2008 – Page 170

The General Assembly of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) elected Dr. Bernarda Jimenez, a Dominican immigrant, to the post of secretary general for immigrant affairs. This is the first time that an immigrant has held an executive position in a Spanish political party. She was presented to the press by vice secretary general of …

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A total of eleven Dominicans will probably see action in this year’s All Star Game that will be played in the “House that Ruth Built”: Yankee Stadium. This marks the sixth time that the country has been represented by at least ten players in the mid-summer spectacle. The list is headed by Alex Rodriguez of …

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Government and transporters signed an agreement yesterday temporarily putting an end to the rift between both sides. The agreement once again grants numerous concessions and benefits to the transport unions that control public transport in the country. The transporters had been threatening to considerably raise fares in response to the spiral in fuel prices and …

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Mercedes Benz Brazil has begun to penalize the Dominican government for delays in issuing a line of credit that would facilitate the dispatching of the shipment of 125 Mercedes Benz buses of a total of 300 that had been contracted for use in the OMSA government bus service. The original bidding for the contract, which …

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Developments in the Chevron fuel transport conflict are cause for concern at some of the nation’s airports. Airport Department director Andres Vanderhorst says that the fuel transporter’s boycott is beginning to affect airports. Listin Diario reports that yesterday drivers stationed their vehicles at the entrance of the Chevron refinery in Haina impeding entrance or exit …

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512 families, victims of Tropical Storm Olga in November 2007, will soon be able to move into new homes in the Villa Liberacion neighborhood in Santiago from President Leonel Fernandez. The project is located in La Herradura section of Santiago and was built at a cost of RD$377 million. There are 32 buildings with 16 …

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In the Salcedo city jail, the inmates repair school desks and chairs. City streets are an art gallery, with murals by Candido Bido and Elsa Nunez, two of the best Dominican painters of all times. Politicians, business and city government have agreed on a development program for the agriculture-based province. The province wants to make …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says that it has detected irregularities in 2,416 cedulas issued between 1994 and 1997. The JCE believes that the cedulas correspond to 442 Chinese, 331 Italians, 316 Germans, 254 Americans, 162 Spaniards, 133 Cubans, 93 Colombians, 82 Haitians and 77 Swiss. The JCE specifies that “irregular” cedulas were recorded in …

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Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez says that in the last two years, the DR’s prison population has increased from 12,500 to 18,000. Jimenez announced these figures at the “New Basis of the Dominican Penitentiary System Conference.” During the conference, Jimenez explained that in the new model of the DR penitentiary system inmates go through three …

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Manuel Diez Cabral, president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), again is urging the government to take measures to correct the rising current account deficit in the balance of payments. He called the deficit “unbearable unless actions are taken,” as reported in Hoy. He said that the nation can not wait …

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