2009 – Page 138

Young Dominicans are associating to protest corruption and impunity in government. Mostly university students and recent graduates, Dominican youths from middle income and upper income levels have joined to support several organizations whose leaders have taken an upfront position to protest the inefficiencies of government at all levels and in all branches. El Dia reports …

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Dominican minor league pitcher Julio Castillo has been convicted of felonious assault causing serious physical injury. Castillo was acquitted on the second charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Castillo was on trial after he threw a baseball into the stands during an on the field fight of a Single-A baseball game. Castillo had been …

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DR1 Travel News erroneously published yesterday that the Golden Bear Lodge & Spa of Cap Cana was to be known as the Zoetry Agua Punta Cana. The confusion comes because there is not one, but two Zoetry properties opening in November in the Punta Cana area – the Zoetry Collection Golden Bear and the Zoetry …

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Representatives of the InterAmerican Development Bank and the World Bank told the press yesterday that 2 years would be enough to resolve the energy crisis in the DR “if the authorities decide so”. Gina Montiel, Manager of Country Department Central America, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic for the Interamerican Development Bank and Rodrigo Chaves, …

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Miguel Vargas Maldonado, president of the PRD, says that legislators of his party will only approve soft loans. Vargas said party legislators will only vote in favor of loans from multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank and InterAmerican Development Bank. He explained that these loans cost less and come with a strict monitoring of …

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The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (SEOPC) assured reporters yesterday that the construction work on the elevated roadways at the intersections of Nunez de Caceres and Ortega and Gasset is advancing. These structures are part of the Duarte Corridor Plan. The Ministry established detours in order to ease the traffic jams that result from …

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The National Household Survey of Income and Expenses (ENIGH 2007) indicates that 34.7% of all housing in the country has been built in the past 10 years. Of the 2,530,474 dwellings, 976,287 have been built in the past 10 years, much more than in other decades when the construction growth had reached 22%. The north …

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Public Health authorities did not have to reinforce the out-patient medical consultations in the hospitals of the capital when very few patients sought services yesterday. With the exception of the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital and the San Lorenzo de Los Mina Maternity Hospital, the presence of patients was minimal during the continuation of the …

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Judge of the Disputes Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Aura Celeste Fernandez assured reporters yesterday that the Administrative Chamber of the institution knows all about the handling of the funds of the National School for Electoral and Civil Registry Formation (EFEC) because it has the direct control of the finances of the school. …

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The business community grouped under the umbrella of the National Council of Business (CONEP) recognizes that there has been a positive change regarding citizen safety. Celso Marranzini, the president of the Business Council for Crime Prevention (CONAPREC) said that no country can grow and develop if security is lacking. The most important thing in all …

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