2010 – Page 254

The Police is accusing the human resources director at the state Channel 4 TV station (CERTV), Peronila Garcia of using her position to profit from a visa scam. She allegedly issued work letters with fake positions at the channel to people who did not work there, for use in visa applications. The fraud was discovered …

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Free agent Pedro Martinez was at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday. Wearing a Red Sox jersey, he walked out on the mound and threw the ceremonial pitch for the Red Sox home opener against the New York Yankees. Martinez came out from behind a large American flag and news reports are that the fans …

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In the DR Easter is one of the holidays Dominicans take most seriously. It is a welcome season of meditation, reflection and appreciation, but for most people it is the ritual of going away to meet friends at beaches and mountain resort destinations. It is time when city dwellers return to their hometowns to spend …

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Comparable to the annual Thanksgiving exodus in the US, the Easter holiday peak travel time starts gradually on Wednesday, 31 March and picks up pace the afternoon of Thursday, 1 April. Hundreds of thousands of city dwellers are expected to exit Santo Domingo and Santiago for socializing in smaller cities, beaches or mountain resorts. For …

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Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez has asked politicians to go on holiday for the Easter weekend. However, a poll in El Nacional newspaper showed that 78% of those questioned doubt this will happen. With municipal and congressional elections coming up on 16 May, politicians have less than 6 weeks to convince voters they are …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) judges say that Ricardo Jacobo cannot run for senator for El Seibo on the ruling party PLD ticket, and neither can former chief of the Police Bernardo Santana Paez. Jacobo did not meet the requirement of having lived in the circumscription for at least five years. Santana Paez had been …

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As of Monday, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia will be in charge of campaign coordination for Reinaldo Pared Perez, who is seeking re-election to the post of senator for the National District. Javier Garcia has acted as general electoral campaigns coordinator for the PLD since 1999. He replaces Radhames Camacho, who is the PLD campaign …

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Business groups want more transparency when it comes to the real costs of generation and power distribution, according to Lisandro Macarrulla, president of the National Business Council (Conep) and Manuel Diez Cabral of the Association of Industries of the DR (AIRD). Yesterday the Central Bank published the government’s letter of intent sent to the International …

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Members of the Fadul family are known for being among the most outspoken people in the DR. Rosita Fadul, former governor of Santiago in a PRSC government, is known for her outrageous reactions and comments. Ernesto Fadul is now taking this outspokenness to new levels. Another brother, Ramon (Monchi), is the current Industry & Commerce …

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President Leonel Fernandez has appointed a new inspector of the Navy, Rear Admiral Gustavo Betances Hernandez, a new chief of intelligence (M2), Captain Felix Jose and a new Naval Base commander, Navy Captain William Acevedo Martinez.