2010 – Page 249

The Weather Department is forecasting that much-needed rains are expected next week, at least in the northeast, southeast and central part of the island. The forecast is for rains from Monday through Thursday. However, these will not be enough for the ONAMET to call an end to the current prolonged drought. The first rains were …

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Centro Franklin, the cultural division of the US Embassy, is proud to present in the DR, the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program, featuring bluegrass music group, “The Student Loan” from 14-20 April. The group, described as bringing a fresh voice to the world of American folk music, will be playing at Casa de Teatro …

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President Leonel Fernandez returned yesterday from his trip to the Colombian city of Cartagena, after attending the World Economic Forum for Latin America. The President held meetings with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe as well as business leaders and politicians. On his return to the DR, Fernandez was met by a committee of high-ranking Armed …

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The International Monetary Fund reminded the Dominican Republic yesterday that it would have to go from a policy of expansion to a policy of budget re-adjustment in the second half of the year, according to what has been approved in the Stand-by arrangement. John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the IMF said that in …

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Yesterday the business sector reacted with approval to the 6% growth in the local economy and to the letter of review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but they were cautious about public spending and the weaknesses in formal sector job creation. Marisol Vicens Bello, president of the Management Confederation (Copardom) said that this year’s …

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With support from the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber, the nation’s political parties have agreed to coordinate their political activity agendas over the next few days in the run-up to the May 16 congressional and municipal elections. The aim is to reduce conflicts and tragedies during these events. The initiative was announced yesterday after …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman says that the sentence issued by a court, favoring former Police chief Bernardo Santana Paez’s bid to become a candidate for deputy for the province of El Seibo is inadmissible. He said that the decision by the court, which came one day after the JCE’s plenary …

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The commission investigating the mysterious flight of an airplane that left from the Joaquin Balaguer International Airport at El Higuero last month with Port-au-Prince as its main destination, but which turned towards South America in mid-flight, is also looking into the disappearance of another plane that entered the country in the month of December and …

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After confirmation from a laboratory in Puerto Rico that the batch of flavored milk served in the school breakfast when several children suffered food poisoning was in fact bacteria-free, the Minister of Education decided to re-establish milk distribution in all schools. At the same time he cancelled the contracts with two of the bakeries that …

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The Dominican Sugar Institute (Inazucar) authorized the import of 32,000 tons of sugar on Thursday. The move came as a result of a sugar shortage on local markets, attributed to increased exports of the staple to Haiti as well as some speculation. This most recent shipment will complete the acquisition of 60,000 metric tons of …

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