2007 – Page 112

Although the Dominican population is growing every year, there has been a marked reduction in the birthrate, and this will be reflected in the fact that between the years 2000 and 2015 the median age of the population will climb from 22.8 years of age to 25.4 years of age. This news comes from the …

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The nation’s major political parties have rejected the idea of any sort of military coup d’etat because the necessary conditions do not exist at this time. The Armed Forces intelligence unit, J-2, told Listin Diario that the complaint made by former guerilla leader Claudio Caamano was based on the warnings a group of former generals …

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It all started in the first half of the 1980s, when sports betting parlors eyed Major League Baseball and NBA basketball and offered television for viewing and a sports book for betting. Since then 1,386 betting parlors have sprung up around the country allowing sports fans to place bets on everything from the Super Bowl …

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More than 100,000 tubes of the recently banned Chinese toothpaste were found in several Chinese-owned motels in Santo Domingo. The brands Mr. Cool, Excell, Maxan, and Hei are reported to contain toxic chemicals that can seriously harm users. Among the chemicals is diethyl glycol which is used in anti freeze. The packaging contains instructions in …

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The couple that used the “House of Horrors” for multiple murders and torture were convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison, as was one of their accomplices, Vicente Pablo Valdez Valdez. A former policeman, Wilson Castillo German was sentenced to 20 years for his part in the horrendous murders of several people in the …

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Barely two weeks after Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was “elected” president, the city of Santo Domingo was destroyed by a very strong hurricane, named for the saint’s day: San Zenon. The death and destruction caused by the hurricane, magnified by the fact that the eye passed over the city, leading thousands of people to take …

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20-year old INTEC engineering student Sebastian Mera Cabral took the 2007 Sunfish World Championship last week at the Brant Beach Yacht Club in New Jersey. Mera defeated Malcolm Smith, a three-time world champion, in the 100-boat regatta. This is the first time the DR wins the World Sunfish Championship. Mera finished with just 26 points, …

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Twenty-two leading Dominican fashion designers, and a colorful spectacular by Spain’s Agatha Ruiz de la Prada make up the Dominicana Moda 2007, a festival of fashion taking place this week at the Hotel Embajador. The shows are benefits for multiple causes and tickets cost RD$500 (Tel 809 540-2536, 809 566-1114). Opening tonight, Monday, 3 September, …

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Government revenues were again up this month, with RD$19.40 billion, which is RD$723.9 million more than estimated, according to the Budget Department (DIGEPRES), published in El Nuevo Diario. Likewise, spending for the same period was RD$18.67 billion. During July, the government received foreign revenues for RD$90.7 million and RD$1.07 billion. The breakdown of collections by …

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At the invitation of the Vietnamese government, Dominican Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso is paying a visit to Vietnam from 28 August to 2 September. This is the first time a Dominican foreign minister has visited Vietnam since diplomatic relations were established in July 2005. The visit aims to enhance the relationship of friendship …

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