2007 – Page 274

Hoy reports that at least 12 German companies are negotiating to install solar and wind power plants at various points in the DR, with multi-million dollar investments. This is according to Pedro Verges Ciman, Dominican ambassador to Germany. Verges said that Germany could contribute to the solution of the country’s energy problem. Asked about the …

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The Ministry of Youth, in conjunction with Johnson & Wales University, is sponsoring 60 tourism students. The students are receiving specialized training at the Casa de Campo training institute, which is located at the tourist complex in La Romana. The three-week course trains students in the areas of bartending, kitchen, restaurants and housekeeping, combined with …

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The government’s continued efforts to keep anything connected to the Santo Domingo Metro under wraps is now bordering on ridiculous, even if all the secrecy is aimed at avoiding criticism about a project that is being constructed with a huge amount of public funds that should be spent on the health or education sectors. The …

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President Leonel Fernandez has ordered the removal of 427,072 people from police files, leaving 198,309 names on file. The legal authorities and the national security agencies will keep the police files on particular individuals. The move was part of Presidential decree 122-07 which establishes police records as permanent or temporary, according to Interior and Police …

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Today is the 190th anniversary of the birth of Francisco del Rosario Sanchez. Sanchez was born on 9 March, 1817 and is one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic for the role he played in the declaration of national independence. Listin Diario explains that Sanchez wasn’t one of the founders of La Trinitaria, …

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Dominican pitcher Pedro Martinez made Forbes Magazine’s list of the top 10 pitchers of all times. The magazine measured Major League pitchers’ greatness by comparing them to their contemporaries. Forbes chose Martinez as its 8th on the list because of what it describes as “a spectacular run from 1997 through 2002.” In the hitter-friendly year …

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President Leonel Fernandez will be traveling to Puerto Rico tomorrow where he will be the main speaker at a luncheon organized by the Industry Association of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila will be present at the dinner. The luncheon will be at the Caribe Hilton at 12:30pm. Fernandez will be back in …

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A report by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) estimates that 5.8 million Dominicans will be eligible to vote in the 2008 presidential elections. This is a 600,000-person increase from the last elections held in 2004. The report indicates that after the 2006 congressional and municipal elections the number of voters on the electoral roll increased …

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Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin responded yesterday to the US State Department’s 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the State Department. Valentin rejected claims that the Dominican Republic systematically abuses the rights of Haitians in the DR. Valentin said that it …

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The Dominican Attorney General’s Office and the Haitian Ministry of Justice announced a judicial agreement that includes consulting on the application of the new penal code. Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena and Haitian Justice Minister Rene Amaglairi met yesterday to discuss the agreement. Jimenez said that the Dominicans will share their experiences in order to …

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