2009 – Page 268

A total of 56.3% of Dominicans in the D and E groups express their approval for President Leonel Fernandez’s administration. The data is found in the survey of homes of socio-economic levels D and E by consulting firm Promoting Survey International for Diario Libre. 40.2% of the sample described Fernandez’ work as good, while 10% …

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Minister of the Interior and Police Franklin Almeyda said yesterday that the PRD is “looking for a death” in the Santiago barrio of La Yaguita del Pastor, after repeating his accusation that the party is behind the disturbances that so far have led to several injuries. He said that the party has exposed its internal …

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The nation’s airports are rejecting decree 179-09 that eliminates the small surcharge for handling airfreight that is applied to the airlines, on the grounds that this change breaches the air terminals commercial contract rights. The airports’ position is set out in a document signed by executives of Aeropuerto Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom), Cibao International Airport, …

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The United States Consulate has asked Major League Baseball to investigate more than 40 recent contracts with Dominican players for possible discrepancies in their birthdates. The vice-president of operations for MLB, Lou Menendez, confirmed this on ESPN.com. MLB’s new investigative unit, which is based in New York, will study the cases of 42 of 44 …

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A man who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment less than a month ago, but was then found walking the streets, was arrested yesterday during an operation by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) and the San Cristobal prosecutor’s office. The man was found in possession of a kilogram of cocaine, 74 portions of marijuana …

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Grupo Bon, producers of Bon ice cream, juices and marmalades, and its sister company La Loma, producer of macadamia nuts, is holding its First Ecological Fair, EcoBon 2009 at the Mirador del Sur Park on Saturday, 14 March. The focus of activities will be the Park’s Environmental Information Center. The day’s activities include environmental education …

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Dominicana’s unexpected loss to the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic and failure to move on to Round 2 has led to millions of dollars in financial losses for several companies, reports Listin Diario. Tour operators, advertising campaigns and TV promotion are all suffering as a result of the diminished interest from Dominicans in being …

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Pedro Martinez, who shone during the game against the Netherlands, blamed the World Baseball Classic organizers for the Dominican defeat. “They banned us from training together. They kept us away from our manager, and we could not practice strategies, and that made no sense,” he said. Felipe Alou had planned a mini-training camp in Santo …

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The Revisory Assembly of the legislature is convened to meet within the next 15 days to start debates aimed at reforming the constitution. Yesterday President Leonel Fernandez published the law that convenes the joint session of senators and deputies for the review of the Constitution. President Fernandez has submitted a bill that seeks to expand …

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Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal has accused PRSC deputies Mario Jose Fernandez Savinon, president of the Environmental Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and his colleague Sergio Cedeno of lying and of trying to cover up for individual interests in the controversial case of the National Park of the East, as reported in Listin …

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