2009 – Page 140

Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber head, Roberto Rosario is asking for the National School of Electoral Formation (EFEC) for statement of cash flows to determine the use of budgeted funds. The School is headed by fellow JCE judge Aura Celeste Fernandez, who has become one of the JCE’s most outspoken members and one of …

Read more…

As parents get ready for the 2009-2010 school year they will notice that prices on school supplies will be noticeably higher this tear. Hoy is reporting that school supplies are an estimated 15% more expensive than last year. Hoy estimates that a grade school child will need RD$5,000 in school supplies while a high school …

Read more…

The sailboat that civil war legend Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno used to come ashore at Caracoles Beach in southwestern Azua with eight guerilla military troops in February 1973 has been officially retired. Caamano landed with the rebels intending to start a peasant revolution to overthrow the late President Joaquin Balaguer and restore the late President …

Read more…

Four cops involved in a drug deal gone bad have been sent to jail, for a minimum of three months as their case is heard. One of the officers, Alberto Segura was the head of the police department in La Bombita, Azua, where the drug deal would occur. The incident happened last week and resulted …

Read more…

Rains and rising temperatures are expected in the DR with the passing of a tropical wave, bringing rain showers nationwide. Temperature are expected to rise again, once the wave passes over.

Melky Cabrera became the 15th Yankee in history to hit for the cycle, a rare feat in baseball. He also became the first Yankee to complete the feat since 1948. The cycle is a baseball term which denotes a player hitting a home run, a single, double and a triple. Cabrera completed the feat during …

Read more…

The Dominican women’s national volleyball team defeated South Korea in five sets to win one of its three commitments in the Ninbo round of the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix on Sunday. The DR won the match in Pool C, 25-22, 25-12, 18-25, 24-26, 1-10 in 112 minutes, after having lost to China and a …

Read more…

Chevere Nights of Telesistema, Channel 11, will be presenting for the first time the Dominican version of the Latin American Idol, that is modeled on the American Idol successful talent show. Milagros German says that more than 3,000 novel performers auditioned for the show that will be aired on Wednesday and Thursday through December. The …

Read more…

The Office of First Lady Margarita Cedeno is sponsoring a Children’s Film Festival at Palacio del Cine in Bella Vista Mall. Films from Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Colombia, Holland, Russia, and the US are being shown most for the first time. The festival coincides with the final vacation weeks for students that go …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez has attended a series of inaugurations for schools and aqueducts in the northeastern province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez. Twelve aqueducts, a water system and 11 schools were built or rehabilitated by the government with a total budget of RD$2.5 billion. Mariano German, director of INAPA, says these public works projects will help …

Read more…