2007 – Page 138

Alex Rodriguez has become the youngest baseball player in history to hit 500 homeruns. Rodriguez hit the first pitch by Kyle Davies of the Kansas City Royals into the left field seats and became part of an exclusive, just 22-member group of players who have hit 500 homeruns. Rodriguez was 32 years and eight days …

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The article says “Protest in front of National Theater”, but the reader soon learns the real story. The fifty or so people demonstrating outside the theater were protesting because they arrived late, just a few minutes late, for the 8:30 performance by Alberto Cortez and Pablo Milanes. El Caribe says that they arrived between three …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in the north-central Cibao region all day yesterday inaugurating 16 public works projects – highways, plant nurseries, schools, rural roads, housing projects and a youth center – built by the government at a total cost of RD$400 million. During a speech in the northeastern city of Salcedo, the President said that …

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Last night President Leonel Fernandez said that in the last ten years the DR has gone from a judicial system where defendants could buy favorable sentences to a justice system that is reliable, honorable and honest. Fernandez says that the country is perceived as serious and trustworthy with institutions that are credible due to the …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has announced that it is reducing taxes on the legalization of documents by 20%. The Deputy Minister in charge of Migration and Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos said that each legalization would now cost RD$620. This reduction in fees is the result of the enactment of Law 173-07 …

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With a vote of 87 to 13, and 9 abstentions, the Chamber of Deputies has approved the modifications to Social Security Law 87-01. Diario Libre writes that a letter from the business sector was not taken into consideration during the process. Deputies also disregarded a PRSC proposal recommending other changes. In making its decision, the …

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The Chamber of Deputies also approved a letter of credit for a value of US$30 million, which will be used to guarantee the contract for the construction of two coal-powered plants by the Sichuan power company. Diario Libre writes that a US$90 million fund has been created, equivalent to three months payment of energy supplied …

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The number of late birth declarations being reported by the National District Late Registrations Department increased by 235% in July, compared to June. In July alone the office received 1,370 applications for late registration. This is 786 more than July 2006. National District Attorney General Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero has increased staff numbers in order …

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An international product recall by Mattel and Fisher-Price also covers the DR, where many of the affected products are on sale. Earlier this week Mattel’s Fisher Price division issued a recall of 1.5 million toys containing lead in paint. The toys are painted by a contractor in China and CNN reports that this latest recall …

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Following an invitation from Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, the Fair Labor Association of the United States carried out an assessment of the Dominican apparel industry in May 2007 to identify possible opportunities for improving the situation. In the past 18 months the DR has lost an estimated 50,000 jobs in the apparel sector. Between 2004 …

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