2009 – Page 311

With only hours before Dominican players are required to deposit their passports at the Mexican Embassy in the DR, the Tigres del Licey, which will be representing the DR at the Serie del Caribe in Mexico, has yet to complete its roster. Four of its pitchers Ervin Santana, Ubaldo Jimenez, Daniel Cabrera and Carlos Marmol …

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Local US football fans have a date on Sunday, 1 February 7pm at the kick-off event organized by the Dominican League of American Football (LDFA), Dominican Raiders team at Beer House Cafe. The Super Bowl XLIII game matches the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Arizona Cardinals. The gathering will be at the Beer House Cafe, (Tiradentes …

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The Santo Domingo Metro will be inaugurated today with a ceremony at the Centro de los Heroes (La Feria) station at 5pm. President Leonel Fernandez and representatives from supplier companies in Europe and South America will attend, according to a press release from the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET). International guests include representatives from metros in …

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The Dominican government has launched its new tourism promotion campaign: “The Dominican Republic: It Has Everything” at the leading Spanish travel trade fair, Fitur. The campaign aims to make tourists aware that the DR is a complete destination with more than just beaches and sunshine, also offering adventure, ecotourism and culture. The effects of the …

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The government and hundreds of business, political and social groups opened debates yesterday at the “Summit for National Unity Facing the World Crisis,” with renewed hope that agreements would be acted upon. The President led the inauguration of the dialogue whose full sessions should end on 17 February, with some concrete plans of action to …

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President Leonel Fernandez has announced he will compromise with business groups and other sectors that have asked Congress to put the writing of a new Constitution on hold until after the summit debates currently under way. During the opening of the summit at the Santo Domingo Hilton, Fernandez said that the chambers should meet in …

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Enrique V. Iglesias, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), said yesterday that one of the greatest challenges facing Latin America at this time is to avoid losing the advances in economic growth achieved over the past 20 years, especially when it comes to stability and social improvements, as reported in Hoy. He also …

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In his commentary in El Caribe today, journalist Miguel Guerrero says that President Fernandez had accomplished his objectives with the summit. He concludes: “There is no more talk about the Sun Land contract, or the Supreme Court of Justice’s shameful ruling on the case. The excessively high cost of remodeling the Palace of Bellas Artes …

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The PRD’s participation in the “Summit for National Unity” convened by President Leonel Fernandez and inaugurated yesterday, remains in limbo after the second postponement of the meeting where the party’s political commission was scheduled to discuss the issue. Reporters from Diario Libre said that the reasons for the suspension swing between “heaven”, trying to gain …

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The two top executives of the government electricity sector have dismissed the idea that the government is planning to “take control” of the Ede-Este company that distributes electricity in the eastern part of the country. Blair Thomas, CEO of EDE-Este, publicly complained about this in the press yesterday. However, the superintendent of electricity, Francisco Mendez, …

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