Dolores Vicioso – Page 7497

Evaristo Perez, a well-known Dominican basketball player, was appointed director of the Programa de Apoyo a los Atletas de Alto Rendimiento Nuevos Valores e Inmortales (PARNI). This program primarily seeks to help the top athletes of the country maintain a lifestyle that allows them to concentrate on their sport. The program funds lodging, food, medical …

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News reports say that the Civil Defense evacuated more than 1,000 persons in prevention of flooding due to the threat of Debby. Debby, downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, eventually treated the DR lightly, bringing only rains that are seen as beneficial for agriculture. The front page of the Listín Diario of 24 August carries …

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The Association of Free Zones of La Vega reached an agreement with Edenorte, the power distributor. The businessmen of the zone had returned their power bills to the company, an affiliate of Unión Fenosa of Spain, citing these were excessive and did not reflect the long hours of blackouts the companies had been subject to …

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Police chief Pedro de Jesus Candelier confirmed that he is intervening as "mediator" in the political impasse between the Juan Quiñones, present mayor of Haina, a town west of Santo Domingo and Juan Benito Reyes (Maniquí) who aspires to be the mayor of Haina. The problem is traced back to the political agreement reached in …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp expressed his concern for the increase in illegal migration of Haitians to the DR. "A small country like ours does not have the resources to cope with half a million or a million Haitians. The problem is that the DR cannot accept the flow of Haitians as it …

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Reports from Puerto Plata indicate that Debby has produced only slight sporadic rains as it passes along the North Coast. Debby was downgraded to tropical storm status as it passed along the Dominican coastline. It seems the storm will have no impact whatsoever on Puerto Plata, outside of the change of activities caused by the …

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President Hipólito Mejía appointed several new consuls yesterday. They are: Hamburg, Germany: Maria de los Angeles Peña Frankfurt, Germany: Williams de Jesús Oranjestad, Aruba: Josefina Ortíz Guzmán Antwerp, Belgium: Moira Suro Rodríguez Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rafael Augusto Sánchez Brasilia, Brazil: Edwin Ahmet Canaan Montrea, Canada: Basthy Hazoury Seoul, Korea: Isabel Fortunato Madrid, Spain: Clara …

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President Hipólito Mejía appointed Onésimo González as the new executive director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) in Santo Domingo and AMETRASAN, the Santiago counterpart.