2008 – Page 280

Judge Saulo Isabel has ordered an exit impediment against six of the Plan Renove culprits, including Pedro Franco Badia, Milciades Amaro Guzman, Blas Peralta, Francisco Antonio Perez, Paulino Antonio Reyes and Antonio Marte. On 4 March 2008, judges at the Supreme Court confirmed the sentences against 10 former government officials charged in the Plan Renove …

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Central Electoral Board judge Roberto Rosario is asking Attorney General Radhames Jimenez to investigate the violent events during a political rally in Azua over the weekend. He is asking for those responsible to be identified. Rosario’s wishes were echoed by fellow JCE judges Eddy Olivares and Leyda Pena. The blame game on whose fault it …

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The Ministry of Agriculture and the Banco Agricola have given the milk production sector RD$43.8 million, which will subsidize, by RD$3 per liter, milk production in the DR. The subsidy will benefit more than 20,000 milk producers. This isn’t the first subsidy the sector has received. Since December, milk producers have been paid RD$134 million …

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The Henry L. Stimson Center’s Cooperative Nonproliferation Program, in conjunction with the Canadian Government, the Office of the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and The Stanley Foundation, convened a symposium entitled “The Next 100 Project: Responding to UN Resolution 1540 with Development and Capacity-Building Assistance in the Caribbean” at the Santo …

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Dominican engineer Luis Jose Quinones announced at the monthly conference of the Cooperation, Science and Technology Consultantship (Cocecit) that he has created a new chip, Power6, based on fractal theory, which could revolutionize digital equipment, considering that these would be cheaper than conventional chips, less complex and consume less energy. The DBC 440 is based …

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Darys Estrella, executive vice president at the Dominican Stock Exchange (BVRD), has been appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2008. Estrella joins 245 other leading executives from around the world on a list that includes some of the world’s most talented executives, all under the age of 40. This honor …

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Dominican singer/songwriter continued to collect hardware yesterday as he was awarded the Soberano at last night’s Casandra Ceremony, presented by Acroarte, the local show business critics association. The Casandra is the Dominican artistic community’s night of awards. Guerra took the opportunity to thank God, his wife and children and all the musicians who have accompanied …

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In last week’s news briefs it was erroneously published that Dominican born author Junot Diaz had won the US National Book Critic Circle Award for Non Fiction when he had in fact won the US National Book Critic Circle Award for Fiction. We apologize for the mistake and once again congratulate Junot Diaz on his …

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Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was able to play the role of peacemaker during the XX Summit Meeting of the Rio Group. The moment when Fernandez brought Colombia’s Presidente Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan Hugo Chavez together was telecast several times on CNN and BBC international newscasts presenting the positive image of the DR as a peace- …

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India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed interest in strengthening relations with the DR during a meeting with Dominican Ambassador Hans Dannenberg in New Delhi. Meeting on the occasion of the Republic of India Day, Prime Minister Singh expressed his concern about the tropical storms that affected the DR in 2007, and an interest in hearing …

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