2009 – Page 200

National District Mayor Roberto Salcedo says that the private sector will build 12 new underground parking lots in the city. He says that these will be located in or near the Centro de los Heroes (La Feria), Plaza Espana (Colonial City), Parque Eugenio Maria de Hostos (Malecon) and an area near the Clinica Abreu (Ciudad …

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Unibe University has signed an agreement with the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rouen (INSA Rouen). The agreement will allow for engineering exchange programs between both institutions as well as teacher exchanges and joint research programs. Jean Louis Billoet signed on behalf of INSA while Julio Amado Castanos Guzman signed on behalf of Unibe. …

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Fenatrano transport union leader Juan Hubieres was arrested yesterday and jailed for an hour and a half. Hubieres was released after judge Alejandro Vargas ruled that his imprisonment had been illegal. Hubieres was imprisoned after allegations that he had improperly used millions of pesos of funds from the Ground Transport Development Fund, which is funded …

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Judge Ambiorix Marichal Martinez from the San Cristobal Permanent Jurisdiction has sentenced Police Captain Lino de Oca and Lt. Colonel Jose Antonio Pulinario Rodriguez to three months preventive custody for their role in the death of former drug kingpin Rolando Florian Feliz. The sentence was a recommendation made by the state prosecutors. Although both men …

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Director of Prisons General Manuel de Jesus Sanchez claims that he had no idea that murdered drug trafficker Rolando Florian Feliz had enjoyed such a lavish lifestyle inside the Najayo prison. He added that the prison’s inspector general Henry Garrido had carried out an investigation to determine the status of privileges in Dominican jails. De …

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St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is right where he should be, at the top of voting for this year’s All Star weekend. Pujols is currently leading all other players with a total of 842,058 votes. He leads the second most voted by a whopping 167,000 votes. This is also double the amount for the …

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President Leonel Fernandez has told reporters that his recent nine-day trip to Spain has extended Spanish cooperation and increased investment prospects. Fernandez arrived on a commercial flight from Spain yesterday. As reported in El Nuevo Diario, the President spoke of the renewed contacts with Spanish universities and the signing of agreements and conventions to improve …

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The Monetary Board has authorized a reduction in the legal reserve applied to financial intermediaries that will increase the resources available for housing and small businesses by some RD$9.1 billion, according to Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu. Diario Libre reports that Valdez Albizu said that the disposition, which comes into force today, reduces the …

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The Santo Domingo municipality has announced the signing of an agreement handing over the administration of 32,624 meters of recovered green area to the Isabel Villas neighborhood association in Arroyo Hondo. The Isabel Villas golf course operated on land that should have been used for recreational areas, as reported in Listin Diario. The agreement establishes …

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The Minister of Public health admitted yesterday that the virus that causes the A(H1N1) influenza is present in the country, but they have still not been able to confirm the first case of the illness. “The fact that these people have been here (Peruvians, Chileans and one Russian diagnosed with the flu upon return from …

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