musicians of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra. They played well-known folk songs and the audience sang along. Next singer Maridalia Hernández performed beautiful ballads accompanied by the National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Then followed a performance by the well-known accordionist Francisco Ulloa with traditional merengue songs. The National Youth Symphony Orchestra played a mix of well-known Christmas carols at which the audience once again sang along. The musical evening ended with a performance by Fernando Villalona, also known as El Mayimbe and the king of the merengue and ballads. The concert eventually ended with a fantastic fireworks show.
Those who had hopes President Danilo Medina would veto the bill that divides the city of Santiago could be soon disappointed. As of 26 December 2018, with the 10-day deadline looming for the bill that passed on 19 December, this had not happened. It is likely the end of year date was chosen so as to take advantage that people were more into partying than serious issues. The Constitution says if the bill is not observed or signed into law, it will become law just with the publishing by the Chamber of Deputies instead of the Presidency.
The bill has already met with the opposition of the top echelons of the business community. The Archbishop of Santiago, Monsignor Freddy de Jesús Bretón Martínez expressed his opposition saying that the split would bring chaos and anarchy to the modern city that is organized because of the joint efforts of social, business and city authorities.
Yet a minority is jumping with joy over the legislative approval of the separation of “West Santiago” from Santiago de los Caballeros, there are other sectors that see the division of the nation’s second largest city as a disaster-in-waiting. Some of the local teachers and so-called “popular leaders” held a press conference to announce that several civic sectors were overjoyed by the news of the congressional approval of the plan to divide the city. They said that the measure that separates Cienfuegos, El Ingenio and some 80 smaller communities from Santiago de los Caballeros was the result of 10 years of lobbying.
Nevertheless, in a meeting with Santiago Mayor Abel Martinez, other leaders, business and industrial community leaders told the mayor they totally reject the move to divide the city. The head of the Santiago Strategic Development Council, Juan Carlos Ortiz, called instead for all to work for common goals. The head of the Chamber of Commerce noted that cities in other countries that underwent sub-divisions are now reverting to their former status.
While there are obvious political maneuverings involved in creating a new municipal district, there are other, more important economic issues to consider. As reported in the El Caribe, the city of Santiago de los Caballeros could lose as much as 30% of its budget if the President signs off on this legislation. This is due to the fact that the area that would become the new municipality comprises about 33% of the population of Santiago, and according to the Municipal Law176-07 on cities and municipal districts, each district has to have a director and three councilmembers. The proposed West Santiago, with a population of over 200,000 would have an even greater number of council members than the city of Santiago.
The position of the Santiago Development Council is that the division would not solve problems but would create a great number of new problems: access to the municipal garbage site in Rafey; access to the Santiago Municipal Cemetery at El Ingenio and the water supply for the area would fall under the new authorities of Santiago West.
If the President does not veto the legislative bill that splits Santiago into two, the city government of Abel Martinez will lose an important revenue source, the Rafey garbage treatment center and the municipal El Ingenio cemetery. There is speculation a legal battle over the rights to these areas and services could be forthcoming. An estimated 33% of the 700,000 inhabitants of the city of Santiago would now fall under the to-be-created city government of Santiago West.
Several of those in opposition to the measure foresee legal battles looming on the horizon. According to Edwin Espinal Hernandez, Article 193 of the Constitution calls for territorial organization that leads to development and stability. Espinal notes that “everything points to the fact that rational decision making, in all aspects, was absent with the creation of Santiago West.”
PUERTO PLATA.- A total of 6 thousand 900 tourists arrived Tuesday at the modern Amber Cove terminal of Maimon in the western part of this San Felipe municipality of Puerto Plata, aboard the Carnival Magic cruises, coming from Miami and Carnival Ecstasy,coming from Charleston.The guests stayed in “The Bride of the Atlantic” for 8 hours enjoying excursions to different attractions and then set sail at 6:00 in the afternoon towards Grand Turks and Saint Thomas, respectively.
PUERTO PLATA.- The athlete Ravel Jiménez, representative of the North Zone, became the winner of the gold medal of the windsurfing event held on the beaches of Cabarete.
Cabarete, located in the eastern part of the province of Puerto Plata, was sub-headquarters of the XIV Mirabal Hermanas Mirabal 2018 National Games, where Jimenez, from the Northern zone, won the gold medal.
Jiménez was followed by Jesús Burgos, representative of the Metropolitan Area, who won the silver medal and Yeudy Vásquez, from Zone 5, who won the bronze medal.
The sports province director in Puerto Plata, Neftalí Lamouth and Tamara Valdez, the secretary general of the Dominican Sailing Federation, handed medals to the winners of the sailing competition.
The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announced its Safe Christmas Operation 2018-2019 that calls for the participation of 39,233 persons, including physicians, paramedics, military, police, search and rescue specialists and volunteers. The effort includes prevention awareness actions to reduce food and alcohol intoxication and traffic accidents.
On roads around the country, some 1,831 aid stations have been set up at critical points. Assisting the brigades are 139 ambulances, three helicopters, 95 units for rapid response, 23 vehicular rescue units and nine regional command centers, as well as 33 mobile car workshops.
The National Transit and Transport Institute (Intrant) announced the usual ban on cargo trucks transiting from Sunday, 23 December through Wednesday, 26 December 2018 and from Sunday, 30 December through Wednesday, 2 January 2019.
