2008 – Page 257

The Santiago business community is asking the Supreme Court of Justice and the Dominican Lawyers Association to look into alleged irregularities that are affecting decisions by judges in labor courts. A Hoy newspaper editorial is being published as a paid advertisement to highlight the case of friendly settlements by employees and companies that have been …

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The leading maternity hospital in the country, the Hospital de la Mujer y la Maternidad de la Altagracia is launching a nationwide advertising and educational campaign to encourage adolescents to avoid getting pregnant. The campaign, sponsored by pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis, is entitled “Don’t skip life” (No te saltes la vida). Raysa Castillo of Sanofi …

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American golfer Mark Wiebe has won the PGA Champions Tour at Cap Cana. He takes home a US$300,000 check and the trophy. Wiebe had been ranked 34th in the Championship tour, with earnings of US$130,773 after seven events. His average scoring was 71.3. Runners-up were Argentina’s Vicente Fernandez and American Jay Haas, who won US$176,000 …

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The DR placed first in the Latin American Olympic Qualification Tournament and Latin American Championship held in Santo Domingo from 30 March to 6 April. Players from 18 countries were competing. The DR won three gold medals and one silver. Brazil placed second, and Cuba third. Twenty-eight year old Wu Xue beat her teammate, twenty-five …

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Malaquias is advertising 40-60% off in its women’s and men’s clothing departments. La Iberica on Av. Nunez de Caceres is advertising spring sales from 7-20 April on ceramics, from RD$269 per meter, and kitchen equipment for RD$39,000 (stove, oven and extractor). Palo Rosa at Av. Roberto Pastoriza 102, Naco also has sales on Spanish ceramics, …

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It is before and after for golf in the Dominican Republic with the celebration of the PGA Seniors Champion Tour in the DR from 4-6 April. The colors, grass and the vistas were aired to the world by Golf Channel. The eyes of the golf world focused on the seventy-eight 50-year plus golf legends that …

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According to Hoy, public institutions have spent an estimated RD$114.5 million on re-election campaigning between 18 February and 23 March this year. Francisco Checo, coordinator of civic group Participacion Ciudadana (PC), says that the money spent on campaigning is unequally distributed and that the PLD spent almost triple the amount spent by the other parties. …

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The PLD just won’t let the CB (Comites de Base) payroll scandal go away. Yesterday, PLD Secretary General Reinaldo Pared Perez and Cesar Pina Toribio, the party’s representative at the Central Electoral Board (JCE) deposited an appeal at the Supreme Court on the grounds of unconstitutionality against the board’s decision to force the PLD to …

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The opposition won’t let the CB scandal go away either. Last night, during the second summit meeting between opposition political parties, representatives agreed to file charges against the government officials responsible for orchestrating the CB payroll and allegedly using state funds illegally. According to PRSC president Federico Antun Batlle, the PLD has ignored the Central …

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After so much talk of greedy politicians earning high wages, a report from San Juan province tells of the mayor of Sabana Alta, Carlos Julio Orozco, who has reduced his, and the town councilors’, wages in order to prove that progress is possible with a small amount of money and good administration. The mayor has …

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