2006 – Page 104

Consumers have felt some relief as a result of steadily declining fuel prices that have fallen by RD$33.80 and RD$25.80 for premium and regular gasoline. For several consecutive weeks the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has been announcing fuel price cuts, reflecting the decline in world market prices. Taxi unions have announced minor reductions in …

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Simon Guerrero writes again in Diario Libre on Saturday, 16 September, about the plight of the dolphins kept at the Manati Park facility. He comments on a reply from Manati Park’s Jose Moreno in response to Guerrero’s previous article about the Manati Park dolphins for the newspaper. (See DR1 Daily News, 4 September and 7 …

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Gynecologist Lilliam Fondeur believes that the Dominican Republic should study the decision by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, a pediatrician, who has made the morning-after pill available for free to teenage girls age 14 and above, without requiring prior parental consent. The decision comes as a result of a situation where almost 4,000 babies are born …

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The famous Praia disco, located in one of Santo Domingo’s upscale districts, was the scene of a tragic shooting that resulted in the involuntary death of a young student, Pura Nunez Rodriguez by one of the security people, Ramon Antonio Sanchez. The tragic incident followed arguments that took place after one of the girl’s companions …

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1995 Pan American gold medalist and former World Boxing Organization 122lb champion, Joan Guzman successfully challenged World Boxing Organization champion Jorge Barrios at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas yesterday. Guzman went into the fight unbeaten in 25 bouts with 17 KOS. Dominican Guzman thus became the world’s super featherweight champion, defeating …

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Alfonso Soriano is the fourth player in Major League history to join the exclusive 40-40 club. The club is made up of those rare ball players who combine power and speed to hit at least 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season. Soriano, who plays for the Washington Nationals, has 45-40 …

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President Leonel Fernandez was scheduled to meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at 2pm today to discuss agreements concerning the supply of oil and the aspirations that both countries have for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. According to speculation in Diario Libre, the Dominican Republic is seeking to negotiate more favorable petroleum …

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The Dominican Republic and the western African country of Mali have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations. The memorandum was signed by Dominican Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali, Moctar Ouani. The agreement was signed …

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National Institute for Housing (INVI) director Alma Fernandez has announced that between the 15th and 24th of September a delegation from Intur, Invi, and the bank BHD will present a housing plan to the Dominican communities located in Lawrence, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. The housing plan, which includes bonds of …

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It will cost Dominicans at least US$120 million to convert the Cogentrix and Itabo fuel oil plants to run on natural gas, as reported in Diario Libre. The 300-megawatt Cogentrix plant, built by the Fernandez government in its first administration at a cost of US$267 million is closed, due to the high cost of operation. …

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