2010 – Page 188

More than 1,000 workers who were demanding medical insurance, payment for overtime and other normal labor rights, were fired yesterday by the Barrick Gold mining concession in Cotui. Moreover, according to online news reports, Peruvian workers contracted by the company took their case to their Embassy asking the ambassador to investigate why the company is …

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The director of the Museum of Dominican Man, Juan Rodriguez Acosta is protesting that the work by Barrick Gold mine in Cotui is destroying valuable pre-Columbian historical sites. “They (Barrick Gold) are dynamiting the entire mountain and reducing it to nothing. They process the limestone, marble and the rocks of the mountain and those ruins …

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The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that hundreds of passengers on Spirit Airlines at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport had to change their travel plans before dawn today because their flights were “pre-cancelled” or suddenly re-routed in anticipation of a possible strike by the airline’s pilots. According to some comments by passengers, pilots were calling in …

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Take a look at DR1 Calendar for all the events planned for this weekend. Highlights include performances by Cuban singer-songwriter Amaury Perez, Canadian Lee Ritenor and Spanish Javier Alvarez, a lyrical song recital, a bonsai exhibition, an art & crafts fair, theater productions at several venues, an Italian Food Festival and a National Domino Tournament. …

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First Lady Margarita Cedeno is skirting journalists’ queries about her plans to seek the PLD presidential nomination in 2012. Despite an ongoing online campaign promoting Cedeno as a continuation of the Leonel Fernandez government, she refused to confirm or deny her aspirations. Her response was instead that she aspires “that all Dominicans should have opportunities …

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The Dominican Air Force is helping out US citizen Dominique Lanoise by making arrangements for her to return to Miami on Thursday at 6am. The 40-year old woman is said to weigh more than 500lbs. She traveled to Port-au-Prince on board an American Airlines flight some three months ago to visit relatives in Haiti following …

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The Ministry of Public Health has authorized a RD$20,000 a month payment to Albania Germosen Herrera, mother of the quintuplets that were born in Santiago. She was appointed a social assistance supervisor in Region 8 of the Cibao. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said he hopes this will contribute to the babies’ expenses. The …

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Codetel is announcing new plans with max speeds of 15 and 20 megabytes per second. It also announced its Plan Prepago for purchasing Internet service for one day or a month, without a bill. It also announced its new Wifi modems. The announcement came with the celebration of the 80th year of Codetel services in …

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Speaking at a luncheon meeting hosted by Hoy newspaper yesterday, National Business Council president Lisandro Macarrulla Tavares said that the government needed to foster a reduction in production costs in the DR if Dominican manufacturers are going to be able to compete. He said that it is too expensive to produce and live here. He …

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The H.R. 5160 Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010 (HELP), passed after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, is benefiting manufacturing in the DR. Both the United States Senate and House versions of the bill acknowledged at the time that as almost all factories and infrastructure in Haiti were destroyed by the earthquake, the most …

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