2009 – Page 156

Legislators working on Constitutional reform have agreed to limit the President’s power for the first time ever. They voted in favor of a measure stopping the President from annulling judgments passed by city governments and filling vacancies for mayors or city council officials. Legislators also voted for a measure preventing the President from filling temporary …

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Encouraging island nations to harness the power of the oceans for their energy needs, at a presentation at President Leonel Fernandez’s think-tank Funglode last Wednesday 8 July, development experts unveiled some of the world’s most innovative technologies using cold seawater. “We’re talking about using cold sea water to make cold, hard cash,” asserted Lelei TuiSamoa …

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Controversial Executive Vice President of the Dominican State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) Radhames Segura traveled to the Middle East to accompany President Leonel Fernandez, while on the home front 12-hour+ blackouts are back. The blackouts follow two major increases in power rates levied on paying consumers. As reported in Hoy, the blackouts are the result of …

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Thousands of Codetel Internet customers suffered a blackout all morning on Wednesday. The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) has confirmed the blackout. Codetel said it was working on the problems and service seems to have been gradually being restored. Recently, the president of Indotel warned telephone companies about the deteriorating service. Codetel users have been …

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The Ministry of Public Works is announcing that the Soco Bridge, between San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana, will be closed for two days for renovation works. The bridge will be closed between 10pm and 6am in order to add an inch of asphalt, as well as other work. Public Works has set up …

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The Dominican government is due to receive EUR18.5 million this month to be used for government programs in the areas of education, health, poverty aid and competitiveness. Yesterday, Jean Marc Ruiz, the head of the European Business Commission and Domingo Jimenez, director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department (DIGECOOM) said yesterday. They said that the EU …

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Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda Rancier has overruled a 10-day arrest warrant for Police General Juan Tomas Taveras Rodriguez. Taveras had been ordered under arrest for publishing two articles in Clave Digital on security and defense in which he questioned the fact that the Armed Forces was taking on Police roles. Earlier, Police Chief …

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Guillermo Linares, the first Dominican ever elected to public office in US history (1991), announced today that he will be resigning from his position as Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs for New York City in the Michael Bloomberg administration. He is resigning in order to run for his old job as city councilor for Washington Heights …

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Albert Pujols’ bat and glove were not enough for the National League team to beat the American League team. But for Pujols it was a memorable night as he caught the inaugural first pitch for President Barack Obama. Obama, wearing a Chicago White Sox jacket, threw a lefty floater that almost hit the ground. But …

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Pedro Martinez has been out of the game for half the MLB season, but that wasn’t enough to keep the Philadelphia Phillies from signing the future Hall of Famer and three-time Cy Young winner. Details of the contract were not released immediately, but Martinez could receive up to US$1.5 million in incentives. At the age …

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