2010 – Page 41

The Fifth Civil and Commercial Court of the National District has banned the installation of a branch of the Fundacion Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the country. The Trujillo Foundation’s mission is to highlight the achievements of the infamous former dictator. The court also banned sale of the book, “Trujillo, My Father in my Memories.” …

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An increasing amount of evidence confirms Peravia Senator Wilton Guerrero’s statement in response to the 2008 murders of six drug traffickers in Paya, Bani. Guerrero said at the time that there were many rotten apples in the nation’s security forces and accused the government of complicity with drug traffickers. According to a report in Listin …

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Merengue and bachata star Juan Luis Guerra won three Latin Grammy Awards at the 11th Annual Latin Grammys ceremony staged last night from Las Vegas. Guerra won the Album of the Year. In total he has won 12 Latin Grammys. Upon accepting his award, he said that “A Son de Guerra” is an album with …

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Five Dominicans won the Louisville Silver Slugger Awards of Major League Baseball announced Thursday, 11 November. The winners were chosen by voting conducted among Major League managers and coaches who were asked to name the players at each position in the National and American Leagues who put up the best seasons at the plate. Voters …

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The Tigres del Licey delighted their fans in Santo Domingo yesterday by comfortably defeating the Leones del Escogido 8-4. Cesar Valdez had a great pitching night, holding back the Escogido for six innings. In Santiago, the Gigantes defeated the Aguilas, who made seven defense errors in their own stadium. The Gigantes won 6-0. In La …

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The International Monetary Fund has released a statement on the approval of the 27 October-9 November review of the Stand-by arrangement. An IMF mission led by Alejandro Santos met in Santo Domingo with President Leonel Fernandez, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez, Minister of Finance Vicente Bengoa, Economy Minister Temistocles Montas, the vice president of the …

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Despite all the inspiring rhetoric from President Leonel Fernandez, especially when it comes to the importance of education for development, hard facts presented yesterday by the United Nations Development Program in their 2010 Human Development Report indicate the DR is going backwards, as reported in El Dia. The UNDP reports that the DR has advanced …

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The president of the Action for Basic Education (Educa), lawyer George Santoni Reynoso has called on the government to reduce the pace of construction of the second line of the Metro so that this money can be spent on public education. He said that three classrooms could be built for the cost of a SUV …

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Writing in his page-two opinion column in Hoy, Claudio Acosta describes yesterday’s enthusiastic appearance of 26 senators at the Presidential Palace to express their unconditional support for President Leonel Fernandez as “a sad spectacle”. The senators said they would support the President no matter what he decides. Their presence is interpreted as a show of …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has announced that collections are up by 8.1% for January-October 2010 compared to the same period last year. The DGII has collected RD$153.9 billion for the period. As reported in Diario Libre, the increase is due to more sales tax receipts. Sales tax receipts were up 12.5%, or approximately RD$11.1 …

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