2009 – Page 123

The president of the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP), Mercedes Castillo participated in a picket yesterday at the Palace of Justice to protest that state prosecutors have not moved on the case of journalist Vianco Martinez. Martinez is a victim of a physical attack by the bodyguards of artistic impresario Saymon Diaz on 23 August …

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Retired Canadians Les and Lynda Lehmann are making theirs the North American tradition of holding garage sales. They have even taken it a step forward. They also invite to a table top sale, open market or what is known here as a “pulga” every Saturday at Vecinos, located on the main Puerto Plata highway, 300 …

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The Santo Domingo Pops Orchestra, directed by maestro Amaury Sanchez, and guest stars Victor Victor, Pavel Nunez, Miriam Cruz will be on stage at the National Theater, this Wednesday, 26 August at 8:30pm for a benefit for the Fundacion Dr Juan M Taveras. This will be a Best Hits Night. Tickets: RD$1,200 and RD$700. For …

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President Leonel Fernandez appointed a new chief of the border security force. Brigade General Francisco Gil Ramirez was chosen to replace General Santo Domingo Guerrero Clase at the Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Fronteriza (Cesfront). Yesterday, the government also announced a new chief of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Police General Rolando Rosado Mateo. The …

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Upon taking office yesterday as executive vice president of the State-Owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Celso Marrazini says his first order of business is the audit from the Chamber of Accounts, a routine business operation that will establish the financial situation he receives. He said he will ask that the CDEEE be audited annually. Marranzini received …

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Economist and historian Bernardo Vega writes today in Hoy on how the successful nationwide rejection of the construction of a cement plant in Los Haitises is evidence of a new “soft power” in the DR. He makes the point this is the same online community effort that is said to have taken Barack Obama to …

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According to US Embassy in Santo Domingo Charge d’Affaires Roland Bullen, the US government does not oppose the sale of 49% stake in the Dominican Refinery (REFIDOMSA) to the Venezuelan government petroleum company, PDVSA. He said this is a sovereign decision of the Dominican government. Bullen was quoted in Listin Diario saying: “I believe the …

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The Taiwanese government will donate US$416,000 to the Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Diplomacy School and the construction of the Ministry’s Center for Trade Policy. Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso received the funds from Taiwan Ambassador Isaac Tsai. Tsai commented that education has always been an important part of the Taiwan’s cooperation.

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has canceled 28,478 cedula identity cards of which 775 were for identity fraud and 1,345 for duplicity in JCE records. The cancelations are part of an overall project by the JCE to clean its records and guarantee that the identity cards it issues are legitimate. Last week alone the JCE …

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Santiago Senator Francisco Dominguez Brito is in stable condition. He traveled to New York City early Monday morning for a second opinion on a congenital heart condition at the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York.