2010 – Page 40

Spanish women are the most flirtatious on the Web, according to a study by “Badoo.com”, a social site specializing in people meeting people covering 240 countries and 18 languages. The US is among the fifteen countries whose women are least flirtatious in the world, according to the study. Only women from Ecuador flirt less. Spanish …

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Several Dominican artists scored big time at the annual Latin Grammy ceremony held at the fabulous Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Juan Luis Guerra got everyone dancing with his new hit, “La guagua va en reversa” (The bus is going backwards). Joseito Mateo won a Grammy for Musical Excellence. Juan Luis …

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The 4th Edition of the Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF) opens nationwide tomorrow. Screenings will take place in Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Nagua, Cap Cana, Higuey and Port-au-Prince (Haiti). A total of 51 films and documentaries will be shown during the weeklong festival. Most are films that have not been seen in the …

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The weekend saw a lot of baseball of all varieties, from great pitching for naught due to poor fielding that led to defeat, to even better, no-hit pitching that led to victory. On Friday evening the Tigres del Licey took advantage of the really poor fielding efforts by the Aguilas Cibaenas to defeat them by …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Samana on Thursday for the inauguration of the new aqueduct serving the northeastern province, which was built at a cost of RD$5.8 billion. Some 187,000 people will benefit, according to the director of the National Institute of Aqueducts (INAPA), Mariano German. He said that the system includes a reservoir at …

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The Haitian and Dominican authorities allowed the bi-national market on the border with Haiti to go ahead today. The Ministry of Public Health announced that it was carrying out medical inspections in the surrounding areas and installed baths and mobile hand washing points for traders and other people attending the market. Hospitals near the border …

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The Fundacion Carso Los Haitises-FUNKARST will administer the Los Haitises National Park, to the north of Punta Cana. The co-management agreement was signed by Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Frank Rainieri, president of Funkarst. Members of the board of Funkarst are Manuel Aurelio Despradel Garcia, Ramon Ernesto Prieto Vicioso, Domingo Abreu Collado, Bernardo …

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The Central Bank reports that inflation in October, compared to September, was 0.67%. This brings the year inflation to 4.95%. The Central Bank had forecast that inflation would end at 6-7%. There were increases this year in transport, food and beverages, and housing. See www.bancentral.gov.do

An editorial in today’s Hoy newspaper says that history will issue a verdict on the current government that has kept the country behind in basic human development indicators n health, education and per capita income, despite the high economic performance figures. “With a stronger economy, in the past decades our investment in education and health, …

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The recent United Nations Development Report criticizes governments in the Dominican Republic for not making the necessary investments in social services n namely health and education. In a page two editorial today, Diario Libre points out that Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa is complaining that the government has no funds for capital investments. “We all know …

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