2008 – Page 198

Ciudad Alternativa (CA) and the Barrio Rights Committee (COPADEBA), organizations that have been campaigning for the rights of marginalized barrio dwellers since 1979 and 1989, say that they are not aware of a government plan to relocate 2,000 families living on the banks of the Ozama and Isabela rivers. CA and COPADEBA directors Roman Batista …

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Felipe Ditren at the Ministry of Environment is denying reports that he was who authorized the entrance of a Panamanian boat carrying toxic materials into Dominican waters. The ship, which is currently docked in Barahona, has been ordered to be towed from Dominican waters. The Deputy Environmental Minister didn’t buy the excuse and has blamed …

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The Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESA) and the Police have arrested six Venezuelans suspected of robbing the Banco del Progreso branch in La Romana. The group, which was detained at Las Americas International yesterday, is also linked to raids on other businesses. Four of the six were arrested in the boarding area, and two others …

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Third baseman Pedro Alvarez became the third highest Dominican ever drafted in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Alvarez was chosen second by the Pittsburg Pirates. Alex Rodriguez was chosen first in 1993 and Moises Alou was chosen second by the Pittsburg Pirates in 1986. Interviewed from his home in New York, Alvarez said he …

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Ferreteria Popular is offering 5-20% off select items. There are reductions on seafood at the Super Pola. Hache has its 25% off Friday sale, with 50% off the item purchased in the last hour of the sale.  

President Leonel Fernandez, spokesman for Latin America at the UN World Food Crisis Summit in Rome, has called for the creation of a global solidarity fund to help poorer countries overcome the present food crisis. Fernandez said that on the local front, the current increase in food prices should be viewed as an opportunity for …

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The president of the Dominican Agribusiness Council, Jose Ramon Peralta, and Juan Jose Espinal, director of the Center for Agricultural and Forestry Development are calling for efforts to restore the desirability of living in rural areas if the country is to rise to the challenge of increasing its local food production. In an interview with …

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) has announced the creation of an emergency alert system that will allow the Emergency Operations Center (COE) to warn citizens in emergency situations. The system will use radio, television, the press, and phone communications to get information out to the public. The resolution, No. 079-08, requires all these information outlets …

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The DR and Cuba are working towards signing a Partial Scope Agreement to enhance trade. President Leonel Fernandez held a meeting with the Cuban delegation at the World Food Summit in Rome to discuss strengthening trade between both countries. The First Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State, Ramon Machado Ventura headed the Cuban talks …

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Yet again public hospital doctors in the southern provinces of the DR are going on strike. Although the strikes have received little attention from the government, doctors are using the action to exert pressure as part of an ongoing fight to obtain a wage increase and other benefits. The announcement came from Waldo Ariel Suero, …

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