2009 – Page 187

DR1 Daily News will not be updated on Thursday, 11 June, a religious holiday, or on Friday, 12 June for the long weekend. News for the 11th and 12th of June will be compiled for Monday’s news digest. Thursday, 11th June is Corpus Christi Day, a Roman Catholic holiday. For any major breaking news stories, …

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Eighty-nine year old Yolanda Reyna, mother of President Leonel Fernandez, has been hospitalized at the CEDIMAT hospital at Plaza de la Salud after being diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia. Her son visited her at the hospital and later told the press that his mother was in good spirits and doing well. She is due to …

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The DR has not managed to reduce its infant mortality rate, which still hovers at between 20 and 23 deaths per 1,000 births for babies under one month old. Mortality rates for children between the ages of one month and five years is pegged at 30 deaths per 1,000 births. Doctors say that respiratory defects …

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The Constitutional Revisory Assembly has voted to ban presidential re-election, in line with an agreement signed by President Leonel Fernandez and new PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado. “The Executive Branch is led by the President of the Republic, who will be chosen every four years, through direct vote, and is prohibited from running for office …

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A total of 332 new homes have been handed over to residents of the province of Monsenor Nouel. The homes were promised to the residents after tropical storms Olga and Noel devastated their dwellings in 2007. The new houses were built with a budget of RD$187,157,495. Speaking on behalf of the re-housed families, community representative …

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Nineteen new cases of AH1N1 flu have been reported, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 91. None of the latest patients have been hospitalized and the virus continues to be mild in the DR. The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) and the Health Coordinators Union is calling on the government to spend more on …

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Despite signs that the international financial crisis has peaked, Dominican car buyers are still feeling the crunch. According to Hoy, figures from vehicle dealers association Anadive indicate that between 40% and 45% of all financed vehicles are being returned to dealerships due to default on repayments by owners. Anadive president Cesar de los Santos says …

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Listin Diario is reporting that mining company Barrick Gold has purchased the Monte Rio power company. The operation of the company, which was owned by a group headed by former National Business Council (Conep) president Elena Viyella de Paliza, will continue its current operators through 2010. The newspaper says that the purchase of the plant, …

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Former Police Major Frederick Medina Abud has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of his former neighbor Toribio Piti Montero. Abud was also ordered to pay a fine of RD$5 million for each one of Montero’s children for the 2008 incident in which he shot Montero three times. According to Hoy, …

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Dominican sailor Raul Aguayo is continuing his successful 2009 campaign after winning the 20th Caribbean Laser open championship. The event took place in St Martin over the weekend. Hoy reports that Aguayo dominated the seven events of the championship series. Aguayo said he felt very satisfied with his performance.