2010 – Page 11

The shock divorce announced by mega diva and TV host Luz Garcia and former Minister of the Armed Forces, politician Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez was revealed on 26 November, after the couple released a brief statement to the press. “The separation was one of mutual agreement and consent,” said the note. The note went on …

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Brugal rum, sponsor of the New Year’s Eve bash in Santo Domingo, has announced that this year’s event will take place at the new Plaza Juan Baron on the Malecon. The lineup includes Hector Acosta, Eddy Herrera, Kinito Mendez, El Cata, Truhanes, Secretos, Michel, Zacarias Ferreira and Frank Reyes. Some 25,000 people are expected to …

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The Aguilas Cibaenas eliminated the Tigres del Licey from the regular baseball season by defeating them yesterday 12-6 in Santiago. The Leones came from behind with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Estrellas in their quest to qualify in Santo Domingo. The Gigantes had a good day, edging out the Toros 9-8 …

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Campaigners leading the national call for government to fulfill Education Law 66-97 that calls for 4% of GDP to be allocated to education face the difficult task of meeting with President Leonel Fernandez on the issue. Economy Minister Temistocles Montas has said the government could call a meeting with representatives of the Coalition for Dignified …

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The Coalition for Dignified Education said that the judgment that rejects the legal recourse that called for the government to comply with the General Law of Education 66-97 that requires a minimum allocation of 4% of the GDP for education, violates the rule of law in the country. The Coalition says that in its decision …

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Former president of the Dominican Public School Teachers Association, Maria Teresa Cabrera has described the rejection by the First Tax and Administrative Disputes Court of the National District, a higher administrative court, of a recourse against government violation of the 4% for education budget allocation, as an “outrage”. She says this sets a precedent and …

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Writing in today’s Listin Diario, Father Juan Linares, who heads the exemplary Muchachos y Muchachas con Don Bosco children and youth program, comments on the contrasts in the use of government funds. He says that he hosted the visit by a director of an NGO that supports the program who observed the long hours of …

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The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) could manage US$480 million in a trust fund administered by the World Bank, writes Listin Diario, reporting on a meeting held in Santo Domingo yesterday. Attending were President Leonel Fernandez, former US President Bill Clinton, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Caricom special representative Percival J. Patterson and Gabriel …

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In a speech at the 34th Conference of Miami on the Caribbean and Central America being held in Miami, Florida, Caricom representative PJ Patterson criticized the slow pace of reconstruction work in Haiti, as reported in Haiti Libre online. “The mountains of rubble are still there, the fate of victims, with no sign of temporary …

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India’s new ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Deepak Bhojwani has offered his wholehearted support for renewed efforts to promote more business between India and the Dominican Republic. He urged activating the Indian Chamber of Commerce in the DR so that it may serve as a liaison between Dominican and Indian businesspeople and the governments of …

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