2007 – Page 79

The Republic Bank, a financial institution with headquarters in Trinidad and Tobago, has decided to sell its operations in the Dominican Republic. The winning bidder was BHD, The Dominican Mortgage Bank, according to full-page announcements in all today’s papers. Republic Bank had come to the rescue of the ailing Banco Mercantil in October 2003 and …

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Bishop Diomedes Espinal de Leon, the head of the Mao-Montecristi dioceses, has asked the Haitian people for forgiveness for the 1937 massacre that took place near Dajabon on the Haitian frontier. Espinal de Leon was celebrating a commemorative mass on the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the patron of Dajabon. …

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In Moca, the provincial capital of Espaillat province, workers carrying out reconstruction work on the city park alongside the Our Lady of the Rosary church have uncovered a very old cemetery. Some observers think that this could be the final resting place of the city’s original settlers. The contractors contacted the authorities at the Museum …

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The Minister of Agriculture has reassured farmers by announcing that the red palm aphid recently found on trees in the garden of the United States Agricultural Department’s official in the Arroyo Hondo area of Santo Domingo, was not a threat to their crops. According to Hoy, the official, the USDA’s watchdog on plant diseases and …

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Internet service centers are abounding in Santo Domingo and free Wi-Fi is widely available. According to El Caribe, Internet services are gravitating towards the areas where there is a high concentration of university students. Just around the UASD there are more than 50 Internet facilities. Some former call centers are now offering just Internet service, …

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Hector Guzman Valdez, aka “Papo Problema”, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of setting the fire that killed three children and their aged great-grandmother in the Katanga area of La Romana. The magistrate at the Court of Instruction will hear arguments about whether the prisoner should be held on remand or not. The accused also …

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Although the local authorities are giving them different names, the construction of special park areas for young children continues throughout greater Santo Domingo. Called, in Spanish, “canquinas”, after old-fashioned multi-colored candy canes, the idea has attracted support in east Santo Domingo where the parks are called “rainbows” and up in Pedro Brand where they are …

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“Big Papi” David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez assisted Curt Schilling’s masterful pitching with back-to-back homeruns in the fourth inning to give the Boston Red Sox a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angles. A seven-run eighth inning sealed the deal for the Sox, who have won nine straight playoff games over Anaheim. David Ortiz and Mike …

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President Leonel Fernandez and his economic team are due to meet with officials from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank tomorrow to study the development of the Dominican economy, the economy’s successes, the electricity crisis, the transport issue and petroleum concerns. The meeting will take place at Casa de Campo. Hoy is …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated a range of projects yesterday including the reconstruction of the Casabito highway, which connects Constanza with the Duarte highway. Also, the surrounding communities will have their electricity system upgraded. The government is spending an estimated RD$240 million on these projects. The highway project will cost RD$42 million and is 51 kilometers …

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