2006 – Page 265

The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) announced the start of the televised debates of candidates for Senators and mayor positions next Tuesday. The ANJE president said that the debates will take place on 4, 18, and 25 April and will be transmitted from 8 to 10 pm by Antena Latina. Only candidates for parties …

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Under a Coalition for Transparency and Institutionalism, several non-governmental organizations, business organizations and universities will be making voters aware about the background of politicians opting to be the next legislators or city mayors. The activity is sponsored by the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus), the National Council of Business (Conep), the Universidad Tecnologica de …

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More than 158,000 students were left idle, with the indefinite teaching strike called by the state university professors’ federation. The Federacion de Asociaciones de Profesores de la Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo is demanding a 30% wage increase. UASD professors are by far the best-paid university professors in the country, and have the best benefits …

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The Dominican Society of Radiology has defended radiologist Orlando Duarte who was sentenced to three months in jail by the 11th Penal Court of the National District for medical malpractice in the case of the death of Maria Marcelina Castro Peralta. Clinica Abreu was ordered to pay a RD$3 million fine in this case. The …

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Rescue forces have announced that the missing Cesna 172 has been located in a mountainous area west of the Valdesia Dam, in the Peravia province. The missing single-engine plane was sighted by an Air Force helicopter at 6 pm on Thursday in Loma El Cao, between the Valdesia and Jiguey-Aguacate dams, west of the Nizao …

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Judge Cespedes Reyes sentenced a former Central Electoral Board employee to 30 years in jail after he was found guilty of the rape of nine women, including an under-age girl. The court also ordered him to pay RD$500,000 to one of the victims. The judge said that Nestor Alfredo Fuentes Camarena was sentenced to 30 …

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The First Fair of Scientific and Technological Innovations and Inventions takes place this weekend at the former Indotel offices on Av. Nunez de Caceres, in the San Geronimo sector of Santo Domingo. The governmental Instituto de Innovacion en Biotecnologia e Industria (IBII) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Seescyt) are sponsoring the …

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Dominican women who enjoyed local TV success have moved on to stardom in Spain, Mexico, the United States and Puerto Rico. Listin Diario newspaper mentions that these include Charytin Goico, Nancy Alvarez, Mariasela Alvarez, Vielka Valenzuela and Carolina Feliz, three generations of women presenters. Charytin Goico was the trailblazer and appears on Puerto Rican TV …

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Yesterday, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) published the list of candidates presented by political parties, which shows cases such as the same person being nominated by two parties, even where there is no alliance between them. The oddest case is that of one candidate who appears on the lists of two organizations, but is running …

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The Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) decision to allow candidacy submissions for the 16 May elections after the official deadline continues to create problems for the organization. Four parties impeached registrations of candidates made by the PRD, PRSC and PLD parties and said that the JCE is responsible for the chaos that prevails in the organization …

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