2008 – Page 99

Sentenced to 10 years in jail for involvement in the Baninter banking fraud, financier Luis Alvarez Renta was hospitalized at the Center for Diagnostics, Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine (CEDIMAT) at Plaza de la Salud yesterday. The Department of Prisons reported that he was in the clinic for the removal of a gastric balloon. His doctor …

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Psychiatrist Luis Emilio Montalvo says that 67% of the patients he sees in his office suffer from insomnia. He also said that depression was very common in the DR. In an interview in Hoy, he also warned that Dominican parents are too permissive, and urged them to return to moral and ethical values and to …

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The DR won a gold medal, a silver and two bronze in the XVIII 2008 North & Central America & Caribbean World Masters Track & Field Championships that took place in Florida. Medal winners were Jose Trinidad (gold and silver in marathon), Carmen Amelia Rodriguez (5,000 meters women) and Cristian Veras (5,000 meters men).

The Fall Symphony season begins today, Wednesday, 17 September, with a concert at the National Theater. The next concerts are set for Tuesday, 23 September. There will be two more in October, this time at the Maximo Aviles Blonda hall at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Invited pianist Italian Antonio Pompa Baldi, medal winner at …

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While the Meteorological Office is forecasting rains, no tropical storms are in development in the path of the Caribbean for the coming week. Nevertheless, there is a tropical wave that should bring rains shortly. See www.dr1.com/forums/weather-beyond/

La Cadena is selling carrots for RD$6.95lb, potatoes for RD$10.95lb, and avocados for RD$9.95ea. Pola Supermarket is advertising 35% off its fresh fruits and vegetables. Carrefour Supermarket is advertising celery for RD$3.95lb, squash for RD$5.95lb, carrots for RD$6.90lb, yuca for RD$14.95lb, papaya for RD$7.95lb, potatoes for RD$11.90lb, beets for RD$6.95lb. El Nacional supermarket has 20% …

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Dominican president Leonel Fernandez has voiced his support for Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is struggling to control widespread social unrest in his country and faces the possibility of a coup d’etat. In a letter sent to Morales, Fernandez makes the point that his counterpart was elected by the Bolivian people, and that his tenure …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu says that officials would take advantage of a visit from IMF officials to initiate conversations on a post-program monitoring (PPM) agreement that would allow the IMF to monitor the Dominican economy. A PPM is a rigorous monitoring program awarded to nations that have recently completed agreements with the IMF. …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu notes that the Dominican economy is set to grow between 5% and 6% by the end of 2008 and that the deficit of the current accounts would settle between 8% and 9% by the end of the year. Valdez said that the accumulated rate was 7.57% during the first …

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Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas, speaking at the 55th Session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held in Geneva, said that the DR would only be able to fulfill three of the eleven Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Montas explained that despite the country’s recent economic progress, economic troubles are …

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