2011 – Page 10

Seven years after Migration Law 285-04 was signed by then President Hipolito Mejia, President Leonel Fernandez signed the ruling for its implementation in a ceremony coordinated by Migration Director, Jose Ricardo Taveras. The regulations for the application of Migration Law 285-04, defines the rules for entry, stay, residence and naturalization of foreigners. Among the stipulations …

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The number of people entitled to vote in the next presidential elections of 2012 has reached 6,430,827, while overseas voters numbered 243,074 as of 17 October. The JCE is giving until mid December before closing the voting list. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) provided this information during a working meeting with the delegates of the …

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Residents of the area around Arzobispo Merino and General Gregorio Luperon streets had a troubled night on Tuesday after the collapse of the second floor of the building on the east side of the intersection. “It could have been me,” said Abad Bernardo Pena, “no one around here could eat or sleep.” Three people were …

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The Bill Gates Foundation and Women’s World Banking (WWB), a non-profit microfinance organization that works globally to economically empower poor women and their families, are behind a new soap opera that will air on Channel 9 as of 9 November. The soap, Contracorriente (Against the Current), was filmed in Nicaragua. The starring role in the …

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Cataract operations using the femtosecond laser were presented during the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology Congress in Oviedo by Dr. Juan Francisco Batlle Pichardo (jbattle@centrolaser.net). Hundreds of Spanish physicians attended the presentation, which was described as the most important in the congress. The Catalys tool is only in use at the Centro Laser in Santo Domingo. …

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In a rather surprising event in what is generally considered to be a conservative city, students protested against rising violence in the city by offering Hugs for Peace. All along several major streets and avenues in Santiago de los Caballeros, small groups of students were filmed by TV crews and photographed by newspaper reporters holding …

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The judges of the seventh and fifth Courts of Instruction of the National District have issued decrees to open trials against three groups of defendants accused in a large-scale fraud case involving millions of pesos owed to the Department of Taxes. This is certainly one of the first times that people have gone to trial …

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The Chief of Police, Jose Armando Polanco Gomez, says that he has a list of police agents who have avoided new training by using friends in high places, and he will recommend their discharge during the next session of the Higher Police Council. The highest-ranking Police officer did not go into details or mention the …

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Last night the Dominican Winter League Baseball Championship continued with victories for the Gigantes del Cibao, the Leones del Escogido and the Estrellas Orientales. For the Gigantes, this was their first victory, a 6-5 win over the Toros del Este in La Romana. The Gigantes had to hold off a late rally by the Toros …

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This coming 4 December, Spanish tenor Placido Domingo will be performing at a benefit in Santo Domingo to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Fundacion Sur Futuro. He will be accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, directed by maestro Eugene Kohn. Melba Segura de Grullon, president of the Fundacion Sur Futuro and Margarita Copello de …

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