2010 – Page 273

24 more children have been intoxicated after drinking school breakfast chocolate milk drinks in Nagua (16) and La Vega (8) public schools. The press has reported that Ladom chocolate flavored milk supplies were said to have caused the health problems. The Ministry of Education called a meeting of school breakfast drink suppliers – Lacteos Dominicanos …

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The Vicini Group announced it has completed a RD$5.3 million donation for the Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos organization that operates two hospitals and aid centers in Haiti. The funds were secured to assist victims of the Haiti earthquake. Mark Silverman, executive president of the Banco del Progreso and Laura Calventi, administrative director for Fundacion Inicia de …

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The New York Times interviewed Sandy Alderson, a former vice president of Major League Baseball, recently appointed consultant to Major League Baseball, who is now focusing reforming the sport’s operations in the DR. 10% of all MLB players are from the DR, that is recognized for providing some of the biggest names in the game. …

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A report in Clave newspaper today says that Dominican health plan administrators show yields higher than those of commercial banks, traditionally the most profitable of businesses in the DR. Reporter Edwin Ruiz points out the lucrative business the health plan operations are. In the case of ARS Humano, the leading plan, yield over capital investment …

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Security organizations are investigating a small plane flight that departed from the La Isabela Airport (Joaquin Balaguer at El Higuero) using both forged registration and flight plan. The pilot had filed he would be flying to Port-au-Prince, but instead, once in the air he apparently changed his route to head in the direction of South …

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Arturo del Tiempo Marques, one of the developers of the Torre Atiemar (Pedro Henriquez Urena & Mexico) and Torre Margot in Santo Domingo (Anacaona) is under arrest in Barcelona. Now local news sources indicate that the luxury high rise developer, who was arrested on 2 March as a suspect in a cocaine shipment to Spain, …

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A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook Montecristi and other northwestern provinces at around 2:20am today. Given the hour and the medium intensity, the earthquake did not disturb most activities in the region. The Seismological Institute at the UASD was felt in Santiago, Mao, Dajabon, and Santiago Rodriguez provinces. He said the epicenter was 15 kms away …

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The Centro Franklin is sponsoring the performances in the DR of the HaviKoro hip hop group from Houston, Texas. The group uses dance to educate youths to reject drug consumption. HaviKoro is scheduled to offer workshops and presentations in Cabarete, Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo. The performances will be at Playa Cabarete on 17 at …

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Presidente Beer announced it will sponsor the 7th edition of the Festival Presidente de Musica Latina that has always attracted the best of Hispanic performers. Rafael Menicucci, president of the brewery, made the announcement yesterday during a press conference at Cane Restaurant. He said Puerto Rican Tony Mojena, would be the producer. The event is …

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The government of the Dominican Republic regretted on Tuesday, 9 March Venezuela’s “concern and discomfort” with the mediation process initiated by President Leonel Fernandez to defuse the tension between Venezuela and Colombia, as reported in El Tiempo newspaper of Venezuela. In a subsequent press release, President Fernandez would express his “unconditional willingness” to work for …

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