2010 – Page 197

President Leonel Fernandez, President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive of Haiti, and former US President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speakers at the World Summit for the Future of Haiti: Solidarity Beyond the Crisis that opens tomorrow at the Moon Palace in the north of the Punta Cana-Bavaro area. Under the leadership …

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The Ministry of Public Works is warning that construction works are starting on the tunnels at the intersections of Avenida 27 de Febrero with Dr. Defillo, Carmen Mendoza and Nunez de Caceres in Santo Domingo. These avenues and streets should be avoided because of worse than usual traffic jams. Travel during peak hours – 7:30am-9am …

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Hoy newspaper reports that with much discretion, works on the second line of the metro of Santo Domingo are under way. The works are taking place behind tall barriers placed by the Metro Office (OPRET) on Av. Kennedy and near the Olympic Center. Hoy reports that OPRET spokesman Leonel Carrasco has not been available for …

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While most taxes are passed on to consumers, the telecom companies are blaming them for the fact that Internet service in the DR is of relatively poor quality and very expensive. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) reports that a poll by Net Index (speedtest.net) places the DR 154th of 178 countries tested in the world. …

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Architects interviewed by Listin Diario say that the city government does not understand what makes a public space. “The authorities here see public space as a space for promotion and vending that ends up only generating benefits to some sectors, and not to the population,” says architect and urban researcher Marcos Barinas. Barinas says that …

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The popular Chinese medicinal ointment, “La Flecha” (the arrow) has lost its license to be sold on the local market. Now at a press conference yesterday Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez advised people not to buy the ointment that has been used for nasal congestion and muscular pains. The Public Health license for selling …

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Marcos Pena Rodriguez of the Jimenez Cruz Pena law firm is the new president of the British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (2010-2012). Other members of the board are Pedro Rosario, Jose Demetrio Almonte, Armand Toonen, Ivan Perez, Mario Suazo, Miguel Angel Santana, Jose Rodriguez, Guillermo Alvarez and Alex Baez. United Kingdom Ambassador …

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A recently released book, “Crimes against the press” by journalist Oscar Lopez Reyes contains a new theory about the death of university professor Narciso Gonzalez (Narcisazo). He presents the hypothesis that Narcisazo could have committed suicide. The section on the professor says that he was suffering from severe depression and had told his closest friends …

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The president of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo says that it is an unquestionable reality that drug trafficking has flooded the country, as President Leonel Fernandez himself has said. The Fernandez administration has not been able to contain the penetration by drug traffickers. He said the DR is a …

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Air Force Mayor Edwin Herrera Martinez was sent to jail for a year as the case for the missing 4 kilos of cocaine confiscated in a raid to Francisco Tavarez is heard, as reported in Diario Libre. Accomplices in the case, Police Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Vargas Urena and prosecutor Lucia Florentino were allowed to post …

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