2008 – Page 226

With barely a week to go before the 16 May election, the government has distributed 14,000 quintals of rice to the nation’s retail and wholesale associations, so that the rice may be sold for RD$12 per pound in colmados. Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes made the announcement. Among the wholesalers who received the rice …

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Dominican exports to the US continue to be affected by labeling problems, according to Daniel Orellano, an expert on the implementation of DR-CAFTA, speaking at a workshop on FDA rules at the Hotel Melia. Listin Diario reports that 60% of the products denied entry into the US market were halted for this reason. From January …

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Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena has instructed the Public Ministry to seek 30 year sentences for the cops accused of killing innocent civilians during separate incidents last week. The officers responsible have already been fired for negligence in the line of duty in incidents that occurred on Charles de Gaulle Avenue in the Campo Bello …

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Interviewed on the El Gobierno de la Manana (Z101) radio talk show, Customs Department director Miguel Cocco said that there are good reasons to believe that money confiscated from a Cessna HI831 flying in from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 30 April is drug-related because the fact that the money was in low-denomination bills, wrapped in …

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This could be the next great Dominican pitcher. Last night young Cincinnati Reds flamethrower Edinson Volquez struck out 10 batters in seven innings of work to lead the Reds to a 9-0 mashing of the Chicago Cubs. Volquez, who only gave up four hits, is now 5-1 on the season and has only given up …

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La Sirena has a sale in its meat department with fresh pork chops selling for RD$62.95, and frozen chicken for RD$19.95lb. La Cadena has a meat and seafood sale with smoked pork chops selling for RD$69.95lb, chicken thighs for RD$26.95lb, pork fillet for RD$89.95lb, and squid fillet for RD$35.95lb. Ocean Pacific store at Plaza Andalucia …

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The head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, has warned that the Electoral Law does not allow exit polls to be published or broadcast before the JCE issues its bulletins. Castanos Guzman also warned that the media should refrain from announcing any results that do not come from the JCE itself, …

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Just like politicians in the United States clamor for votes from California, New York, Texas and Illinois, politicians in the Dominican Republic look at just ten of the 31 provinces to assure their victory in any election. Santo Domingo (19.71%), National District (13.08%), Santiago (11.2%), San Cristobal (5.5%), La Vega (4.6%), Duarte (San Francisco de …

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The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed confidence in the Dominican Republic’s ability to set up a program aimed at solving food shortage problems throughout the Caribbean. The project to convert the DR into the breadbasket of the Caribbean could be pushed forward with the help of the UN and the …

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The Minister of Labor Jose Ramon Fadul says that 14,000 Dominicans have migrated to Spain legally to be employed as household help, cook helpers and as waiters. The labor department has an agreement with the Spanish government for legal migration. Fadul said there are also openings for work in stocking supermarket shelves, beauty salon manicurists …

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