2009 – Page 159

To buy back the power distribution company, Ede-Este, the Fernandez administration took on US$180.7 million in debt – US$157 to generators and US$23.7 million to suppliers. The deal also involved a US$26.5 million disbursement to Trust Capital of the West (TCW) for their 50% private participation in the power distribution company that handled a third …

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UNIBE University Dean Julio Amado Castanos Guzman is concerned about the “brain drain” in the DR and its effect on the nation’s development. Speaking at the university’s latest commencement ceremony, Castanos blames this phenomenon on a lack of real opportunities for college graduates in the DR.

Three years after the shooting of the director of the air navigation department at the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), Christopher Martinez, the judiciary has yet to solve the murder case. Eric Christopher, his son, says the family has provided proof that would lead to the intellectual and material authors of the murder, but the …

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A fund-raiser for the foundation of the daughter of President Leonel Fernandez at the San Isidro Air Force Base turned into a dangerous stampede when mother nature arrived without warning, knocking down large tents and blowing away vendor booths. In all nine persons were injured. There were an estimated 3,000 spectators at the show, but …

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Donald Hullester Warner Henderson, better known as “Linda”, the lead of the Guloya (God-lawyers) cultural troupe Teatro Cocolo Danzante in San Pedro de Macoris, died of consequences of cancer on Sunday. He had been battling liver cancer and Hepatitis C at Plaza de la Salud medical center. Originally from St. Kitts and one of many …

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Ramona Romero, the first Dominican-American to preside the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), is scheduled to testify on behalf of US Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Thursday, 9 July. Judge Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the first Latino Supreme Court Nominee in US history. …

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Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi) was extradited on Saturday to Puerto Rico, upon request from the US judicial authorities. He flew to Puerto Rico on a private jet, and from there he would travel to New York to appear before the Court for the Southern District of New York for facing charges on conspiracy and …

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Considered “the greatest player on the planet,” St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is on center stage tonight at this year’s presentation of the Home Run Derby. Pujols is having a monstrous season, even by his standards, batting .332 with 32 homeruns, 87 RBI and 73 runs scored. Pujols is on pace to hit …

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Manny Acta, once the youngest manager in the Major Leagues, has been fired by the Washington Nationals. The move, which had been rumored for weeks, comes as no surprise to fans or baseball insiders. That Nationals, under Acta, went into the All-Star break with a league worse 26-61. “I thank the Nationals for giving me …

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The world is still reeling from the death of pop icon Michael Jackson and this is no different in the DR, where the tributes to the King of Pop continue. First Mambo singer Omega paid tribute remixing one of his songs, “Remember the time.” And now the Jaragua Hotel will host a local talent tribute …

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