2010

DR1 news digest will not be published over the New Year holidays. Headline news happening on 30, 31 December 2010 and 1, 2 January 2011 will be compiled for the Monday, 3 January 2011 issue. Major news stories can be reported and commented on in the dr1 forums that are open to users 24/7 at …

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The president of the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals, Xavier Tudela says that “Santo Domingo has carried out the most complete and successful American Capital of Culture in its history and will be the reference point for future cultural capitals.” In a statement on 29 December marking the end of the year, Tudela publicly thanked …

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President Leonel Vargas awarded Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa the Order of Christopher Columbus with the Great Cross of Silver for his contributions to world literature in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace yesterday. Vargas Llosa who has lived in the Dominican Republic and vacations here frequently, told the President that he feels Dominican. He …

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Foreign borrowing made up 42.23% of government revenue in November, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Hacienda, reports El Caribe. This was above the average of 30%. Overall, government revenue in November was RD$35,512,300,744. Of the amount, RD$15 billion came from foreign financing.

The Association of Small and Medium Textile Companies complained yesterday that the Ministry of Education has an outstanding debt with the association’s suppliers of school uniforms. The association says that the RD$70 million debt could lead many companies to bankruptcy. Because of the debt, many of the companies did not have the cash on hand …

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The Ministry of the Environment ordered the closure of the Green Logix bottle recycler. The Ministry said it had received complaints that the company that collects glass bottles to grind them up for export is contaminating the air with the dust from the operations. The report was sent to the Prosecutor for the Defense of …

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The cases of cholera now total 120, with five new persons confirmed to have the disease yesterday by the Public Health authorities. Of all infected, only one is in the hospital. The Diario Libre says that the daily report from the Ministry of Public Health indicates that one of the cases belongs to Elias Pina, …

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Delta, American, US Airways, JetBlue and Continental have restored their flights to and from eastern US. At least 25 of these had been cancelled on Sunday and Monday due to the major snowstorm affecting the US east coast. To check flights, see: Las Americas flight status (Santo Domingo) http://www.aerodom.com/app/do/frontpage.aspx Punta Cana International flights: http://www.punta-cana-airport.com/index.cfm

The management of Plaza Central, an important shopping mall on Winston Churchill Avenue agreed to pay RD$4.9 million to resolve an accusation of fraud made against them by the EdeSur Power distribution company. The mall was accused of fraud on 20 September 2010. The two parts reached the agreement on 23 December, as reported in …

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The Lieutenant (jg) Mario Rafael Breton Santana, the chief of the National Department of Investigations (DNI) in Santiago, is under arrest accused of being the intermediary of the alleged hitman Francisco Carela Castro in an attempt to extort Ramon Antonio Veras (Negro) regarding the delivery of a tape. He is also being investigated for having …

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