2007 – Page 126

During National Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez’s two-year tenure, homicides have been reduced by 12% in the National District and 19% in eastern Santo Domingo. Santana is comparing his tenure with his predecessors. In 2003-04 under Jaime Marte Martinez there were 1,053 homicides and from 2004-2005, under the watch of Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez …

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Puerto Rico has decided to cancel its Winter Baseball Championship. This is a first after 69 years of participating in regional baseball league since 1949. Puerto Rico had the record for competing in all the Caribbean Series, where teams from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and the DR have vied to be the region’s best. The …

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It seems that no country or culture is too far away for Dominican baseball players. Dominicans Eladio Rodriguez plays for the Modiin Miracles and was a part of the 2006 Dominican team that took part in the Central American games. Hector de los Santos, a shortstop for the Netania Tigers, said that initially he was …

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The movie “Yuniol” could become the first Dominican film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Film category at next year’s Golden Globe Awards. Filmmaker Alfonso Rodriguez said that he has been given the opportunity to show the film to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the body that awards the Golden Globes. Rodriguez says that …

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If you like to stay out late and enjoy your alcohol, this is the time to do it. From Thursday through Sunday at 2am, there are no limits on alcohol sales in the DR, at Ministry of Interior & Police orders. The relaxing of the rule comes on the occasion of the long weekend marking …

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Peter Pan at the National Theater in Santo Domingo and Caetano Veloso at the Altos de Chavon amphitheater in La Romana are just two of the long list of performances scheduled for this long weekend. For families there is Winnie the Pooh at the Palacio de los Deportes. Others on stage this weekend include Julieta …

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The local Center for Emergency Operations (COE) is on alert in case Hurricane Dean decides to change course at last minute, as reported in Hoy. The US National Hurricane Center has issued a storm watch for the island, and Dean is expected to cross us on Saturday morning on its way to Jamaica and Mexico. …

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President Leonel Fernandez will be in Santiago to celebrate today’s national holiday, Restoration Day. Although the DR gained its independence from Haiti in 1844, by 1861 it had reverted back to being a colony of Spain. With the help of Haitian revolutionaries who feared the presence of Spain on the island, the war against Spain …

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On occasion of the start of the fourth year in office of President Leonel Fernandez begins his fourth year in office Temple University Sociology Professor Rosario Espinal analyzes the challenges ahead, as reported in Hoy. Espinal believes that while Fernandez’s popularity will continue to erode in coming months, his political positioning is strong enough for …

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Economists Carlos Despradel, Andres Dauhajre, Jose Luis de Ramon and Miguel Ceara Hatton focused yesterday on where the country is at three years into the administration of President Leonel Fernandez during an interview with Hoy newspaper. All recommend that the country continue with IMF supervision of government finances once the current stand-by arrangement runs out …

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