2010 – Page 26

The price of a barrel of oil climbed nearly US$2 on the commodity exchanges yesterday, reaching US$85.73 for a barrel of West Texas Sweet. The price of oil went up in response to the encouraging consumer spending news over the holiday weekend and the prospects that shoppers on Cyber Monday would continue the trend. Of …

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A plague in the form of large spiders has infested the area around Bahoruco, causing damage to all the crops in the area, including plantains, bananas and beans. The insect bites are said to cause nausea, fever and headaches, and several people have been hospitalized, according to the papers. El Caribe reporters took a trip …

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The prestigious Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, from Colombia, will perform at the Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago on 3 December, and on the 4 and 5 December at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. Shows start at 8:30pm. The event is part of a series of performances in the American Capital of Culture 2010 …

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One of the nice things about baseball is that even if there are no games to be reported, there is always something to write about. Today’s news is that Edwin Encarnacion will make his season debut with the Aguilas Cibaenas this evening. The stellar major league shortstop will join the Aguilas in La Romana for …

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The United States finds itself in one of the biggest messes in its history, after the WikiLeaks website revealed 251,287 secret diplomatic cables, most of which were confidential and contained sensitive information. The leaked documents included 1,675 sent by the United States Embassy in the Dominican Republic, of which 20 dealt with Dominican politicians, two …

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Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez reported that three new cases of cholera had been confirmed over the weekend. El Caribe and El Nuevo Diario reported on the latest cases. The first two were announced on Saturday, one involving a Haitian girl, 7, and the other a 12-year old boy. The girl, a resident …

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The World Bank’s “Doing Business 2011” report says that stalled permit process in the municipal offices of Santo Domingo as well as the Ministry of Public Works offices involve delays of nearly five months on most construction projects. The process of getting the plans approved and the building permits are just two of the 17 …

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A group of government officials and members of powerful companies and international organizations got together on a small island called Esperanza in the middle of the Ozama River where Santo Domingo North and East come together and meet with the National District. Listin Diario said that the institutions, including the Ministry of the Environment and …

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The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, has expressed his disappointment at the slow pace of work by the commission investigating hundreds of food poisoning cases affecting school children after drinking milk supplied in the school breakfast program. Yet, despite not knowing the causes of the food poisoning cases, Paredes said that it was highly likely …

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The integrated text being used in public schools for students from first to fourth grades since September also contains a conceptual weakness when it comes to mathematics in those grades. The text was analyzed by an expert in the area who spends her time training teachers in the public sector through a program called “Effective …

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