In the Dominican Republic last year there were 4.438 cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed and placed on treatment. Belkis Marcelino, director of the National Tuberculosis Control estimated that failure to detect a 33% increase, so the Public Health Ministry yesterday launched a campaign aimed at reducing the disease by 2015. Read Article
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As recorded by dailymail.co.uk, “Two Britons on a Caribbean cruise were recovering in hospital today after being shot by an armed robber during a stopover on the holiday island of Barbados…The man, in his 70s, was shot in the left pelvis area, while the woman, in her 50s, was shot in the right thigh as […]
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Five Americans, one Swiss, one Panamanian, one Canadian, one Colombian sailing from Panama for Cartagena resucued. The crew of the vessel amounted to report the incident to the line 123 of the Police, who informed the Coast Guard of Cartagena, who undertook the rescue. Nine people were rescued by the Navy units, after the boat […]
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March 6, 2013: Dominica News Online has been reliably informed that a tourist was robbed of her jewelry in Roseau on Wednesday. This is the second such incident in Roseau in two days. Wednesday’s incident occurred in the vicinity of Western Union. An eyewitness, who saw everything unfold before her eyes, told DNO that she […]
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Jost Van Dyke, VI – virginislandsnewsonline.com reported that information reaching this news site indicates that a US tourist has died at Jost Van Dyke in a water related incident today, March 9, 2013. According to a source, two men were reportedly in the vicinity of the ‘Bubbly Pool’ at Diamond Cay in Jost Van Dyke […]
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Hotel Samasati – one victim was taken to a local hospital after being struck in the face. Puerto viejo, limon Costa Rica, 18 tourists robbed at gunpoint (many tourists from the United States Hotel is located in the southern region of Limón, near the border with Panama. According to the ticotimes.net, five armed assailants raided […]
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newsday.co.tt reporte that an American U.S. tourist, who was in the country for the recently concluded Carnival Season has become the country’s latest road fatality. According to a police report, at about 2.30 am yesterday, The vehicle, police said, slammed into the concrete pillar under the bridge killing Richards instantly. He was the lone occupant […]
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According to thedailyherald.com, “There have been no updates in the case regarding the Dominican tourist who was robbed and stabbed in the parking lot behind the Philipsburg police station late Friday night, February 8, and the suspect who escaped police…The suspect dressed in dark clothing and sporting a large knife attacked the woman, who was […]
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As reported by news.caribseek.com, “According to the Canadian media the sixty-six year old man was on vacation here with friends and family from Canada and he is now being treated in Miami for extensive injuries including serious head trauma and multiple broken bones…The man who has been named as Dan Marce from Reginan in Saskatchewan […]
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According to todaysxm.com, ” In a car accident yesterday morning around 5.10 a.m., the driver died and a passenger was injured. Both victims are French male tourists, identified by police as D.R.P. and S.Q.V. The car was heading in the direction of Oyster Pond when the driver lost control over the car at the entrance […]
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