2010 – Page 296

The Mexican-owned Dominican Telephone Company (Codetel-Claro) told the media that telecom problems had affected their mobile communications platform and incoming and outgoing calls yesterday. While connectivity issues are becoming increasingly common at the company, this could be the first time that Codetel has admitted to the problem being at their end, probably because it affected …

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The president of the National Association of Furniture, Mattresses and Related Industries (Asonaimco), Juan Jose Attias, is appealing to Ikea to sooner than later feature locally made articles in their new store that opens today. He said that everything sold in Ikea is imported. He speculated that while Ikea is creating 500 jobs, it would …

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PLD pre-candidate for the post of mayor in Santiago, Gilberto Serulle says he will not campaign for Jose Enrique Sued, the PRSC candidate whom the PLD political committee says it will support unanimously, as part of the general PRSC-PLD alliance. Sued has the support of President Leonel Fernandez. The political committee ran 3 polls to …

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It is possible that the man in the street does not know that in 30 seconds Haiti lost 60% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as claimed by the Haitian government, or, as the Inter-American Development Bank says, suffered the worst damage to a country in modern history. All he knows is that the factory …

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A protest calling for the completion of work on the highway to Palo Amarillo in Santiago province ended when some of the demonstrators got angry and the Police fired tear gas and buckshot, wounding 5 and arresting 40 people. Dozens more were affected by the tear gas. The first to chain themselves to 2 vehicles …

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On Monday, two armed men stole an armored car that was carrying valuable items, including currency, and later left it abandoned at the corner of Alma Mater and George Washington avenues. They had stolen the truck at the Bella Vista Mall when they took advantage of a momentary lapse in security by the driver and …

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Music lovers in their 40s, 50s and 60s will surely recall the lovely songs of Fausto Rey. He is now performing at the Bar de Teresa, located at Calle Hermanos Deligne 151 in Gazcue, Santo Domingo, on Thursday celebrating February, a month that plays tribute to love. The show is set for 9pm. For more …

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President Leonel Fernandez will launch the year of Santo Domingo as Cultural Capital of the Americas from the Presidential Palace at 11am today. Culture Minister Jose Rafael Lantigua and the president of the Bureau of Cultural Capitals of the Americas Xavier Tudela, together with Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo and Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado of …

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The government is urging the public to save water. The government says a drought has affected the country’s water sources, and officials dealing with water supply met at the Presidential Palace yesterday and declared themselves in permanent session. They are considering measures restricting the use of water in car washes, watering gardens and filling pools. …

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While the country in general is being affected by a drought, Puerto Plata province was hit by downpours that caused major damage in vulnerable areas over the last couple of days. Rivers and gullies (San Marcos, Los Dominguez, Camu and Munoz) flooded, leaving one person dead, and 73 dwellings destroyed, 1,800 affected and 1,000 families …

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