Dolores Vicioso – Page 7470

Despite an elbow injury, Dominican weightlifter Wanda Rijo managed to finish eighth in the world in the Olympic Games. Wanda Rijo was a gold medal winner in the Pan American Games (Winnipeg, Canada) and the Central American and Caribbean Games (Maracaibo, Venezuela). Dominican swimmer Guillermo Cabrera, first Dominican ever to participate in a Pan Am …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Asociación Nacional de Distribuidores de Gasolina (Anadegas) have not reached an agreement regarding the profit margins granted to the gasoline and diesel distributors by the government. As per the last fuel increase on 26 August, the profit margins of the distributors (gas stations) were reduced from 12.5% …

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Attorney General Virgilio Bello Rosa asked Secretary General of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), José Tomás Pérez to drop by his office to identify the former PLD administration officers that became millionaires in the past government. Pérez had denounced that the present government was carrying out a select anti-corruption campaign targeting second and …

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President Hipólito Mejía says he is against government officers holding two jobs in government. Several aldermen, congressmen, and mayors want to continue receiving two paychecks. He instructed Administrative Secretary of the Presidency, Franco Badía to look into the matter. El Siglo newspaper says that as of 15 September, only four of 19 PRD aldermen in …

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A tropical wave that crossed over the DR brought heavy rains, wind gusts and flooding. The US weather forecasters explain that it is the remnant of Tropical Depression 12 and is becoming better organized, thus is of concern to Caribbean islands west of the island of the island of Hispaniola (DR + Haiti). The wave …

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Dominican boxer Jerson Ravelo lost to Paul Miller of Australia. He told Dominican press the judges took the fight away from him. The decision was 8-7. In the first two rounds, Ravelo scored 7 points to Miller’s three, but the judges awarded him the last two rounds 5-0. Notable frustrated with the judge’s decision, he …

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The director general of Livestock, Marcelino Vargas clarified that meat imports are not banned, but these require permits from his department. He said that what his department is doing is clamping down on the practice of importing meat without the corresponding permit from his department. "No one has been prohibited from importing meat, even the …

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