2009 – Page 33

The visionary man who gave the American Chamber of Commerce the needed push to turn it into a respected business lobby group, Wilson Rood, known to all as Bill, passed away on Monday. For many years Rood was the executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce and took it from less than 300 members …

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Dominican-American bachata group Aventura has another award to place on its mantelpiece. This time the group walked away with an AMA for Favorite Latin Music Artist. The award came as a surprise to many, because the New York-based group was in the same category as powerhouses Wisin & Yandel and Luis Fonsi. The group expressed …

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World-class tennis is taking place at the Parque del Este courts this week. The Dominican Republic F1 Futures tournament, part of the International Tennis Federation Men’s Circuit tournament is named Los Tres Ojos-RD 2009. Players from 33 nations in Europe, Africa and the Americas are competing for US$30,000 in prizes. The DR team is made …

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We have a new leader at top of the standings with the Escogido playing strong and staying strong. The Escogido have been the surprise of the season and have given some serious thought that they are a real championship contender for 2009-2010. Could this real be the Year of the Red? Not much else has …

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Merengue will be taking over an 8km stretch of the Malecon of Santo Domingo for the 6 December Santo Domingo Festival 2009. Artistic promoter Luis Medrano has booked 40 merengue, bachata, salsa, pop, ballads, rock, reggaeton, hip hop and folkloric groups for performances on five stages. The stages are set up from the Feria Ganadera …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in El Seibo, one of the country’s poorer provinces, on Saturday to inaugurate an announced RD$600 million in public works. The President cut ribbons on newly paved streets, with sidewalks and gutters, and several stretches of the highways to the cities of Higuey and La Romana. The government contracted merengue stars …

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In an interview in Listin Diario, Alejandro Santos, chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to the Dominican Republic, said that growth prospects for 2010 are good, with recovery expected in the second half of the year. He promised that the Stand-by Arrangement the government signed recently would not bring tax reform or new …

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Freddy Ortiz, president of the Dominican Currency Remittance Companies Association (Aderedi) warns that remittances will be down 12% this year, even more than the 10% drop he forecast in March. This compares to a 6% increase last year and the usual 8-9% annual increases the country experienced from 1995 to 2007. He said that the …

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The National District city council (ADN) has recognized the efficient work of five community foundations in the northern part of the district, and as a result, has renewed their garbage disposal contracts and increased their payments by US$5 per ton, according to Jose Miguel Martinez, director of the city council’s urban sanitation department. Martinez told …

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New regulations make it easier to change health service provider known here as ARS. The Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) has established a new procedure that provides better guarantees to Payroll Contribution for Family Health Insurance affiliates who request transfer from one health provider to another when their access to health care has …

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