2008 – Page 261

La Cadena supermarket is advertising sweet potato for RD$13.95lb, broccoli for RD$15.95lb, watermelon for RD$5.95lb, bugalu tomatoes for RD$5.95lb, garlic for RD$19.95lb and cantaloupe melons for RD$29.95ea. Super Pola is advertising 35% off all fruits and vegetables. Supermercados Nacional has 40% off eggplants and 20% off all other fruits and vegetables. Super Lama is advertising …

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Nieve Xue and Jennifer Lian Qian have won the right to represent the Dominican Republic at the Beijing Olympics. Both qualified during the Latin American Table Tennis Championship held in Santo Domingo last week. The DR women will represent Latin America at the event, together with Brazilian Mariana Nonaka and Venezuelan Bertha Ramos.

The Dominican Republic has chosen the legendary Felipe Rojas Alou to manage the Dominican team at the World Baseball Classic set for March 2009. The first round of the tournament will be played in Puerto Rico. Stanley Javier is general manager of the team. Felipe Alou dreams of adding a WBC championship to his long …

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The 92 Dominican players in Major League Baseball will be earning US$337,499,784 million in salaries in 2008. As reported in Listin Diario, the top paying teams are the Boston Red Sox, which pays Dominicans US$45.4 million, the New York Mets – US$33.2 million, the New York Yankees – US$32.6 million, the Chicago Cubs – US$30 …

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High-ranking government officials and ministers of decentralized government offices must once more get written permission from President Leonel Fernandez before traveling abroad. Officials must provide dates, reasons and destinations during the trip and also need to explain who will take charge of their duties during their absence. Migration director Carlos Amarante Baret urged officials to …

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The Customs Department has removed the 10% tax of the value of the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) on reshipments because the tax is illegal under the terms of the DR-CAFTA trade agreement. Listin Diario explains that the tax was contrary to article 3.8 on import and export restrictions, found in chapter 3 on National …

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The Dominican government is reportedly trying to purchase the Washington Heights section of New York City. Reports from anonymous sources explain that what was once a ridiculous proposition has now gained traction among city legislators and cultural groups. No word on what the tag price would be but city appropriations director Graham C. Wellington Esq. …

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Fernando Capellan, president of the Dominican Free Trade Zone Association (ADOZONA) says that US protectionist policies have prevented free trade zones (FTZs) in DR-CAFTA countries from making the most of the agreement. Capellan, quoted in Listin Diario, said that certain mechanisms like the 2×1 and the manufacturing accumulation program have not been put in place, …

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The National Zoo in Santo Domingo has taken over the care of a Solenodon paradoxus, also known as the Hispaniolan Solenodon or Marcano Solenodon, a species in immediate danger of extinction, which is believed to be endemic to the Dominican Republic. The solenodon, or solenodonte, was captured by fishermen in El Seibo, as reported in …

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During a luncheon meeting with newspaper editors, President Leonel Fernandez argued that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) had broken the law when it passed a decision on the Base Committee scandal without listening to the PLD point of view. Journalist Nuria Piera recently revealed that the government had thousands of party members on their payroll, …

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