2009 – Page 41

Some 30 years ago, farmers in the Central Mountains chose not to plant macadamia trees, mostly because they did not understand or appreciate the crop’s potential. Manuel Arsenio Urena, a prominent businessman from the hills south of Santiago de los Caballeros, asked the board of Plan Sierra if he could plant the seedlings from California …

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The National Traders and Business Federation (Fenacerd) is suggesting that the authorities should establish and prioritize public policies aimed at strengthening the national energy system. They maintain that the current situation is stunting the DR’s commercial and industrial development. The proposal was made in a speech delivered by Fenacerd president Ricardo Rosario during the opening …

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The Embassy of Canada has announced that as of 23 November it will be operating from the Acropolis Center. The new address is Av. Winston Churchill 1099, Citigroup Tower, Acropolis Center, Floor 18, Piantini, Santo Domingo. The Embassy says that it decided to relocate as a result of an increase in demands for its services. …

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Bishop Francisco Arnaiz has apologized to a businessman, Army Sergeant Major Rafael Leocadio Urena Garcia (Chico) for publicly casting doubts on the origins of the military officer’s finances to build an 8-floor building on Avenida Sarasota corner Calle Catalina Fernandez de Pou. TV producer Freddy Beras Goico arranged a meeting between the bishop and the …

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Diario Libre’s editorial today urges all eyes to be on the actions of the General Prosecutor Office given its determining character of operation. “Apparently, after an incriminating file is received from the Police and the National Drug Control Department, there is a short circuit that paralyzes the investigations,” writes Adriano Miguel Tejada, executive editor of …

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The authorities are offering a one-million peso reward for the location and capture of Sobeida Feliz and Jose D. Figueroa Agosto, both fugitives who are wanted in connection with suspected money laundering activities that ended with a haul of US$4.6 million in cash inside one of their vehicles. El Nuevo Diario says that the authorities …

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National Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin says that the spectacle that took place on Friday night at a private clinic in Santo Domingo was just “a visit to a patient” who happens to be a friend of his and of the head of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) Rolando Rosado Mateo, and that …

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The DR Women’s Volleyball team turned in a stellar performance at the FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup, winning the bronze after surprising victories over South Korea 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-22) and hosts Japan (24-26, 25-22, 25-16, 25-18). Italy won the championship defeating Japan that finished fourth. Brazil, the defending team, came in second. The …

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On Friday night the Leones del Escogido defeated the Gigantes del Cibao at the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris. In what was earlier this season the Gigantes’ “Valley of Death” for opposing teams, the Leones came back from a 4-run deficit with a 4-run rally of their own in the top of …

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The DR is in the lead among DR-CAFTA signatory countries on the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) for 2009, announced Andres Van der Horst Alvarez, head of the Dominican Republic’s National Competitiveness Council. The United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development (UNCTAD) sponsors the index. Overall, the DR is ranked 47th of 162 countries. In …

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