2009 – Page 188

Manny Ramirez has finally opened up to the media on his eventual return to the field. But Ramirez, usually tight-lipped on most matters, failed to make any mention on his 50-game suspension from baseball or the drugs he might have been using that caused him to fail a drug test. “Whatever happened, that’s in the …

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The VI International Festival of Theater (FITE), which takes place on 17-24 June in Santo Domingo, features performances of several world-class plays. Tickets are a mere RD$50 for many of the plays, the bargain of the year. In all, 61 productions from eight countries will be staged. Theater groups are coming from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, …

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The abandoned pedestrian boulevard on top of the 27 de Febrero tunnel may get a new lease of life. The city government of Santo Domingo was entrusted with the management of the public space through Decree 408-09 on 27 May. City Mayor Roberto Salcedo announced that the area would be restored. The area is known …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is warning of increased flood risks due to a tropical wave that the National Meteorology Department (Onamet) says will affect the DR this week. Onamet is warning that the areas most affected by the heavy rains will be in the southwest, the border region and the central mountains. Between 40 …

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The Ministry of Public Works says that as a result of recent heavy rainfall in the Casabito on the highway to Constanza, another crack on the right side of the mountain once again forced the closure of the roadway. Public Works crews and the company supervising the highway reconstruction said that this represents a high …

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A three-day workshop on port security is being held, sponsored by the United States Embassy and the Specialized Port Security Corps (Cesep). The training event is taking place at the Don Diego Cruise Terminal in Sans Souci and is an initiative by US Embassy Charge d’Affairs Roland Bullen and Lt. General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio. …

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It’s the same old story. The regulations exist, but nobody is there to enforce them, according to a column in today’s Hoy newspaper. There are more than 1,000 propane gas stations in the DR, but over 60% of them do not comply with the standards that have been established for the safe handling of gas, …

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Dominican government departments have signed an agreement with the Board of International Cultural, Tourism and Commercial Services of the Italian region of Le Marche. Executive assistant director of the Dominican government agency Proindustria, Fausto Araujo, described the agreement signed in Italy as “transcendental and totally innovative.” He said that it would give an unprecedented impulse …

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Later this month, the government will provide 806,830 homes with electricity subsidies via the Solidarity Card. The so-called Bono Luz will reach 67% of households registered as customers of electricity distributors EdeNorte, EdeEste and EdeSur, which have a total of 1,201,314 customers. The director of the Unified Beneficiaries System (SIUBEN), Miriam Rodriguez de Simo said …

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The Haitian and Dominican Ministers of Health have agreed to strengthen controls along the border to prevent spreading of the A(H1N1) flu virus across the island. At a meeting held in the border town of Jimani, Alex Larsen of Haiti and Bautista Rojas Gomez of the DR met for three hours to discuss prevention programs. …

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