2009 – Page 158

The DR has received 7% less in remittances during the first half of the year, the World Bank announced yesterday in Washington, DC. The report indicates that for Latin America overall the fall off in remittances will be 6.9% for the year. Dominican Central Bank figures for the first half of 2008 had placed remittance …

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Electricity Distributor Ede-Este reports that for the past 72 hours its ability to supply electricity to its customers has been seriously hampered by a major deficit in electricity supply from the generators. Ede-Este said that as a result it was forced to increase the hours of blackouts. The electricity distributor said that the deficit was …

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The city of San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris by the Sea, said goodbye to one of its most colorful figures yesterday as the city buried Daniel Henderson (Linda), the leader of the Guloyas cultural dance group. Thousands of people walked the streets in the funeral procession, and local and national figures were among the crowds …

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The DR has reached the finals of the Americas Group II of the Davis Cup with wins last Saturday, 11 July. Victor Estrella (ATP-ranked 227th) turned in the best performance for the DR. The DR is ranked 52nd in the world of 131 countries ranked in the Davis Cup Nations Ranking. Players from the DR …

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First reports on President Leonel Fernandez’s 10-day trip to the Middle East cover the start of his tour in Israel. He arrived to Tel Aviv on Sunday for a 3-day trip in Israel. On his first afternoon he visited sacred sites in Jerusalem. On his 2nd day, he is scheduled to meet with President Shimon …

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President Fernandez received deposed Honduras President Zelaya at the Presidential Palace with honors of state prior to his departure to the Middle East. President Fernandez has said he will lobby for Zelaya’s return to government during the Fifteenth Summit Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) he will attend in Egypt on 14-15 July. Fernandez has …

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Prior to his trip to Israel, President Fernandez had welcomed at the Presidential Palace Rabbi Shimon Pelman, Chabad emissary to the DR. At the Palace, Pelman spoke about the mission of Chabad, its global network of embassy-like Chabad Houses, and the need to develop and grow in the DR. Rabbi Pelman opened his Chabad center …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that the overpasses on Avenida 27 de Febrero will be closed from 10pm to 6am, for 20 nights, for repairs and repaving. The express roadway will be closed in both directions. Minister of Public Works Victor Diaz Rua explains that the joints of the highway ramp will be …

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The civic group Participacion Ciudadana alerts today to the ingrained practice of secrecy in government, especially regarding government fund allotments. Francisco Checo, spokesman for the organization says that the secrecism in government is in express violation of Law 200-04 on Free Access to Public Information. He called “inoperant” the government websites that he says should …

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34 civic and business groups joined on Sunday in a general protest calling for a stop to corruption and alerting to the moral decline of government institutions and political parties. They warned the rising corruption would lead the DR to be a failed society. They criticized the rising inefficiency, corruption, nepotism, political vandalism and permisiveness …

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