2010 – Page 69

The Fernandez administration is holding talks with the French Agency for Development for financing of the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro, which is already in advanced state of construction. President Leonel Fernandez requested the funding when he visited President Nicolas Sarkozy in December 2009. El Nuevo Diario reports that Louis Jacques Vaillant, director …

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The name is Dominican slang for “luxury SUV”, a play on words meaning “big jeep”. In his “Que Se Dice” column in Hoy, Claudio Acosta describes what he calls the “plunder of the Dominican state.” He mentions how many people have been outraged by the news that the mayor of Santiago, Gilberto Serulle, served as …

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Georges Santoni, president of Action for Education (Educa), a non-governmental organization, is calling on the government to end the practice of changing school textbooks. He said that the only ones that should change are science textbooks. He said that the quick rotation of books affected the family budget because the changes meant that books could …

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Archaeologists Harold Olsen and Jorge Ulloa will travel to Puerto Plata to investigate the discovery of what is thought to be a pyramid dating back to pre-Columbian times. They will be accompanied by geologist Tabare Mundaray and a photographer. Cristian Martinez, director of the Museum of Dominican Man made the announcement during the opening of …

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The World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report shows a strong correlation between gender equality and a country’s prosperity and economic competitiveness. This is down from 67th of 134 countries in 2009. In the first ranking, carried out in 2006, the DR had ranked 59th of 115 countries. The DR ranked 73 out of 134 countries, …

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The Fundacion Brugal has announced that educator Manuel (Manny) Vidal Ramirez will be the guest of honor at the 19th Brugal Cree en su Gente Awards ceremony, today, 14 October at the Casa San Pablo in Santo Domingo. Vidal’s story first became known in the DR through a Listin Diario feature by J.C. Malone. Malone …

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Songwriter Juan Luis Guerra was in Haiti yesterday for the start of construction of a children’s hospital. Guerra organized a concert in Santo Domingo in April that also featured international Latin stars Juanes, Miguel Bose, Alejandro Sanz and Enrique Iglesias, and Dominicans Milly Quezada, Johnny Ventura and Maridalia Hernandez. The sum of US$2.5 million raised …

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The Dominican Republic baseball team scored a big one by defeating Cuba 5-2 in the championship game of the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico last night. The Dominican team blasted their five runs in the first inning and pitcher Lorenzo Barcelo controlled the Cuban nine. A combination of Tony Batista, …

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Start the evening early with a visit to the Museo de las Casas Reales at Calle Las Damas to see the exhibition “History of Chocolate in the Dominican Republic,” a retrospective of 75 years of the Casa Munne. The Museum is open till 5pm. Then don’t miss the performance of the Youth Orchestra of the …

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The Governor of Puerto Rico is heading a multi-sectorial Puerto Rican business mission made up of 40 companies that seek to increase exports and business in Santo Domingo on 13-14 October. Traveling with Luis Fortuno are the secretary of the Department of State Kenneth D. McClintock, the secretary of the Department of Economic Development Jose …

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