2010 – Page 12

Inflation in November was up 0.31%, bringing accumulated inflation this year to 5.27%. The Central Bank says that the country is likely to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for year’s end inflation to fall between 6-7%.

Engineer Emilio Hernandez, who worked as a supervisor at the casino at the Jaragua Renaissance Hotel in Santo Domingo, was murdered at 6:40am yesterday at his home in Altos de Las Praderas. He was son of Retired Major General Rafael Emilio Hernandez Beato. He was shot to death with a bullet in the head. Witnesses …

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Santiago judge Henry Dominguez released Lieutenant Colonel Manuel de la Cruz Taveras and corporal Jose Francisco Reynoso Santos on RD$300,000 bail yesterday. The two are accused of physical aggression against fellow police Sergeant Mildred Cepeda. De la Cruz happens to be the son of General Juan Ramon de la Cruz Martinez, who is the chief …

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The Gigantes del Cibao defeated the Leones del Escogido 5-0 in San Francisco de Macoris yesterday evening. Pitcher Roman Colon is credited with the win. In La Romana, Andy Dirks batted a triple that produced two runs and Raul Valdes was the winning pitcher in the Toros del Este defeat of the Aguilas Cibaenas at …

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Arawak Contemporary Art Gallery at Rafael Augusto Sanchez 53, in Piantini (between Federico Gerardino and Abraham Lincoln) in Santo Domingo is inviting art, food and wine lovers to a Thursday night of art, tapas and wine. Art connoisseur Mildred Canahuate will be at the art gallery from 7 to 11pm to speak about Dominican fine …

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A meeting between Haitian President Rene Preval and his Dominican counterpart Leonel Fernandez set for today has been cancelled and no date was given for a new meeting. Apparently the current election crisis in Haiti, together with the cholera outbreak, has made it politically unsafe for Preval to travel. Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive …

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Former United States President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister of Haiti Jean Max Bellerive will chair today’s meeting of the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti. The Commission, which is meeting in Santo Domingo, will look at the new projects submitted by the Haitian authorities for approval. The fourth meeting in this series takes …

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The Ministry of Public Health has prohibited fishing and bathing in the Artibonite River along the Haitian frontier due to the risk of contagion from the bacteria that causes cholera. The minister called on parents to keep their children out of the river. The municipal authorities met with the National Cholera Commission and decided to …

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The United Nations has published its bi-annual report analyzing what is known as electronic government. Hoy newspaper defines this as the review, redesign and optimization of the processes as a previous step in the introduction of any change in the technology or in the functions of what public organizations produce since there is a double …

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In what may well have been a response to yesterday’s large demonstration outside the National Congress building, the Chamber of Deputies sent the 2011 budget proposal back to the joint commission, accepting a suggestion from Ramon Rogelio Genao and Pelegrin Castillo and an obvious division among the PLD deputies who seconded the motion, going against …

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