2007 – Page 71

Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), has asked the PLD to remove a TV spot in which President Leonel Fernandez appears with an actor who is on the Army payroll. The metaphorical spot shows a patient (Elias Caamano Perez) portraying the country and being treated by doctors in the emergency …

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The Colorado Rockies made history last night as they concluded a four-game sweep against the Arizona Diamondbacks and punched their ticket to their first World Series. The Rockies are baseball’s hottest team of the moment after winning 22 of their last 23 games. In the ALCS the Cleveland Indians have made their series with the …

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President Leonel Fernandez has plans to visit Southwest Florida on 12 November according to a release from the Fort Myers-based Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Leonardo Garcia, executive director of the chamber said that details of the trip to discuss business opportunities are still being worked out. In his comments on the trip, Garcia …

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The Dominican Republic is launching its final push for a seat on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. The fight for votes is against Costa Rica, which seems to have the backing of China, a permanent member of the Security Council. Dominican foreign minister Carlos Morales Troncoso is currently hard at work campaigning …

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The Ministry of Public Health has closed two water-bottling plants and is looking at another thirty in Santo Domingo province alone. The ministry is carrying out an inspection program designed to weed out bottlers that are not truly fulfilling their requirements. The health watch started in Santo Domingo but it will include 300 bottlers that …

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As part of the government’s efforts to reduce fuel consumption, planners are proposing some interesting suggestions for saving energy and fuel. Melanio Paredes, the recently appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce said that he would be meeting with President Fernandez to discuss the short, medium and long-term targets for the program. As one option, Paredes …

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With oil prices reaching unprecedented levels, the Dominican Republic instantly feels the pinch. This weekend fuel prices reached historic levels for propane gas, which went up RD$2.08 per gallon. Premium and regular fuels also rose by a peso or more. Although LPG for household consumption is assisted by a RD$17 peso subsidy, the government recoups …

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The Dominican Republic Industrial Association (AIRD) has told reporters that there is no ban on the import of cement into the Dominican Republic. There is a tariff in place, according to the note in Listin Diario, but this has been reduced over the past years. According to the AIRD, if a trader thinks that there …

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The first eight months of spending this year on the Santo Domingo metro construction project, the biggest ever undertaken in the Dominican Republic, have seen the most funding ever. The project has received RD$3.25 billion so far, more than seven other ministries combined. And we are not talking of the smaller ministries, but ministries that …

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Geological engineer Orsiris de Leon, a fierce opponent of the manner in which the metro is being constructed, has announced that the Dominican government is paying as much as double the price for the subway cars it is purchasing from the French Alston company. De Leon told television interviewer Guillermo Gomez that China was buying …

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