2010 – Page 80

The Papal Nuncio to the DR, Josef Wesolowsky has told El Caribe that Pope Benedict XVI will not visit the DR or Puerto Rico in 2011 as had been announced previously. Pope Benedict XVI had been invited to take part in next year’s Santo Domingo Book Fair that will be dedicated to the Vatican. An …

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The US Department of State has announced that Caddell Construction of Montgomery, Alabama has been awarded the US$148.8 million contract to build a new embassy compound that will be located in Santo Domingo’s Altos de Arroyo Hondo area. Plans are for the new facility to be in operation by 2013. The project consists of a …

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The chief of the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the National Police in Santiago, Colonel Franklin A. Peralta Gonzalez has been arrested for suspected links to a drug delivery that was intercepted in the town of Licey al Medio together with 13 other people, including a Police sergeant and corporal. Santiago District Attorney Yenni Berenice Reynoso told …

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The head of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Rolando Rosado Mateo, suffered multiple injuries in a car accident yesterday. The Toyota Land Cruiser SUV he was traveling in with his driver and assistant on their way back from Santiago had a tire blowout and flipped over. They had traveled to Santiago to be present …

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The Dominican Professional Baseball League has announced the start of the 2010-2011 Winter Professional Baseball Championship for Friday, 22 October with games at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo (Escogo vs. Licey), on Saturday Estrellas vs. Escogido and on Sunday, Licey vs. Escogido. On Saturday, Licey will meet the Aguilas at the Cibao Ball …

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The North Coast Players, the leading English-language theater group, is looking for actors and backstage crew for their new comedy that will be staged at Sosua Bay Resort, and for a musical revue to be held in Cabarete. The British-American comedy/farce “Who’s Wives Are They Anyway” by Michael Parker will be staged at the Sosua …

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President Leonel Fernandez visited Austin, Texas yesterday and held meetings with executives from Dell, including Paul D. Bell, president, Public, for Dell. Bell is responsible for leading the team that helps government, education, healthcare and other public organizations make full use of IT at Dell. The Presidency reported that President Fernandez discussed Dell’s possible involvement …

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President Leonel Fernandez is on a 13-day tour of the US to establish high-level relationships with leading business executives, government and academic leaders interested in conducting and expanding relations with the DR. In Austin, Texas yesterday he signed a collaboration agreement with the Austin Chamber of Commerce. He also met with executives of Whole Foods, …

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Celso Marranzini, executive vice president of the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) says that the three Chilean managers hired to prepare the strategic plan for the power distribution companies have the responsibility for rescuing the distributors that are drowning in a US$720 million deficit. “I did not come here to fail,” said Marranzini, who took up …

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If enough consumers came forward, Pro-Consumidor, the government department created to defend consumers, would “fight against this bad practice,” says the entity. El Dia reports that Altagracia Paulino, director of Proconsumidor and wife of the director of BanReservas, the government bank, confirms that banks are in violation of a resolution by the Superintendence of Banks, …

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