2008 – Page 245

News regarding Miguel Tejada’s involvement with illegal steroids had died down for a bit and then this shocker hit newsstands yesterday. The former All-Star and MVP actually lied about his age to team officials and has been hiding this little secret since he was a 19-year old prospect in Bani. Tejada has admitted that he …

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During a meeting at the National Palace yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez promised to find ways to shield local consumers from rising basic food prices attributed to increases in imported food items. He called for the cooperation of traders and businesspeople to draw up such a plan, as reported in Diario Libre.

President Leonel Fernandez was in Puerto Plata yesterday to inaugurate the RD$300 million 672-apartment Villa Liberacion complex. The beneficiaries were relocated from El Tablon, an area that polluted sections adjacent to Sosua Beach and affected the development of tourism projects. President Fernandez announced at the inaugural, that the beneficiaries would not have to make any …

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Eduardo Estrella, presidential candidate for the Fourth Option, the political coalition of PRD and PRSC dissidents, proposed the implementation of a 20-year development plan if he is elected President in May, as reported in Hoy. He favors that the government reduce current spending and increase capital investments. He criticized that the recent governments have stimulated …

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PRD presidential candidate, Miguel Vargas had several suggestions to fight corruption in government during his participation in the series of talks by presidential candidates at the UNPHU university hall sponsored by the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS). Vargas suggested that the personal finances statement presented by government officers upon taking office be tied in …

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For political analysts Pedro Catrain, Jose Antinoe Fiallo, Ramon Tejada Holguin and Francisco Cueto, the Dominican electoral process will not bring change, no matter who wins on 16 May, as reported in Hoy. They say that the candidates are not in tune with the needs of the people and have based their campaigns instead on …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge Roberto Rosario has said that out of 5,764,387 registered voters only 2,000 don’t have photos in JCE records. He explained that these people would be able to vote, as would those who have old or worn down cedula identity cards. This number is down drastically compared to the 2004 elections …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) is once again following through with its threat and is going on a 24-hour strike today. This is the fourth doctors’ strike since February, with no solution yet in sight. Government officials have refused to sit down at the table with CMD reps and have said that any negotiations would …

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Yesterday’s march by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) went ahead as planned. The ADP held simultaneous marches throughout the country heading towards the Ministry of Education or the Regional offices. The goal of the protest was to press the government to assign 4% of the GDP to its education budget for the next 20 years. …

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There is surplus production of chicken in the DR, to the tune of seven million pounds. Chicken producer Pollos Cibao president Carlomagno Gonzalez told Hoy that this figure came out of a meeting between Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez and poultry farmers. Gonzalez said that during the meeting, farmers gave the minister a list of production …

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