2010 – Page 216

Civic group Citizen Participation has presented its third report on the intense use of government resources during the final days of the municipal and congressional election campaign. The group released its findings of a snapshot of propaganda by political parties in March and April in the National District and the provinces of Santiago, La Vega, …

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Flight AA122 from Santiago’s Cibao International Airport to JFK International in New York was delayed yesterday shortly before takeoff. The airline was on the runway preparing for takeoff when it slid off the runway onto the grass. Cibao International Airport spokesman Santiago Gonzalez said that no one was injured, despite passengers panicking. The passengers were …

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US author Jared Diamond described the contrast between the deforested Haiti and the forests still remaining in the DR on the eastern side of the island of Hispaniola in his book “Collapse”. One of the main reasons for the deforestation is the Haitian practice of using charcoal for cooking, while in the DR propane gas …

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The Customs Department has confiscated four suitcases packed with pharmaceuticals that US citizen Christian Castanos Martinez and Dominican Jimmy Alberto Javier Luna were attempting to bring into the DR through Las Americas International Airport. The pair will be accused of importing pharmaceuticals without authorization. Dolo-Neurobion, Canesten V, Dorixina Relax, Dramamine, Plavix, Meticorten, and other well-known …

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Plastic surgeon Edgar Contreras has admitted to having operated on the nose of Puerto Rican drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto some eight years ago. Edgar Contreras underwent questioning on the Figueroa Agosto case at the District Prosecutor office yesterday. The doctor said that Figueroa Agosto had introduced himself as Cristian Almonte. As reported in …

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Legendary Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquin Sabina is booked for a concert in Santo Domingo on Tuesday 18 May at the Palacio de los Deportes, and Wednesday 19 May at the Gran Arena del Cibao. His tour is called “Vinegar and Roses”. Tickets are for sale at Ticket Express online, at Burger King on Lincoln and Churchill …

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President Leonel Fernandez and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive will be meeting with diplomats stationed in the DR at the Presidential Palace on Friday to finalize details and define the agenda for the 2 June conference on Haiti, which is scheduled to take place in Punta Cana. The Summit of Heads of State and Government …

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The government says it will wait until after the 16 May congressional and municipal election to send the contract for Venezuela’s purchase of a 49% stake in the Dominican Petroleum Refinery to the Senate. The government said that most senators are up for re-election and would not have time to study the bill. Hacienda Minister …

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Today is the last day of classes at public schools across the country. Schools need to be converted into polling stations for the election. 13,250 polling stations will be set up nationwide for the Sunday, 16 May municipal and congressional election. The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber said that all is …

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Tax Department (DGII) director Juan Hernandez is in Boston, seeing doctors for a heart problem. As reported in Diario Libre, his doctors recommended he take a leave of absence from his work for two or three months while receiving treatment. The newspaper reports he has been in the US for a month, receiving ambulatory treatment. …

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