NewsWhore
03-25-2011, 05:40 PM
The construction of luxury beachfront apartments, villas and golf course residential areas is having side effects on Juan Dolio. Thousands of Haitian workers are attracted to the beach area where construction work is available. As a result, slum areas have multiplied. As reported in Hoy, residents in the area have expressed their concern about the living conditions of the Haitian immigrants.
They said that more than a thousand shacks have gone up, housing between 8 to 10 workers and without sanitation systems, so they use the bushes as toilets or use bags that they later throw into the trash or bushes. The residents complain of the large amount of garbage and sewage the Haitians have produced and dumped in the bushes. They expressed concern about the risk of an outbreak of cholera and other diseases. The slum areas are next to areas where foreigners live, which could cause international repercussions, they say, affecting the tourist area of Guayacanes and Juan Dolio.
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They said that more than a thousand shacks have gone up, housing between 8 to 10 workers and without sanitation systems, so they use the bushes as toilets or use bags that they later throw into the trash or bushes. The residents complain of the large amount of garbage and sewage the Haitians have produced and dumped in the bushes. They expressed concern about the risk of an outbreak of cholera and other diseases. The slum areas are next to areas where foreigners live, which could cause international repercussions, they say, affecting the tourist area of Guayacanes and Juan Dolio.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)