2009 – Page 28

On Friday night, the Aguilas Cibaenas came from behind to defeat the league-leading Leones del Escogido 7-5. Surprisingly, the Aguilas came up with a 4-run rally in the top of the ninth inning, after losing a 3-2 lead in the eighth and on the short side of a 5-3 score. The win stops a 3-game …

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President Leonel Fernandez leaves for Portugal today to attend the 9th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government in Estoril. Government news agency Antena En Linea reports on his schedule in Europe. On Sunday, 29 November he will meet with Portuguese business leaders interested in doing business in the DR. In the evening, the …

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President Leonel Fernandez added to humorist and television producer Freddy Beras Goico’s medal collection yesterday, awarding him one of the nation’s highest honors, the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Medal, as a Great Official. The award comes in recognition of the years of work in television and as a promoter of family values. The President was …

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The government proposes to spend more than RD$50 billion on infrastructure projects all across the country next year. The Ministry of Public Works alone will spend around RD$23.729 billion on infrastructure works, of which RD$8 billion will come from internal sources and US$420 million will come from external sources. Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua …

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The Armed Forces Minister has announced that the first Super Tucano aircraft would be arriving from Brazil on 8 December. The airplanes will be used for surveillance and interception of illegal flights that bring drugs to the Dominican Republic, mainly for transshipment to other countries. During an interview at the Presidential Palace, Lt. General Rafael …

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Roberto Salcedo is confident he will be re-elected if he runs for mayor of the National District again. He says polls show he has a favorable rating from 88% of voters, as reported in Listin Diario. For the 2010-2016 city council, he proposes to continue with the organization of urban growth, construction of underground parking …

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Environmentalists Osiris de Leon and Luis Carvajal say the contract the government has signed with Barrick Gold should be reviewed and revoked. Together with economist Luis Vargas, they called for lawyers who are motivated and committed to form a front “to defend the country from that contract,” as reported in Hoy. The environmentalists say the …

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Using e-mail and social media campaigns, consumer groups are seeking to mobilize nationwide support for a protest aimed at cell phone providers Claro (Codetel), Orange, Tricom and Viva for the high rates they charge consumers in the DR. The case presented is that in the US you can get 2,000 free minutes for only US$52.20. …

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In today’s Listin Diario, editor Miguel Franjul writes that it is widely believed that Sobeida Felix Morel has left the country. Whether it was a trick or the plain truth, the story of the disappearance and flight overseas by Sobeida Felix Morel took another twist yesterday when it was revealed that someone (a hacker possibly) …

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Migration director Vice-admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez says that no one named Sobeida Felix Morel or Sobeida Feliz Morel has left the country through Las Americas International Airport (AILA), as reported in the Listin Diario. Pared Perez told Diario Libre that Migration had conducted a thorough investigation at the request of the National Police, and that …

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