2008 – Page 72

The Alternative Social Forum (FSA) is asking what has happened with the court proceedings for the controversial Sun Land corruption case. Hoy reports that yesterday the FSA held a vigil outside the Supreme Court commemorating the one-year anniversary since charges of violation of the Constitution in the case were filed. FSA spokesman Fidel Santana said, …

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Dr. Monica Roa and Dr. Lilliam Fondeur are continuing to push for the legalization of abortion in cases of rape or if the health of the mother is in danger and are arguing that it is a health issue, not a moral issue. According the doctors, who spoke at a press conference, the debate should …

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Young Dominican driver Daniel Vela is one of three young drivers accepted into the BMW Junior Pilot Program for 2009. The news was announced by BMW Series Manager Randy Briggs. The program is partly responsible for the successes of drivers Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Robert Wickens and Esteban Gutierrez. Vela says he was unsure if …

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Manny’s bat went cold when the Dodgers needed him most and with that the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the red hot Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers couldn’t get any momentum in the series, having only won one game. The Phillies will now have a few days to rest as they wait for the winner of …

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Baseball season is here in the DR and the Tigres del Licey are starting the season off right. Last night the Tigres defeated perennial cellar dwellers Leones del Escogido 2-1 on a hit by Anderson Hernandez. In last night’s other game the Azucareros pounced on the Estrellas 5-2.  

President Leonel Fernandez is traveling to El Salvador to take part in the Ibero-American Heads of State Summit scheduled for 29-31 October, Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced yesterday. Heads of government and state from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in Europe and the Americas will be attending the summit, which takes place in a …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced the signing of the European Partnership Agreement with the European Union today at the Sherbourne Conference Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados. He stressed that the agreement would enhance the DR’s relationship with 27 countries in the European Union and 15 Cariforum countries (Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic). Morales …

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A center for water research in the Caribbean and Central America has been inaugurated in Santo Domingo during the commemorative week marking the 20th anniversary of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) National Committee in the DR. The Center for Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Caribbean Island Centers is sponsored by the IHP and UNESCO. …

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Dr. Clavel Sanchez, coordinator of the National Breastfeeding Commission, complains that clinics and baby formula companies are discouraging successful breastfeeding by making their products freely available to mothers shortly after they give birth. She says this practice violates Breastfeeding Law 8-95. As reported in Listin Diario, she complained that in most cases babies are fed …

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Speaking to the press after a meeting with General Prosecutor Radhames Jimenez and Peravia Governor Bienvenido Montero at the Presidential Palace, Peravia Senator Wilton Guerrero maintained his claims that the presidential commission that investigated the massacre of seven men in Peravia on 6 August did not get to the bottom of the killing. As reported …

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