2008 – Page 282

Once again, and despite a “gentlemen’s agreement”, serious violence has broken out, this time in the town of Azua. Three people were wounded as the PRD accused PLD deputy Julio Brito and his driver of shooting at PRD sympathizers after a political rally in Azua. According to Hoy, witnesses to the events said that both …

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The Dominican Conference of Bishops met in Santiago over the weekend and heard a detailed report from Roberto Rosario, the chief magistrate of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber. The bishops, headed by Santiago archbishop Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio and Nicolas de Jesus Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez, pledged their support for the …

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Santiago mayor Jose Enrique Sued has been chosen as the Vice Presidential candidate by Amable Aristy Castro of the PRSC. Sued, known for his efficient city council and dynamic municipal government, promised a government that looks after the needy. Aristy Castro told reporters that the former PRSC caudillo, Joaquin Balaguer, had always remarked on the …

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Economist Enrique Iglesias, a former head of the Inter-American Development Bank, is expected to be released from the hospital either today or tomorrow as he continues to recover from complications leading to dehydration and exhaustion over the weekend. Iglesias was hospitalized at the Abel Gonzalez Clinic ICU with an intestinal blockage late on Thursday night. …

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Will the personal tragedy of a Dominican-American victim of gambling addiction change the gaming industry? The New York press is focusing on the story of lawyer Arelia Taveras, who successfully worked with AA587 victims’ families, and is now suing casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City for her gaming addiction. She has sued seven casinos …

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The Dominican relay team has won the bronze for the 4 x 100 meters relay in the 2008 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships that took place in Valencia, Spain – a major victory. The US won the gold with a time of 3:06.79 (James Davis, Jamaal Torrane, Greg Nixon, Kelly Willie), while Jamaica won silver …

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The big news leading up to the XX Rio Group Summit was the rising tension between Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. The row erupted after Colombian troops made an unauthorized incursion into Ecuadorian territory and killed rebel FARC leader Raul Reyes. Adding to the tension was the news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been secretly …

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The heads of state taking part in yesterday’s Rio Group Summit meetings have approved programs aimed at promoting the use of renewable energy sources like bio fuels, tidal power, hydroelectric, wind and solar energy as a key element of the development process. Hoy writes that the Santo Domingo Declaration by the heads of state will …

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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya couldn’t make it to today’s conference in Santo Domingo because the plane he was traveling in suffered technical difficulties. According to Listin Diario, the President’s plane, West Wind, made an emergency landing at the Palmerola US Air Base, about 45 kilometers north of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa. A problem with the …

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Speaking at the ITB Berlin trade show in Germany, Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez announced the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Tourism, the city of Santo Domingo, the Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce, Banco Popular, Aerodom, the Sans Souci port, residential and commercial developers on behalf of the DR and the Messe Berlin …

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