2008 – Page 313

The New Option National Transportation Federation (Fenatrano) has announced a public transport strike for tomorrow, 7 February. Fenatrano president Juan Hubieres told El Caribe reporters that the 10% subsidy that was given to Fenatrano for necessary expenses will end today, and its drivers will lose the “miserable” amount of subsidized fuel that the government had …

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Supreme Court magistrate Rafael Luciano Pichardo told a select audience that the existence of an appeals court constitutes a court of “mini-appeals” and is redundant. With his speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the appeals process in Dominican jurisprudence, Pichardo renewed his criticism of the Penal Procedural Code (CPP) that was instituted a few years …

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The Second Tribunal Court of the National District has sentenced Aramys Martinez Perez and/or Aramis Martinez Rodriguez, 18, to a 30-year jail term for stabbing a real estate agent to death during a robbery. The teenager killed Baron Milciades Urbaez last 16 May at his house in the 24 de Abril sector of Santo Domingo. …

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Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent for Catholics. The centuries-old tradition of wearing “sackcloth and ashes” is remembered in today’s ceremonies with the placing of ashes on the foreheads of the faithful. Ash Wednesday also, in the Dominican Republic at least, marks the start of Carnival, and carnival parades will be held in …

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Bravo supermarket is advertising 30% off fish and seafood, eggs and tomatoes. Super Pola supermarket is offering plantains for RD$5.95 per unit & RD$11.50lb, squash for RD$6.45lb, select potatoes for RD$8.95lb, yellow onions for RD$9.95lb, bell peppers for RD$18.95, apples for RD$29.95lb, and 30 eggs for RD$3.95. Also 50% off their fruits and vegetables, and …

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A truly Dominican sweet, unique to the DR, Habichuelas con Dulce is back for Easter. The desert combines red beans with cream, raisins, coconut milk, sweet potatoes and spices to make a unique and addictive dessert. Helados Bon has turned the sweet into an ice cream that is now for sale at Bon Ice Cream …

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The Caribbean Series title will stay home. As the standing goes, it will be either DR team 2, Tigres del Licey, or the homeclub, DR1 (Aguilas Cibaenas). The Tigres del Licey, the second team representing the DR after replacing the absent Puerto Rico team, has kept its record clean and is now poised to claim …

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The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) unveiled the Ara Journal of Tourism Research yesterday. The magazine presents research on topics related to sustainable tourism development. President Leonel Fernandez was present at the event. The first issue features papers on tourism in Belize and Malta, the concept of co-creation in tourism and the Quality …

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President Leonel Fernandez has asked the Organization of American States (OAS), the Carter Center, the National Democratic Institute, the United Nations Electoral Department or any other electoral monitoring organization to send representatives to the DR for the 2008 presidential elections. Fernandez told Hoy that the representatives of those entities should be in the DR before, …

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This year’s campaign season has been ripe with accusations of corruption by politicians in present or past office. Now, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman says he will take the lead to convince politicians to tone down the negative exchanges that could lead to violent confrontations that have marked the 2008 …

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