2008 – Page 231

With barely two weeks to go before the 16 May election, the government has announced subsidies worth RD$110 million per month for the poultry sector. Angel Faxas, director of the Livestock Department, said that this was the equivalent of paying poultry farms RD$2 for each pound of chicken produced. Faxas made the announcement as he …

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DR Honorary Consul in Lahore Doris Montero and Dominican Ambassador to India Hans Dannenberg Castellanos have addressed the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), encouraging Pakistanis to look into opportunities in tourism, apparel, farming and technology. Dannenberg also highlighted the possibilities of increased opportunities for pharmaceutical importers and exporters. KCCI senior vice president Iftikhar …

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Germany and Spain have signed agreements with the ministries of Education and Environment resulting in donations worth EUR10 million (RD$508.7 million). German Ambassador Christian Germann signed a EUR5.5 million (RD$272 million) agreement for Artibonite River basin program. On behalf of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency, Miguel Angel Encinas signed an agreement worth EUR4.5 million (RD$236.7 …

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Dominican Public School Teachers Association (ADP) president Maria Teresa Cabrera has criticized the 10-Year Education Plan (2008-2018) recently announced by the government for not increasing state funding to the sector. Cabrera, who is vice presidential candidate for the minority MIUCA party, alongside Guillermo Moreno, says it is difficult to understand how a plan could be …

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Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez has answered Dominican Medical Association (CMD) president Waldo Ariel Suero’s claim that 3,000 public hospital doctors who went on the picket lines might be fired, by saying that as many as 5,000 doctors could be fired if they do not get back to work. He added that this should be …

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Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes has voiced his concerns to the Guatemalan government about the apparent blocking of imports of certain Dominican products. Paredes says that this is a violation of the DR-CAFTA agreement, and that he called Guatemalan Minister of Commerce Erasmo Velasquez last night to voice local manufacturers’ concerns. Riovinyl Interamericana, Industrias …

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Sixto Minier, leader of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella, died of prostate cancer and kidney failures at his home in Mata los Indios, Villa Mella on Tuesday. He was buried yesterday. The Brotherhood was declared a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001 …

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Carol Morgan School hosted Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz for a day student workshop and afternoon “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” reading and question and answer session yesterday. The event is part of the English language school’s Artists in Residence program, and the school’s 75th anniversary celebrations. Also participating in the Artists in …

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Feeling they were losing the race to find and sign baseball talent in Latin America, the San Diego Padres have invested US$8 million in a new academy built on six hectares of land in Najayo, San Cristobal province. The new baseball complex is the most luxurious and modern of all the MLB baseball academies in …

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Six Dominican boxers have qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Four qualified during the final qualifier held in Guatemala. Winston Mendez (48 kg), Roberto Navarro (57 kg), Felix Diaz (64) and Gilber Lenin Castillo (69) will join Juan Carlos Payano (51 kg) and Argenis Nunez (75 kg). The DR, US (8) and Cuba (9) are …

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