2007 – Page 133

Ambassador Richard Bernal, director general of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, has arrived in the DR. Bernal leads the team that represents the Caribbean in negotiations for the European Partnership Agreement with the European Union. The purpose of his visit to Santo Domingo is to meet with Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and to …

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The coordinator of the Citizen Participation civic group, Porfirio Rodriguez told Hoy newspaper that three years into government, the PLD government has done little to fight corruption within its ranks. On the contrary, he stated that corruption is on the rise. He mentioned that even Customs Director Miguel Cocco has warned about the illicit wealth …

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Peruvian ambassador in the DR, Vicente Azula, is asking Dominicans for all the help they can offer in order to alleviate the affects of the earthquake that hit his country on Wednesday. The epicenter of the quake was registered at 7.9 on the Richter scale. According to Azula, President Leonel Fernandez has already sent a …

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Five passengers on a commuter bus were killed and three more were hospitalized for injuries in a serious traffic accident on the Monte Cristi-Santiago highway. The accident happened when steel plates came loose from a passing truck and hit the inter city transport bus. The Police named the dead as bus driver Virgilio Martinez Mezquita, …

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During National Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez’s two-year tenure, homicides have been reduced by 12% in the National District and 19% in eastern Santo Domingo. Santana is comparing his tenure with his predecessors. In 2003-04 under Jaime Marte Martinez there were 1,053 homicides and from 2004-2005, under the watch of Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez …

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Puerto Rico has decided to cancel its Winter Baseball Championship. This is a first after 69 years of participating in regional baseball league since 1949. Puerto Rico had the record for competing in all the Caribbean Series, where teams from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and the DR have vied to be the region’s best. The …

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It seems that no country or culture is too far away for Dominican baseball players. Dominicans Eladio Rodriguez plays for the Modiin Miracles and was a part of the 2006 Dominican team that took part in the Central American games. Hector de los Santos, a shortstop for the Netania Tigers, said that initially he was …

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The movie “Yuniol” could become the first Dominican film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Film category at next year’s Golden Globe Awards. Filmmaker Alfonso Rodriguez said that he has been given the opportunity to show the film to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the body that awards the Golden Globes. Rodriguez says that …

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If you like to stay out late and enjoy your alcohol, this is the time to do it. From Thursday through Sunday at 2am, there are no limits on alcohol sales in the DR, at Ministry of Interior & Police orders. The relaxing of the rule comes on the occasion of the long weekend marking …

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Peter Pan at the National Theater in Santo Domingo and Caetano Veloso at the Altos de Chavon amphitheater in La Romana are just two of the long list of performances scheduled for this long weekend. For families there is Winnie the Pooh at the Palacio de los Deportes. Others on stage this weekend include Julieta …

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