2009 – Page 107

The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is keeping the green alert for nearly half of the Dominican Republic due to the approach of a low-pressure trough located in the Mona Passage that threatens to bring more rains. The COE alerted the provinces of Monsignor Nouel, Duarte, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Samana, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, La Romana, …

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The DR lost to Canada in the FIBA Americas Championship over the weekend, losing the 4th berth automatic qualification into the FIBA World Cup set for Turkey in 2010. Hoy newspaper commented that what was lacking was the “team work” that results when the teams train together with sufficient time. Expectations for the team, which …

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The Guinness record-holding mathematician, 39-year old Alberto Coto will be in the DR to chair the Love Mathematics Workshop at the Santo Domingo Hilton on the Malecon. Some 300 students, aged 12-18 years, have been invited to attend the event that is sponsored by the Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology. Alberto Coto …

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The general blackout on Wednesday at 6:03pm began with a breaker at a sub-station that interconnected with AES Andres, but it is still not known if it was an accident, negligence or poor handling of an operator. Sabotage is also being investigated, according to Francisco Mendez, the superintendent of electricity. Sources in the electric sector …

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The Dominican Association of University Rectors (ADRU) rejected yesterday a proposal from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology that would establish mechanisms to control the number of students admitted to careers in much demand. ADRU president Elizabeth de Windt said that the proposal by Minister Ligia Amada Melo was counterproductive. She defended students …

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The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) formalized today its request that a Constitutional court or chamber be included in the new Constitution. Deliberations for the second and final reading of the 255 article new Constitution begin next week. The proposals were delivered to the president of the National Constitutional Revisory Assembly, Reinaldo Pared Perez. In …

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The announcement by the Alternative Social Forum (FSA) that the strike called for today be suspended because of the possible effects of tropical depression Erika was greeted by government officials as a good thing. Vice President Rafael Alburquerque greeted the halt to the 12-hour strike. He said that there was more to be gained through …

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Arturo Martinez Moya, the president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party’s economic commission, told reporters that there is no need to place US$1 billion in sovereign bonds, such as the government is trying to do once it signs an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. He speculated that the main priority of the government is to …

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Former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch said that she had talked with Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) regarding the possibility of her standing for election as senator for the National District. Ortiz Bosch said that while she herself has not made up her mind whether to run or not, …

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President of the Senate, PLD politician Reinaldo Pared Perez has gone to bat for the political appointees in government. As reported in the Listin Diario, Pared Perez said that not all those who have been fired at the CDEEE and National Lottery were political job-holders. “I think that the political board of the party needs …

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