2010 – Page 265

The food poisoning that affected children in several public schools was attributed yesterday to a possible poor handling of the food for the school breakfast program, according to preliminary data on the investigation carried out by the Ministry of Public Health. The director of the Ministry’s Environmental Health Department, Dr Nelson Rodriguez, made this announcement …

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Discontent and frustration over substitutions of candidates registered by the majority parties last Wednesday began to emerge yesterday when some 18 people submitted complaints to the Central Electoral Board (JCE). Some threatened to file appeals and others resorted to this right by presenting their cases in the hope that “these mistakes ” or “evil actions” …

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The District Attorney of the National District has designated the Banco de Reservas as the judicial trustee for the Atiemar Tower. The luxury apartment building was seized from jailed accused drug trafficker Arturo del Tiempo Marques, who is linked to the detection of 1,200kgs of cocaine in Spain on 2 March. District Attorney Alejandro Moscoso …

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Work on the Duarte Corridor is proceeding at a fast pace. The Ministry of Public Works began the installation of 60-ton curved beams for the overpass. Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua supervised part of the work and promised that the overpass would be ready in August. He also said that studies for the tunnel …

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Playa Dorada is hosting the Playa Dorada Caribbean Cigar Night this Friday, 19 March at 7:30pm in Puerto Plata. At Boca Chica, in the south, the Santo Domingo Yacht Club is celebrating its 37th Dorado Fishing Tournament. In Santo Domingo, there will be a German classic music concert at the Cathedral. Mascaras Light is a …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced yesterday the construction of a university campus in Haiti with capacity for 10,000 students. Fernandez said six buildings would be built to replace university facilities that were destroyed during the 12 January earthquake in Port-au-Prince. President Fernandez said that university would follow the model of a UASD campus. The Fernandez administration …

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The director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Jacques Diouf was recognized with a medal for extraordinary contributions by the Office of First Lady Margarita Cedeno yesterday in Santo Domingo. Diouf is in Santo Domingo to participate in the preparatory conference for the donor summit for the building of …

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FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf has called for some of the $20 billion pledged for farmers in poor countries promised by the G-8 leaders in Italy last July to go to fund an integrated rural development program in Haiti. He spoke at a special session on agriculture of the Technical Preparatory Conference for Haiti hosted by …

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President Leonel Fernandez has accepted the resignation of the country’s ambassador in Colombia, Angel Lockward. Last week, Lockward had announced he was submitting his resignation, but news reports indicated he never deposited the resignation at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. But Diario Libre says that President Fernandez has accepted the resignation. Lockward had told Diario …

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The runner up to Miss Universe 2009, Miss DR Ada Aimee de la Cruz will campaign alongside PRD candidate for mayor in a northern Santo Domingo municipality. At an event on 17 March at the Jet Set Discotheque in Santo Domingo, Rocio Castellanos was crowned Miss DR to replace De la Cruz. By turning politician, …

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