2010 – Page 232

The Ministry of Public Health says that no cases of German measles have been recorded in the country in the past three years and no cases of polio have been registered since 2001. Nelson Rodriguez Monegro, deputy minister of Collective Public Health said this week’s Vaccination of the Americas initiative to immunize around 3 million …

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A report of the Hydrocarbons Committee for Central America says that fuel in the DR costs 14-20% more than in Central America, as reported in Diario Libre. This is mainly due to the higher taxes levied by the Dominican government. The average price for unleaded premium gasoline is at RD$165.90 compared to the average RD$138.58 …

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All the DR’s main airports have now installed the latest technology to help identify counterfeit documents. The airports contracted Foster + Freeman to install the VSC4Plus equipment to six airports in the country. They have also trained staff in using the equipment. The VSC4Plus equipment can identify counterfeit documents in a matter of seconds. It …

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The television investigative journalism program “Nuria en el 9” focused Saturday’s show on the high cost of Internet access in the DR. In addition to having the most expensive electricity service in Latin America, the Internet service in the DR is also the most expensive in the region. Combined with what were described as “abusive” …

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Results of a recent Penn, Schoen & Berland (PSB) poll indicate that the ruling PLD party will comfortably defeat the opposition PRD party in the 16 May congressional and municipal election. The poll showed that 60% of the electorate would vote, 3% more than in 2006. Spokespersons for the poll, Bernardo Vega, Michael Hernandez and …

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El Dia newspaper reports that the Spanish authorities are investigating last November’s 935-kilo cocaine consignment that was confiscated in Santo Domingo before it could be shipped to Spain. National District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra said that the shipment, which was detected at the Port of Caucedo, is said to belong to Arturo del Tiempo Marques, …

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A Santo Domingo Province court has released Raul Humberto Mota Reynoso (Vantroi) on bail. Vantroi is known to be involved in the murder of at least 17 people. He was arrested together with Joel Bautista Vasquez (Pilito) when they returned after being deported from Mexico. Bautista Vasquez is also accused of having committed many murders. …

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Father Manuel Bodenlle, the parish priest at San Pablo Apostol-La 40 in the Cristo Rey low-income neighborhood in Santo Domingo, recently experienced the high crime levels in the barrio first hand. When returning home from a meeting discussing the problems of crime in the barrio, he was assaulted by two armed youths. The thieves stole …

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The daily radio talk show El Gobierno de la Manana speculated today that the Navy operation in which US$1.2 million was confiscated from a boat from Puerto Rico could have been staged. Participants on the program made the point that the Samana prosecutor was not involved in the confiscation, saying that this means it is …

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Sandy Alderson, hired by Major League Baseball in March to oversee reform within the league’s Dominican Republic operations, says there is no immediate plan for Dominican prospects to be subject to the First-Year Player Draft, according to Major League Baseball website. According to Alderson, putting Dominican prospects in a draft would only be an option …

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