2009 – Page 63

Next Sunday, 25 October, beginning at 8:00am and for the fourth consecutive year, you can donate your steps at the Walk for Life 2009 at the National Botanical Gardens. Walk for Life is an event promoted by the MercaSID company to raise funds for institutions that help cancer patients. The main beneficiary institutions are: the …

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Last night only one game was played and the Gigantes from San Francisco de Macoris defeated the Toros del Este from La Romana on a dramatic, ninth-inning error by opposing pitcher Carlos Yan that allowed the winning run to score from third. For the second night in a row Mark Wagner hit a homerun in …

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According to Listin Diario, trade between Chile and the DR has doubled in the last three years and it is expected that this could increase even further in January 2010 once a memorandum of understanding is signed between both countries. According to Manuel Hinojosa, Chilean Ambassador to the DR, rum, cigars and coffee are among …

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According to the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas, non-petroleum imports from the US fell by 23% in August and DR exports to the US have fallen by 18% during the same period. Montas said that the international financial crisis is affecting female workers the hardest. Montas made these statements during a seminar …

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The DR’s education sector will get much a needed boost with the announcement that the European Union is donating EUR10 million. Irene Horejs, the head of the EU delegation to the DR announced that there is also a proposal to increase the amount of education aid from the EU to the DR Education Ministry’s Strategic …

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The Inter-American Development (IDB) has approved a US$500 million emergency loan to the DR in order to support key social service programs in the country. The loan, which was approved by the Bank’s board of directors, will also finance the country’s plan to streamline energy subsidies and improve financial management of power companies, a move …

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The DR and Costa Rica are the countries in the region with most doctors per 10,000 inhabitants. A study due for release by the Public Health Ministry today, outlines that the DR and Costa Rica both have 20 doctors per every 10,000 inhabitants, with Nicaragua and Panama registering 16.4 and 13.8 doctors per 10,000. Guatemala …

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The Public Health Ministry has announced the arrival of 10,000 doses of rabies vaccines. This shipment will guarantee sufficient medication until February 2010. Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the DR would receive 1.5 million doses of the vaccine by November, and that they would be distributed nationwide.

PRD Deputy Julio Romero says he will resign and has admitted his involvement in a sex scandal with a minor. Last week Romero was accused of fathering the woman’s child while she was still a minor. Romero remained silent on the issue and had not made a public statement until now. Even as he was …

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A wave of kidnappings has hit the DR in the last two weeks, but the efficiency and hard work of Dominican special forces and police has resulted in the safe return home of all victims, without injury or harm. Yesterday, another kidnapping was revealed. This time it involved a 5-year old child whose name has …

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