2011 – Page 12

Dallas TV reporter Rebecca Lopez flew to Montecristi to meet with Nelson Cruz’s family. Cruz was the hero of the Texas Rangers making it to the World Series. www.wfaa.com/sports/baseball/rangers/Nelson-Cruz-family-132114568.html

The Major League Baseball World Series is of special interest to Dominicans as two great Dominican sluggers Nelson Cruz and Alberto Pujols lead the power bats of these two teams, backed by fellow Dominicans Adrian Beltre (Rangers), Rafael Furcal (Cardinals) and Neftali Feliz (Rangers). The MLB finals start in St. Louis Busch Stadium with Albert …

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The La Romana 2010-2011 season champions, Los Toros defeated Licey yesterday, 9-4 in Santo Domingo. The Aguilas defeated the Estrellas Orientales in San Pedro de Macoris 3-1. And the Leones defeated the Gigantes, 5-3 in San Francisco de Macoris. The Current Standings Team Win-Loss Average Games behind AGUILAS 4 – 0 1.000 — ESCOGIDO 3 …

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The director of the National Competitiveness Council (CNC), Andres Vanderhorst Alvarez urged that Congress pass the bankruptcy bill. He complained that business and financial associations are lobbying to impede the passing of the bill. Vanderhorst explained that the absence of the bill only benefits large corporations but affects small companies. He said that if the …

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Minister of Labor Francisco Dominguez Brito through its Director General of Industrial Hygiene and Safety has carried out the first certifications for companies that have fulfilled Regulation 522-06 of the Labor Code. During the ceremony, Dominguez Brito handed 37 companies their certificates for having scores of over 85 during the evaluations carried out by the …

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The plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) took a look at hundreds of files that presented serious irregularities and cancelled three for containing false information, another for a lost file and over 800 were cancelled for impersonations or forgeries, false information or duplications in birth declarations. All told there were 924 cancelled documents. The …

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In another article by Hoy’s Loyda Pena, the reporter looks at what the United Nations Population Fund considers to be the unacceptable rate of adolescent pregnancies in the Dominican Republic, nearly that of African countries and which might even be higher than in Haiti. According to the UNPF representatives Sonia Vasquez and Jeremy Freehill, one …

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The government has announced that there will be 60,000 more people admitted to the Solidarity Program, which will reach 600,000 families shortly. Vice President Rafael Alburquerque said that many of the families that had been cut off from the program have regularized their status and have been readmitted. This comes at a time when the …

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Dominicans spend RD$70 million every day on lottery tickets of one sort or another, and there are twice as many places to purchase a lottery ticket than there were five years ago. According to the Listin Diario, Wilson de los Santos, the head of the Dominican Federation of Lottery Agencies (Fenabanca), there are 35,000 places …

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The former manager of the Central Bank, Apolinar Veloz said yesterday that the losses that the commercial banks will suffer due to the 1% tax on their financial assets will make credit more expensive and increase inflation. He said that the measure keeps many businesses from gaining access to a cheap credit, and if they …

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