NewsWhore
05-25-2011, 03:30 PM
The area surrounding the Dominican Immigration and Customs offices in Jimani, on the main route to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has been flooded by the waters from Lake Azuei. Despite all the best efforts of local municipal workers to shore up the levees around the buildings and the parking areas, the waters are seeping in. Customs and Immigration employees now have to use brooms to sweep water out of the offices and warehouses in order to do their jobs. The old buildings are in very poor condition and are unusable.
The rising waters, the same phenomenon that is affecting the nearby Enriquillo Lake, also affect the bi-national market that takes place Mondays and Fridays.
According to a study, as reported in El Caribe, the bi-national market receives an average of 23,974 Dominican visitors and 9,138 Haitian visitors each market day. Many of the government agency employees asked newspaper reporters to "say something, please".
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The rising waters, the same phenomenon that is affecting the nearby Enriquillo Lake, also affect the bi-national market that takes place Mondays and Fridays.
According to a study, as reported in El Caribe, the bi-national market receives an average of 23,974 Dominican visitors and 9,138 Haitian visitors each market day. Many of the government agency employees asked newspaper reporters to "say something, please".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)