2008 – Page 13

Diario Libre focuses on a recent court sentence that ruled in the favor of allotting lands in the National Park of the East to a group of Spanish investors. The newspaper comments that one of the investors is Carlos Sanchez Hernandez, a partner in Compania de Inversiones Trubia, which benefited from the ruling by the …

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Higuey has been described as a Mecca for forging land titles, where just in parcel 367-B there is a portion of land with 15 “claimants” fighting over its possession, as reported in Diario Libre. Also in the area there are property lines over property lines of land. The State Lawyer for the Higher Land Court, …

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Jose Torres, director of the National Association of Free Zones has confirmed that thousands of industrial free zone workers are being let go as a consequence of reduced contracting by US apparel companies. The dismissals primarily affect free zones in Santiago, La Vega and Moca in the north of the country. Behind it all is …

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Don Mario Alvarez, 20-year long editor of Hoy newspaper and writer of the renowned Coctelera column, passed away yesterday at Corazones Unidos, where he had been hospitalized for several days. He was married to Altagracia Matilde Soto, and had three sons, Jaime Virgilio, Mario Virgilio and Emilio Virgilio. He was best known as Don Cuchito, …

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The Navy says it will prosecute the two survivors of a recent illegal boat trip to Puerto Rico, where some 49 people who are believed to have paid up to US$10,000 for the trip are missing, feared dead. Diomito Rodriguez and Reynaldo Ramirez were rescued off the coast of the southwestern province of Pedernales and …

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The new owners of Las Americas International Airport have hiked the price of parking at Santo Domingo’s main airport. While leaving the car at the airport for a week used to cost RD$610, the rate is now RD$10,080. The new rate is equivalent to RD$1 per minute. This means that leaving the car overnight will …

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The National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) is forecasting light rains and unusually strong wave action along the Atlantic Coast, Samana Bay and the Mona Passage early this week. The cool temperatures are set to continue. According to ONAMET, the flow of winds from the east/northeast is continuing across the country, bringing humidity and continuing rains to …

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On Friday night the Gigantes del Cibao ensured themselves a place in the playoffs by defeating the Leones del Escogido 8-2 in the Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo. In San Pedro de Macoris, the Tigres del Licey defeated the pesky Estrella Orientales 7-4 in the Tetelo Vargas Stadium. In Santiago, the Toros del Este came …

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In an unexpected move, President Leonel Fernandez was in Bonao yesterday to offer support to 900 workers who recently lost their jobs with the Falconbridge mining company. Fernandez announced that the government would help them find new jobs, and that 90 workers over the age of 55 would be awarded government pensions. The President also …

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Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez and Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia attended the launch of the new Vista Cana Resort and Country Club in the Punta Cana area. The Venezuelan tourism project will include the construction of 6,000 rooms, a commercial center with 100 stores, a 27-hole golf course and an artificial 180,000 square meter lake …

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