2006 – Page 260

A cycle of British cinema continues tonight at Videoteca Casa de Teatro with the showing of “The Girl in the Cafe” by David Yates, and tomorrow with “Vera Drake” by Mike Leigh. Both films will show at 8 pm. British tea is being served to moviegoers.  

Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu told the audience meeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for the annual assembly of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) that the Caribbean nation was expecting to see its GDP grow by 5.5% in 2006. He added that inflation is expected to be just 7.4%. He pointed out that the DR-CAFTA …

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Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso openly said yesterday that his department seeks to control illegal Haitian immigration. He told reporters from El Caribe, that as soon as newly elected president Rene Preval is sworn in, the Bilateral Dominican-Haitian Commission will meet and the DR will discuss the issue. Morales spoke at the weekly meeting of …

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Over the past few months, 98 policemen have been accused of violating Law 24-97 that deals with violence within the family, particularly wife beating. Yesterday the National Police requested that the prosecutor for the National District act with due haste in the punishment of those accused of family violence. According to police statistics, at least …

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The honors continue to be bestowed on businessman and philantropist Manuel Arsenio Urena as well as the well-known Jose Armando Bermudez (Popy), two of the most prominent businessmen in the nation. Urena, born in the mountains south of Santiago near the town of Janico, is well known for the literacy campaign that converted the town …

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PRD vice-president Rafael Subervi Bonilla complained yesterday that there are more than 100 challenges of candidates of the PRD that were substituted in the ballots. He warned that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) could not announce a candidacy unless the candidate presents the act of the party’s assembly that elected the candidate for the position. …

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The Dominican Annual Tourist Exchange (DATE) begins tonight at the Paradisus Palma Real Hotel, a part of the Sol Melia chain, in Punta Cana. This is the largest get together for the Dominican tourist industry and it is the opportunity for the hotels and tours to offer their wars to a huge audience. Over 150 …

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The purchase of Verizon Dominicana by America Movil of Mexico is going to heat up the cell phone business in the Dominican Republic, according to a report in today’s Hoy. The mobile phone business is the largest component of the telephone business in the DR according to the Dominican Institute for Telecommunications (INDOTEL). According to …

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After three months of very high prices for plantains and other staples, prices seem to be falling a bit. People that were consulted by reporters from the Listin Diario said that this was a typical, seasonal adjustment for most crops. After seeing plantains priced as much as RD$10.00 each, prices are now between RD$4.50 and …

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The Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital receives an average of 1,000 patients each day at its emergency rooms and out-patient clinics. Of these an average of 30 are interned and this is exceeding the capacity of the hospital. Parents mostly bring their children to the hospital for infections, pneumonia, gastric and chronic illnesses. The increase …

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