2009 – Page 197

The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia has confirmed that nine people in the DR, including six students at Santo Domingo’s upscale Carol Morgan School have tested positive for the AH1N1 virus. This news comes a week after the school was closed last Thursday through this Wednesday as a precautionary measure after 46 people …

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Judges for the National Literature Prize are defending their decision to award the prize to a novel by Aida Trujillo, who is the granddaughter of former dictator Rafael Trujillo and daughter of Ramfis Trujillo. The novel, “A la sombra de mi abuelo,” (In my Grandfather’s Shadow) has come under fire for its content, with many …

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Judge Rosa Idania Mateo has ordered the release of Lt. Colonel Francisco Pulinario Rodriguez and Lino de Oca Jimenez. Both men had been sentenced to three months jail time for the murder of drug trafficker Florian Feliz while in jail. His family argues that he was prevented from receiving medical assistance and left to bleed …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge John Giuliani is expressing concern about the fact that many deportees returning to the DR are using the names and details of deceased people as a way of changing their identities. He added that many returnees only have old cedulas and aren’t registered in the country’s new cedula system, which …

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The National Drug Control Department has confiscated two shipments of cocaine bound for Puerto Rico. A 98-package shipment weighing 120 kilograms was discovered in a freight container belonging to a plastics company and being sent to a company in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on the ferry. Freight truck driver Fabricio Rodriguez was arrested. The DNCD says …

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Four Dominican ballplayers are making opposing pitchers cringe every time they come up to the batters box. Albert Pujols, Carlos Pena and Nelson Cruz are crushing fastballs at an alarming rate, with the three players vying for top spot in this year’s homerun race. Pena, first base for the Tampa Bay Rays, is a surprise …

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June 1st marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season. Weather officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are expecting this to be a “normal” hurricane season. The names for this year’s storms have been picked out and they include Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, …

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Now in its sixth year, the Organic Coffee Festival that takes place in the coffee-producing region of Polo will be held on the weekend of June 6 and 7, with performances by Puerto Rican musicians Andy Montanez, Wilkins, Danny Rivera and Nelson Gonzalez scheduled for this year. Dominicans Victor Victor, Manuel Jimenez, Sexappeal, Patricia Pereyra, …

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President Leonel Fernandez feels the small and medium-scale business people can help “rescue” the production sector. Fernandez feels this sector should have priority over the nation’s financial sector. Fernandez said that small and medium-sized businesses (Mipymes) are the most efficient at creating jobs in the labor market. Fernandez made his comments during the first national …

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The government has consistently assured the public that no new taxes would be introduced. Even in light of the recent international financial problems, a possible new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reduction in trade and a reduction in tax collections, government officials have downplayed the need for a new fiscal reform. But the …

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