2010 – Page 207

Former Aguilas Cibaenas and Major League pitcher, Dominican Jose Lima died of an apparent heart attack at his California home early Sunday morning, MLB reports. He was 37. His wife, Dorca Astacio, said he was not known to be sick. She told ESPN Deportes Enrique Rojas that she thought Lima was having nightmares, so she …

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The III Ethos International Guitar Festival, organized by Ruben Gonzalez, will take place 25, 26 and 27 May at the Sala de la Cultura of the National Theater and Sunday, 29 at the Playa Dorada Golf Club in Puerto Plata. Eugenio Gonzalez and Alberto Cumplido (Chile), Hugo Castillo (Peru), Alfredo Muro (US), Jorge Luis Garcell …

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President Leonel Fernandez used the international scenario provided by the prestigious Spanish business school, Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School) to call for a triangular strategy aimed at linking the Dominican Republic, Florida and Spain. According to Fernandez, Spanish investments in the Dominican Republic could create goods and services to be exported to Florida. As …

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Former Attorney General and presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno says that the results of the 16 May congressional and municipal election render President Leonel Fernandez a governor with absolute powers. With the recent changes in the Constitution and the increase in his party’s seats in Congress, Fernandez has control of the Executive Branch, and now has …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has released the names of the winning senators and deputies for many of the nation’s provinces. The information, distributed to the media late last night, does not include the results for Santo Domingo province, El Seibo, Azua, Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Peravia (Bani), Santiago and Espaillat (Moca). Late into the night, …

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“These things are not resolved with protests or riots because in the end we do not give in to pressure, this is a court and here the things have to be done according to the law”. This was the answer from the head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, when reporters …

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The town of Esperanza in Valverde (Mao) province is going through some tense moments as both the PRD and PLD claim victory in the mayor’s race. According to Hoy newspaper, Cesar Dominguez and his fellow PRD supporters are accusing the head of the local election board, Mario de Leon, of refusing to recount the votes. …

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A total of 2.9 million Dominicans, 28% of the total population, have Internet access only 15 years after the service was introduced, according to the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL). Indotel head Jose Rafael Vargas pointed out that the Internet “is developing quickly in the DR, with a growth rate of between 67% and 85% from …

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In addition to the agreement with the doctors, as reported in yesterday’s DR1 news, the government has granted a gradual salary increase of 30% with the Health Sector National Coordinating Board and the nurses’ unions. During a series of separate meetings held between representatives of these entities and Vice President and Acting President Rafael Alburquerque …

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Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa delivered yesterday to the Senate the Agreement of Association and Purchase-Sale of Shares of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa), signed between the Dominican State and the Mercantile Society PDV Caribe, S.A., a branch of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), a state institution. He urges the quick approval of the deal. By means …

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