2010 – Page 213

24-year old Haitian lawyer Sarodj Bertin Durocher will represent her country in the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants in 2010. This year, Magaly Febles, who organizes the Miss Universe pageant in the DR, staged the Haitian version with 18 participants, after securing the franchise to organize the event in Haiti. The Miss Universe event …

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Popular Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquin Sabina will be on stage this evening, Tuesday, 18 May at Santo Domingo’s Palacio de los Deportes with his concert Vinegar and Roses. He will continue on to Santiago, on Wednesday 19 May for a performance at the Gran Arena del Cibao. Sabina’s music is a mix of Latin rock and …

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President Leonel Fernandez left on Sunday evening for meetings in Spain and Italy. In Madrid, he will be attending the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Presidency announced that Fernandez would also be visiting the Carlos II University Technological Park, where he will …

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As polls had forecast, the ruling PLD party swept the 2010 congressional and municipal election held yesterday. The government party won congressional seats for 30 provinces and the National District, 31 of a possible 32. Minority PRSC party candidate Amable Aristy Castro is leading for the senate seat in La Altagracia in the east. One …

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49.8% or 10,399 of 21,189 young citizens who had applied for their cedulas and would have turned 18 in time for the 16 May election did not bother to pick up their cedulas or voting cards from the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in time, reports 7dias.com.do. Of the total, 10,035 are men and 11,154 are …

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Business groups have expressed their surprise and disagreement with the government’s last-minute decision to declare Saturday, Sunday and Monday till noon as official holidays. Pedro Perez, president of the national association of shopping malls, said the decision could have counter-productive effects on the economy. “Instead of reducing the level of abstention, this could increase because …

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Ruben Soto Hayet, the 78-year old owner of the popular La Francesa coffee shop on Santo Domingo’s Abraham Lincoln Avenue, was shot dead at 2:48pm on Friday. La Francesa has been known as a popular meeting point for long chats on politics, economy and gossip. The Cuban born businessman suffered four bullet wounds. Two men …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia said yesterday that four months ago he had warned Ruben Soto Hayet that he would be murdered after he was included in the organization chart of Puerto Rican fugitive drug baron Jose Figueroa Agosto’s network. Mejia told Listin Diario that the murders of people with ties to the Puerto Rican network …

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Cardinal Nicolas Jesus Lopez Rodriguez said that fugitive drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto is still free thanks to complicity between Dominican and US authorities. He says Dominican authorities are following the game of the US authorities. “In the country we are just wasting our time because if the US do not want this gentleman …

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A recent report by economist Luis H. Vargas based on statistics from the US Department of Commerce reveals that during the first quarter of 2010 the DR continued to lose its market share in the exports of DR-CAFTA countries to the US. As reported, the country’s trade deficit continued to grow and surpasses that of …

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