2008 – Page 334

The Tigres del Licey shut out the Gigantes del Cibao 7-0, and will thereby enjoy the home-field advantage for the final playoffs of the Dominican Winter League Championship. The Aguilas Cibaenas scored their second come-from-behind victory of the season, defeating the Estrellas Orientales 7-6 in the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris. The …

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The first International Energy Week began yesterday in Santo Domingo with lectures and exhibits at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and President Leonel Fernandez in attendance. The conference presents a range of possible solutions to the current energy situation, with a focus on alternative fuels and renewable energy resources as a way of meeting the challenges …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced at the International Energy Week opening that the country would have its first 40 natural gas Linea Clave distribution and conversion stations within the next 60 days. These centers will be opened in Santo Domingo and Santiago first, and later in the year in Bonao, La Vega, Puerto Plata, Sanchez, Samana, …

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Education Minister Alejandrina German says that illiteracy in the DR has declined to 10.8%, down from 13%, in the last 10 years making her confident that the DR would reach the Millennium Development Goals in time. The Goals seek to eliminate illiteracy by 2015, but the Minister is confident that this could be achieved by …

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Thousands of Dominicans made their way to civil registries and Central Electoral Board (JCE) offices yesterday in order to get their cedula identity cards or change their voting precinct. The increased activity was due to fact that yesterday was the last day citizens could change the details on their cedulas before the 2008 elections. Listin …

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Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez has admitted that he might have been too hard on Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin after Valentin and other deputies accused senators of sponsoring lucrative and illegal non-governmental organizations. Pared said he apologized not because President Leonel Fernandez had told him to, but because it was sensible to …

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Listin Diario is reporting that 408 different NGOs were included in the 2008 budget for which RD$294 million were allocated. This contradicts Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez’s assertion that such NGOs didn’t exist. Last Friday Pared went as far as saying that he’d be willing to leave the Senate if the Chamber proved there had …

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The vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, Lucia Medina, sister of PLD dissident Danilo Medina, defended the inclusion of NGOs in the 2008 budget and admitted that she runs one and receives public funds for one. Medina, who represents the province of San Juan, says that NGOs do a lot of positive work. She …

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BanReservas general administrator Daniel Toribio announced yesterday that the government-owned bank’s profits reached RD$3.5 billion in 2007, 9.9% more than in 2006 and that assets increased by RD$15 million. Toribio explained that assets and profits are the highest recorded in bank history. The executive explained that the growth could be attributed to BanReservas’ increased presence …

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Vice President Rafael Alburquerque has announced that Guatemala plans to introduce the Solidarity program, which is currently being implemented in the DR. Hoy writes that Alburquerque gave Guatemalan Vice President Rafael Espada the Solidarity Program documents during a meeting held at the Westin Camino Real Hotel in the Guatemalan capital. Alburquerque said that he had …

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