2008 – Page 14

Judge Franny Gonzalez has withdrawn from hearing the trial of Financiera Nacional de Credito (CONACRE) executives because, according to her, a man who identified himself as Marcos Perez approached the judge and on two occasions, on 3 and 9 December, and offered her “a millionaire” bribe to rule in favor of the defendants. The judge …

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Hoy features a recent report, “Use of Antibiotics in the DR,” which found that 80% of doctors in the DR incorrectly prescribe antibiotic medicines and that an alarming number of Dominicans self-medicate, without a doctor’s advice. A total of 918 doctors were interviewed but only 629 agreed to participate in the study. The study considers …

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Some 6,000 cubic meters of contaminated land will be cleaned up in the notorious God’s Paradise, one of the world’s most polluted places on earth. The area is filled with lead and factory waste, but the Ministry of Environment and the Blacksmith Institute have pledged to clean up the area. Engineer Victor Garcia, who is …

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The president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has said that telephone companies that experience service outages should compensate their users for deficiencies in the service. As reported in Hoy, Jose Rafael Vargas said that there are eight million telephones in the DR, of which seven million are cell phones. He said that tele-density in …

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The Dominican Republic’s trade deficit with the United States has doubled. The DR has a free trade agreement with the US. As reported in Hoy, economist Luis Vargas says that figures from the US Department of Commerce for the first 10 months of 2008 show that the trade deficit grew 70%, or US$939.3 million, going …

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The Supreme Court has ruled that property owners can evict a tenant when the tenant uses the property for a purpose other than agreed in the written contract. The ruling overrides Decree 4807 from 1959 that strongly favored the tenant. Listin Diario reports that the ruling came about as a result of the case presented …

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Intec University and Penn State University have signed a cooperation agreement that will allow Intec students to study at Penn State. The agreement will also include the installation of the Haas Technical Education Center in the DR. Michael Immel, Director of Corporate Relations for the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering …

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Al Horford, the second year center for the Atlanta Hawks, is among the top-ranked centers in this year’s All-Star voting. According to initial stats released by the NBA, Horford has received 45,284 votes behind Dwight Howard, Sam Dalembert, Rasheed Wallace and Jermaine O’Neal. Horford is following a strong rookie year with a solid second campaign …

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After taking a week off, the Dominican Winter League was back on center stage last night with all six teams seeing action. In last night’s first game the Aguilas took care of the Escogido with a 5-3 victory at Estadio Quisqueya. Though it was intended to be a pitcher’s duel with Fausto Carmona and Francisco …

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The annual Christmas ‘bonus’ checks or the 13th salary check will be paid to government workers during this week and the beginning of next week, according to the director of the Treasury, Guaroa Guzman. In a press release reported in Diario Libre, the official reported that public employees, including pensioners, civilians and the military, would …

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