2008 – Page 202

BPD Bank, the New York-based affiliate of the Banco Popular has opened a Santo Domingo office to provide a better service for its DR-based clients. The branch is now open at the AFP Popular building at Av. Abraham Lincoln 702, corner Andres Julio Aybar, in Piantini. The BPD is a US-incorporated bank. During the inaugural …

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The Endesa 2007 survey shows that the level of illiteracy in rural areas is 18%, compared to 8% in urban areas. This is a slight improvement over the findings of the previous Endesa 2002 survey when illiteracy was recorded at 19% in rural areas and 9% in cities. On the other hand, the 2007 survey …

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In 2007 more people died as a result of electrocution than of dengue fever, according to a report in Diario Libre. Of these electrocutions, 94% occurred during the installation of illegal electrical connections. In 2007 only 50 died of dengue while 278 died as a result of electrocution. Julio M. Rodriguez, director of the Ciudad …

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The Baseball Assistance Team, a little known organization founded in 1986, is forming a preliminary committee that will determine the needs of former Major League baseball players living in the DR. Stanley Javier, Winston Llenas, George Bell, Mario Soto, Junior Noboa, Jim Martin, Virginia Carballo, Julian Javier and Jesus Rojas Alou all form part of …

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It took Manny Ramirez a few tries to hit his 500th homerun and join an exclusive collection of hitters, but in a Monday game against the Baltimore Orioles Ramirez belted his 501st career homerun. The fact that Ramirez hit a homerun in consecutive games isn’t the real news here, rather that each dinger puts Ramirez …

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The Dominican volleyball team remains undefeated as they continue play in the seventh Pan American Volleyball Cup. The games are being played in Tijuana and Mexicali. In their last game the DR beat Costa Rica 25-15, 25-17 and 25-19. The only other undefeated team is Brazil. The two top scoring teams will go on to …

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Plaza Lama is advertising carrots for RD$5.95lb, potatoes for RD$10.95lb, bell peppers for RD$17.95lb, onions for RD$9.45lb, mangos for RD$8.95ea, yucca for RD$18.45lb, avocados for RD$10.95ea, green bananas for RD$2.95ea. Carrefour has beef filet for RD$169.95lb, short ribs for RD$37.95lb, ground beef for RD$42.95lb, and sales in their seafood department. La Corbateria has 20-70% off …

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President Leonel Fernandez is continuing a series of trips that started in El Salvador last week, and now he is off to Miami, Madrid, Rome and Barcelona for meetings. Fernandez will be attending the World Food Summit in Rome, sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The summit will deal with Food, …

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Negotiations between the Dominican government, owner of 50% of the shares in the Dominican National Refinery (Refidomsa), and the Shell Company, the owner of the other 50% have concluded. According to several newspapers, the final price for the Shell holdings is placed at US$110 million that reportedly would be covered by earnings yet to have …

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The Office of the National Coordinator for European Funds (ONFED) announces that the European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR20,000,000 loan, equivalent to RD$1.1 billion pesos. The funds will be managed by the Banco Ademi, the Dominican Association for the Development of Women (Adopem), and the Development Fund (Fundesa). The loan, to be paid …

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