2005 – Page 279

A lack of funding will make the law on primaries impossible to fulfill according to statements made by the chief judge of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Luis Arias. Arias told reporters from Hoy that the board would ask President Fernandez for special funding in order to finance the computerization of the National Civil Registry …

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The holidays brought hundreds of wounded to the emergency rooms of the public hospitals. Gunshot wounds, knifings and traffic accidents overflowed the ER at the Dario Contreras Hospital, one of the nation’s largest. Dr. Laura Santos told reporters that her unit received 152 injured between the morning of the 31st and the morning of the …

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The Second Chamber of the Appeals Court of the National District ratified the initial sentence of the lower court, and sent former Army officer Quirino Paulino Castillo to the prison in Najayo along with the driver of the truck that was carrying 1,387 kilograms of cocaine. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez told reporters that …

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A week of rainfall has returned flooding and landslides to the life of many residents of the Cibao Valley and the mountains that are to the north. Newspapers carried the stories of houses sliding off of the hillsides and travel along the panoramic Luperon Touristic Highway, an alternate route from Puerto Plata to Santiago. El …

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According to the most recent figures available, the Dominican Republic consumes between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of fish a year. However, most of the fish are imported. In spite of a record 18,000-ton catch by Dominican fishermen, another 30,000 plus were imported. Due to the demand by hotels, consumption for 2005 is expected to hit …

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Culture Minister Rafael Lantigua announced the annual Book Fair will take place this April at the grounds of the Plaza de la Cultura located between Pedro Henriquez Urena and Cesar Nicolas Penson avenues, as reported in El Caribe newspaper. The book fair initially was held there but in subsequent years had been moved to the …

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The Gigantes del Cibao (San Francisco de Macoris) won the first of nine games scheduled for the round robin of the Dominican Winter Professional League championship that began on Sunday, 2 January. The game between the Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaenas had to be suspended due to the constant rains in Santiago. Some 20,000 …

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