2008 – Page 267

Once again Manny Ramirez is proving he still has some gas in his tank. During the second game in the Red Sox series against the Oakland Athletics in Japan, Ramirez smashed a homerun deep into the Tokyo Dome lights, to the delight of Japanese fans. The dinger was Ramirez’s 491st career bomb and leaves the …

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This Saturday, 29 March, a free performance by a selection of the best Dominican dancers living in the country and abroad will take place at the main hall of the National Theater at 8:30pm. This is part of a series of events for the Month of Dance, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture. Also scheduled …

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La Cadena supermarket is advertising sales in its meat and seafood departments. Fresh pork chops are selling for RD$69.95lb, smoked pork ribs for RD$68.95lb, ground beef for RD$47.95, and frozen chicken liver for RD$10.95lb. Pola supermarket has 20% off in its meat department. La Nacional furniture store has a 50% sale in its Piantini (Gustavo …

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Anyone who has lived in the Dominican Republic for any period of time knows Law 241: the Traffic Law. Now, the Senate has approved some important changes in the law on driving on the DR’s main roads, especially Duarte, Las Americas and the Eastern Highway. The modifications were written by Santiago senator Francisco Dominguez Brito, …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber yesterday ordered the government to put a stop to the so-called CB payrolls (“CB” refers to the PLD party Comites de Base – or Base Committees). Resolution 001-2008 instructs the Treasurer, the Controller General and the Banco de Reservas to take all necessary steps to put an end …

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The Senate of the Dominican Republic has approved a US$70 million loan package for road rebuilding and maintenance on the one hand, and for the emergency programs dealing with the effects of Tropical Storms Noel and Olga on the other. Both loans, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), were submitted to Congress by President Fernandez, …

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The Santiago commission of eminent professionals that looked at the events before, during and after Tropical Storm Olga told a press conference yesterday that the government’s official report was a cruel joke and an insult to the intelligence of the people of Santiago and the nation. The Santiago commission also called on the government to …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has launched its 72-hour work stoppage at the country’s 172 public hospitals and clinics as well as the 13 Social Security hospitals. The central issue is the government’s refusal to authorize an increase in salaries, pensions and posting by opposition. CMD president Waldo Ariel Suero told reporters at a press …

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The new ambassador from the Holy See, Bishop Josef Wesolowski, was welcomed by the Dominican Council of Bishops during a mass at the First Cathedral in the New World in Santo Domingo. Dominican Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez welcomed the new ambassador, thanking Pope Benedict XVI, and expressing the goodwill of the members of …

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UNICEF has called upon the Dominican population to consume only iodized salt. According to a press release from the United Nations Children’s Fund, only 20% of salt sold in stores in the DR is really iodized, despite what it says on the label. UNICEF provides a simple test for iodine in salt: Simply put some …

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