Dolores Vicioso – Page 6838

The bill that would change the name of the Las Americas International Airport to that of Aeropuerto International Jose Francisco Pe?a G?mez was hurriedly passed last night by the Senate. For many years the airport has been known as the Las Americas International Airport, but legislators voted to incorporate into its title the name of …

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DR1 Daily News erroneously reported yesterday that begging and religious or political proselytizing would be allowed during the Pan Am Games. This is not so. These activities have also been outlawed. The word NOT was missing, as a result of a contributing editor typo. The story should have read: ?Begging and religious or political proselytizing …

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The Organizing Committee of the Pan Am Games announced that the western side of the Avenida Jos? Ortega y Gasset will be closed on 1 August and 17 August, on occasion of the Pan Am Games. Vehicles in the west-east direction along 27 de Febrero will not be allowed to turn left on Ortega y …

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List?n Diario reports that the Organizing Committee has decided to leave open only two access doors to the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, the main center for the staging of Pan Am Games competitions. Access will be gained by Avenida Jos? Ortega y Gasset (for VIP pass bearers only) and by the door on Avenida …

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Major General Gustavo Jorge Garc?a has warned foreign political activists that there will be little or no tolerance for protests staged against the governments of Cuba or Venezuela. Jorge Garc?a, as head of security for the Pan Am Games, has distributed a pamphlet called the Ten Commandments, and added to the reporters from the Listin …

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Felix S?nchez, Dominican Republic?s best chance at a gold medal, is scheduled to compete Friday, 8 August at around 5:30pm. Tickets to attend the event range from RD$200 to RD$80, depending on seating.  During a press conference today, the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games released the updated information on events schedules, ticket prices …

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In the English language we use the superlative in only the most extreme instances. Today?s Diario Libre leads with a report on the latest Gallup-Omnimedia poll, which puts legislators, in general, in the category of ?worst? among the population. A full 83.6% of those surveyed gave the legislators extremely poor grades, and considered them to …

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Both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have halted their work to attend to the political in-fighting that precedes the selection of new legislative leaders this coming August. In the Senate, the battles between the current president, Andr?s Bautista (PRD-Espaillat), and Jes?s V?zquez Mart?nez (PRD-Mar?a Trinidad S?nchez) is heating up. In the Chamber of …

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List?n Diario reports today on the internal conflict within the PRSC that has followed since the controversial election of former Santiago senator and minister of public works, Eduardo Estrella, as the presidential candidate for the party. Estrella beat out former Vice President Jacinto Peynado, who maintains that Estrella won by fraud in cahoots with the …

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According to Diario Libre, officials from the Migration Department are rounding up the illegal Haitians who sell fruit in the Naco and Piantini sectors of Santo Domingo. Migration agents have detained vendors on streets and avenues such as Max Henr?quez Ure?a, Abraham Lincoln and Tiradentes. The sales people are complaining, as did the street vendors …

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