2008 – Page 168

The DR wants 20,000 more barrels of petroleum from Venezuela per day as part of the PetroCaribe Agreement. The DR is currently receiving 30,000 daily barrels of fuel from Venezuela, 50% of which is financed. If approved, the country would be financing 25,000 barrels per day. Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa said that the request would …

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There are no incentives, apart from the high cost of fuel, to save fuel in the DR unlike the experience in other countries, points out journalist Rainier Maldonado in a report in today’s Listin Diario. He says that when the Tax Department (DGII) tried to penalize gas-guzzling SUVs with higher rates on license plates, the …

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Credit card rates from DR banks are going up and Listin Diario reports that current rates now range from 7% to 10% per month. Credit card holders are also complaining that banks are taking advantage of cardholders by charging interest on the total value of the debt for the monthly period and not on the …

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Francisco (Tachi) Cazal, the president of the student exchange program AFS will be visiting the DR this week to promote their intercultural exchange programs for young people and teachers. During his visit, AFS staff and volunteers in Santo Domingo will be able to hear directly from the president about the contributions the organization is making …

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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that Major League Baseball will be looking into the recent signing of top Dominican prospect Michael Inoa. Inoa recently signed a rookie contract with the Oakland Athletics and received a record US$4.25 million signing bonus. MLB will investigate rumors of improprieties on behalf of the As and allegations of …

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What started out as a series of tabloid headlines and Hollywood-style gossip has now become fact as Cynthia Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez’s wife, has filed for divorce. Sources say that Cynthia will seek alimony and custody of the couple’s two children. Mrs. Rodriguez, who filed the complaint in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, cites extra-marital affairs but makes …

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The DR might have its very own entry in the Guinness Book of World Records with local centenarian Gregoria Disla Germosen or Dona Goya. Dona Goya is thought to have been born in the town of Loma de Cabrera in 1890. Her parents were Benita Disla and Conrado Moncion. She moved to the city of …

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President Leonel Fernandez will travel to Margarita, Venezuela on Saturday, 12 July to attend the V Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement. Fernandez will meet with the heads of state of other 15 members of the group of Caribbean nations that benefit from the agreement. A source in the Presidential Palace told Hoy reporter Diego Pesquiera …

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After accepting the resignation of eight members and firing the ninth, the Dominican Senate requested that President Leonel Fernandez submit a new list of names for filling the posts on the Chamber of Accounts. Only lawyer Alcides Benjamin Decena Lugo stayed around for the final day of the hearings, and he was fired. Previously, the …

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More than 10,000 students have passed through the government’s English Immersion Program offered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology over the past four years. The government hopes to graduate 40,000 over the next four years of the program, averaging 10,000 per year. Program director Mirtha Lora, told the Listin Diario that the …

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