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Dominican Republic awaits new cruise ship center
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Carnival Corporation says it is building a $65 million cruise ship center in the Dominican Republic to draw ships to the Puerto Plata region for the first time in nearly 30 years.
9 dead, 11,000 evacuated after rains in Hispaniola
Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Heavy rains drenching the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have caused mudslides and floods that killed up to nine people in Haiti and forced more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in the neighboring Dominican Republic, authorities said Wednesday.
Floods force 11,000 Dominicans to evacuate homes
Authorities in the Dominican Republic say heavy rains are causing flooding and about 11,150 people have evacuated their homes.