2007 – Page 136

Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez has asked President Leonel Fernandez to keep aiming for 1 September as the start-up date for the government’s health plan, the SFS. Pared says that individual interests are trying to impede the plan’s entry into effect. He said that the government has the responsibility to ensure that the SFS goes …

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Yesterday DR1 reported that trade with Haiti has been on the rise and that Haiti is now the DR’s third largest trading partner. The Dominican Republic exports US$147 million in goods to Haiti, and this trade grew by 18.8% in 2006. Today’s Diario Libre provides more details on trade between the two countries. During the …

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The PLD has taken its gloves off and has come out swinging against PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado. Last week Vice President Rafael Alburquerque called the candidate ignorant because of his reported lack of knowledge about the government’s health plan, the SFS. Alburquerque came back at Vargas again yesterday, labeling claims made by Vargas …

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Eduardo Estrella, who lost to Amable Aristy Castro in the PRSC primary, is still looking for his moment in the spotlight and it seems that a joint political venture might be his last chance. The former PRSC member and presidential candidate has declared himself politically independent and has formed a political movement called “Dominicans for …

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Listin Diario is reporting that 33 clinical research projects are currently under way in the DR. Dominicans are being tested with possible medicines for HIV/AIDS, diabetes, glaucoma, rotavirus, influenza and others. The control tests are supervised by the National Bioethics Health Council (CONABIOS). Miguel A. Montalvo, executive director of CONABIOS, said that children, women, the …

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Juan Alcantara Pena is the latest Dominican to die while on military duty in the Middle East. Reportedly, he died while on duty in Kuwait. Pena, a 22-year old from Washington Heights, New York had been in Iraq for a year. His family told Hoy that US military officials visited the family home yesterday to …

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The US Embassy in Santo Domingo Consular Section’s American Citizens Service Unit is introducing a new passport appointment system. According to an Embassy press release the new system comes in response to the large number of US citizens who have requested passports in the last year due to the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel …

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The Santo Domingo Country Club is hosting the 51st Caribbean Golf Association Amateur Championships from 2-12 August. 150 golfers from Barbados, Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, OECS, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Virgin Islands have registered to participate. The Dominican team is the favorite to win the tournament, after its success …

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Despite the interest that President Leonel Fernandez has shown in starting up the Family Health Service (SFS) on 1 September, there are some fundamental aspects that still need to be defined. Perhaps for this very reason, Diario Libre reports that the President is going to meet with all the key actors in the sector to …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) magistrates have agreed to keep their lips sealed and refrain from voicing their opinions on the proposal for a new set of election campaign regulations, political propaganda and the use of the media. Chief magistrate Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman announced the word-fast agreement. Castanos Guzman said that everything that has …

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