2008 – Page 272

Penn & Schoen’s most recent poll shows President Leonel Fernandez winning in the first round with a comfortable 56% of the vote, up six points from the November survey by the US polling company, as reported in Hoy. The survey was carried out with 1,010 interviews from 4-6 March. The margin of error is plus …

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The government-appointed commission that reviewed the handling of the Tavera Dam during Tropical Storm Olga has decreed that the dam was managed “adequately”. Readers will remember the incredible damage inflicted on the city of Santiago and the farm areas downriver, caused by a wall of water released from the dam in the middle of the …

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The nation’s main highway, the Duarte Expressway, is also the one where the most accidents occurred. According to Listin Diario, the highway was the scene of 155 traffic accidents that resulted in 173 deaths in 2007. Most of these occurred between kilometers 40 and 46, according to National Police reports processed by the Director General …

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The unions that control freight and passenger transport services have announced a temporary halt to the threatened fair increases brought on by the increase in the costs of diesel fuel for their vehicles. CNTU leader Ramon Perez Figuereo said that the measure came as a result of the need to allow as many people as …

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PLD strategist Temistocles Montas, who is also Minister of Economy, has announced contacts with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United States State Department as part of the preparations for sending observers to the 2008 Presidential elections in May. The PLD also announced a conference call to the Carter Center as part of …

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The Central Electoral Board has given the government four days to explain the issues surrounding the “CB payrolls”, a scheme that apparently gives RD$3,000 or RD$4,000 checks to unemployed PLD party members. Larger amount checks are also reported to have been issued to leaders of the Base Committees of the PLD. The full body of …

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Today’s Diario Libre page two editorial, written by editor Adriano Tejada, says that if any proof was needed about the famous CB payrolls, it has been given by former PLD party activist lawyer Pedro P. Yermenos Forastieri in an article published in El Nacional newspaper. Yermenos comments in the opinion piece on the government’s decision …

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The Supreme Court is waiting for the defense brief on the notorious Sun Land case and the missing US$130 million. The head of the Office of Supervising Engineers for State Sponsored Public Works, Felix Bautista, was supposed to file his defense brief within 15 days. The complaint by the PRD party is requesting that the …

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While most of the activity for the Easter holidays take place at the vacation destinations, as with modern times, Santo Domingo’s Colonial City is where those that are religiously inclined can partake in the original spirit of Easter. On Thursday, 20 March, at 7pm, there will be Holy Thursday special mass at the Cathedral and …

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Dominican boxer Juan Carlos Payano defeated Cuban contender Andry Laffita to win the gold medal in the Americas Olympic Qualifier event that took place 12-18 March in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. This is the second time the Dominican flyweight defeats his formidable contender. The first time was in February, during the Independence Cup …

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