2009 – Page 264

Community organizations from La Yaguita de Pastor, Bella Vista and Pastor have resumed their street protests after the expiry of the deadline issued to the authorities to restart repairs to the streets, among other things, that had been promised. Diario Libre says that the government, through provincial governor Jose Augusto Izquierdo, had promised to start …

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The National Police reported yesterday that in the first three months of the year, the Central Investigation Department (Dicrim) resolved 3,633 cases including assaults, residential robberies, kidnappings, capture of fugitives and forgeries. These cases are from December, January and February: 646 from Santo Domingo East, 473 from Santo Domingo North and 368 from Santo Domingo …

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The prosecutor for the province of Santo Domingo says the executives of the Parmalat company that was the target of a 12-man armed raid last month will not be pressing charges. Perfecto Acosta told El Nuevo Diario reporter Milagros Sanchez that the executives said that the money that was taken was insignificant in comparison to …

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Former major league baseball player Miguel Dilone lost his left eye yesterday in a freak accident during baseball practice in Villa Olga. The player, known as the “Saeta Cibaena” (the Cibao Dart) underwent surgery at the Union Medica del Cibao where doctors managed to save his right eye. Ophthalmologist Dr. Tony Fernandez, one of the …

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A 19-year old Dominican model, Monte Cristi-born Arlenis Sosa is on the cover of Time magazine’s April 2009 Style & Design supplement. Arlenis, a new discovery by the fashion industry in 2008, has taken the fashion world by storm. She has been described as “the new face of fashion” by Time Magazine and has posed …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso is calling on Caribbean Community (Caricom) heads of state and government to implement the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. Morales Troncoso called for regional coordination to ensure the flow of aid resources, to facilitate the legal and institutional changes that need to be implemented, and to …

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Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal has announced several innovative projects for implementation in protected areas around the country. For the east, he said that small docks are being built in La Caleta (near Las Americas International Airport and Boca Chica) and Catalina Island (in La Romana province) to help people board small boats to …

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Over the weekend the Ministry of Public Health continued its latest operation by closing down four more pharmacies that were distributing illegal pharmaceuticals. The owners of the Oge, Ima, Miguelito and Odesa pharmacies were charged with selling fake medications. This is part of an ongoing initiative by the Ministry to close businesses that are selling …

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Public sector doctors have announced another work stoppage, this time lasting 48 hours. The announcement was made by Dominican Medical Association (CMD) president Waldo Ariel Suero who said that the strike would start at 6am on Wednesday. Suero declared that only emergency patients would be treated. This is the latest strike in the CMD’s campaign …

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Writing in El Caribe, business leader Celso Marranzini argues that the Dominican Labor Code needs to be changed if jobs are to be saved and new jobs created at the required pace. He point out that the existing Labor Code dates back to 1992, when the Dominican economy was practically closed to imports. Today the …

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