2009 – Page 171

Dr. Alex D. Blanco will be sworn-in today for a full four-year term as Mayor of the city of Passaic, New Jersey. Governor Jon Corzine will do the honors and US Senator Robert Menendez will also attend to mark the historic moment. Blanco made US history last November when he was elected mayor in a …

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A small plane carrying bricks of cocaine has crashed off the Matanzas coast near the southwestern city of Bani, once again pushing the province’s drug problems back to the front page. Details are still being recovered, but the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) says the pilot was killed in the crash, which occurred at 2am …

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The National Theater is presenting the World Gala of Dance on 3 and 4 July. This is a benefit for the Fundacion Nido para Angeles that works with children with brain paralysis. First ballerinas Michelle Jimenez and Jan Zerer of the Dutch Ballet will perform. Also, performing are dancers from the Munich Ballet and Brazilian …

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President Leonel Fernandez canceled his appearance at the ceremonies marking the centennial of the birth of PLD founder Juan Bosch, and instead traveled to Managua, Nicaragua to attend the 34th Ordinary Meeting of Heads and State and Government of the Central America Integration System (SICA). The situation in Honduras was discussed during the session. Vice …

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One hundred years ago today, Juan Bosch was born in La Vega. The politician, professor and writer is remembered as an untiring fighter for democracy, described by President Leonel Fernandez as a man who stood for dignity and progress. “There is no doubt that Juan Bosch is one of the imposing, vital and most pivotal …

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Supreme Court of Justice Jorge Subero Isa told the press yesterday that the DR should see its reflection in the mirror of what has happened in Honduras. He said that problems escalated in Honduras when President Manuel Zelaya sought to change the presidential system under which he was elected, and the political crisis escalated when …

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A group of jurists describes the creation of a Constitutional Chamber as proposed in the constitutional reform submitted by President Fernandez as a priority that would consolidate the constitutional system, strengthen democracy, validate rights and freedoms and stabilize the adequate functioning of public institutions. This stance is outlined in a letter sent to the National …

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The Ministry of Education (SEE) has submitted a formal complaint to the District Attorney for San Cristobal against four people, including two ministry employees, who are accused of fraud using cell phones during the mid-level (High School) standardized national exam process. Minister Melanio Paredes was at the prosecutor’s office in San Cristobal yesterday where restraining …

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The Industrial Associations Federation (FAI) and the Herrera Association of Industrial Enterprises (AEIH) have demanded that the executive vice president of the Dominican Corporation of State-owned Electrical Enterprises (CDEEE), Radhames Segura, respond to all the accusations of nepotism, million-peso donations and juicy consultancy contracts revealed during an investigation by television journalist Nuria Piera. According to …

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A paid advertisement by RRS Energia Electrica ENEL establishes that the private electricity company headed by engineer Radhames Segura has always adhered to Dominican laws and principles of integrity since its founding in 1987. As reported in Listin Diario, the company has a wide and growing customer base and has carried out operations worth RD$1.69 …

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