2008 – Page 232

Al Horford continues to show why he was worthy of the third pick in last spring’s NBA draft. The Dominican-born rookie notched his third double-double of the series yesterday with 14 points and 10 rebounds adding 1 steal and 5 assists. Horford didn’t get much help from his Atlanta teammates as the Boston Celtics came …

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Bravo is advertising 20% off in its meat department. Also ground beef for RD$44.95lb, bacon for RD$89.95lb, smoked pork chops for RD$79.95lb Jumbo has sales in its meat and seafood departments. Minute beef steak goes for RD$59.95lb, pork squares RD$69.95lb, fresh herring is RD$19.95lb. La Sirena has 20% off frozen chicken parts, fresh pork chops …

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President Leonel Fernandez and IKEA president Anders Dahlvig, put their shoulders into the first shovelfuls of dirt at the official launch of the construction phase of the US$63 million investment. The new store will occupy 80,000 square meters of the old UNPHU I campus on Ave. John F. Kennedy, near the intersection with Ave. Winston …

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President Leonel Fernandez says that the creation of the Department for Prevention of Administrative Corruption (DEPRECO) during his first 1996-2000 government and the National Commission for Ethics and Fight against Corruption during his second term (2004-2008) are his major achievements in fighting corruption in government. He was addressing the Foundation for Justice and Institutionalism (FINJUS) …

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Education Minister Alejandrina German has unveiled the government’s 10-Year Education Plan for 2008-2018, calling it an instrument for changing education in the country. The plan follows a lengthy consultation phase with private educators, teaching unions, business and civil society groups, as reported in Hoy. Nevertheless, it postpones the implementation of General Law of Education 66-97 …

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A list of 51 generic pharmaceuticals will be sold at reduced prices starting Thursday. The drugs will be sold through the state’s essential drugs program, PROMESE. Included on the new price list are insulin, cardio-vascular medicines, gastro-intestinal products, anti-parasitical treatments, medicine to fight anemia, dermatological medicines, and medicine to fight high blood pressure and seizures. …

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Dr. Marcelo Lam, an oncologist, says that an alternative Chinese treatment for cancer tumors will be available at the Santiago Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) within two months. As reported in El Caribe, he says they will be applying injections of Huang Qi (Astragalus Membranaceus) to increase cancer patients’ survival rates. He described the treatment as the …

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Issachart Burgos, president of the Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Companies (Codopyme) is calling on the Senate to pass the small business incentives bill that recently passed in the Chamber of Deputies, as reported in Hoy. The bill releases small businesses from several requirements for payment of social security and taxes. Burgos said that many …

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The president of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD), Jose Ramon Peralta, put it quite clearly: Food consumed in the Dominican Republic is actually “assembled” from foreign raw materials. This argument reduces the importance of self-sufficient food production since this is dependent on imported fertilizers, chemicals and grains whose prices are subject to international pressures. Peralta …

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The Porvenir sugar mill has produced over 9,200 tons of raw sugar so far this harvest. Most, if not all, is going to the local market. The mill’s general manager, Leoncio Sandoval, told reporters from Listin Diario that the sugar was of a very high quality, “enviable” in his words, with excellent color and texture. …

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