2010 – Page 25

A National Police sergeant was arrested in Jimani with an SUV that had been stolen in Santo Domingo. The arresting officers seized three cell phones, a pistol with two clips and 33 cartridges. Major Jose de los Santos Perez y Perez, spokesman for the South Regional Directorate of the National Police, identified the arrested man …

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Viva Wyndham Resorts and the Dominican Sailing Federation present the Regatta Viva, from 3 to 5 December off the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach as a fund-raiser for educational activities to benefit poor children in Bayahibe. The regatta is open to participants, residents and tourists alike, from 6 years in Optimist A, B. C categories. Also …

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The Dominican Winter League got back under way last night with games in Santo Domingo, La Romana and San Francisco de Macoris. In the capital, the Tigres del Licey said goodbye to the cellar as they defeated the league-leading Estrellas Orientales by a score of 6-5. Lefthander Ryan Ketchner did a good job for the …

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President Leonel Fernandez will speak to the nation today in a televised broadcast on several national channels about the importance of preventing cholera and other diseases in the country. His address will mark the launch of the National Program of Education and Prevention of Cholera, in which the authorities are aiming to visit a million …

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Orange Dominicana and President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the technical development laboratory for mobile phones, Orange R&D Skill Center, in the Las Americas Technological Institute yesterday. The president of Orange Dominicana, Jean Marc Harion, said that the laboratory “will dedicate itself to research on technological applications for social, health, educational, and energy services and the creation …

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Pre-first grade to fourth grade textbooks that were substantially modified with the creation of an integrated text and announced by the Ministry of Education as the great new item for the 2010-2011 school year are still the subject of fierce debate. The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, and the team of specialists that worked on …

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A 16-year old Dominican girl received the International Peace Prize in The Hague yesterday, from the hands of Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu. Francia Simon, from a Batey in the Dominican Republic was awarded the prize because she helped dozens of children get their birth certificates. The birth certificate is needed in order to attend …

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Several Haitians were wounded during a firefight that took place on the frontier bridge across the Masacre River when a group of citizens from Haiti tried to violently cross into the bi-national market that is held in Dajabon on Mondays and Fridays. One of the wounded was crossed over to the Dominican side and received …

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An eleven-month old baby girl and a 25-year old man, both Haitian, became the two latest victims of cholera in the country yesterday, raising the total to nine victims. Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the patients were neighbors of the Haitian girl who tested positive for cholera in the Doctor Arturo …

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Traffic accidents continue to be the leading cause of death in the Dominican Republic. Given their frequency they constitute a sort of epidemic and a constant worry for the authorities. Statistics obtained by El Caribe show that so far this year at least 1,000 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents. The latest victims …

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