2011 – Page 14

The government has announced a RD$23 million investment in water treatment operations for Boca Chica beach. Boca Chica Water and Sewage Corporation director Omar Munoz said that a tender would be announced soon for the construction of the plant to improve water quality in the area. Boca Chica is the most popular beach with Santo …

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Smoking is regaining popularity among young people in the DR, and now the Philip Morris Dominicana company is announcing a plan to invest RD$500 million in the Dominican market. Director Ricardo Petrikovich said that the company intends to increase its presence in the country. Philip Morris has been here for 40 years. The company manufactures …

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The general administrator of the Banco de Reservas, Vicente Bengoa Albizu says that vehicle sales worth RD$1.2 billion were closed during last weekend’s automobile fair sponsored by the governmental bank. Bengoa said that high sales total is evidence of the Dominican economy’s recovery and consumer confidence in the economy. The bank offered financing of 9.7% …

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The World Economic Forum has chosen 24 young Dominicans under the age of 30 to join the Global Shapers Community that was launched during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2011. The young people were chosen for their entrepreneurial track record, for having initiated a major project, company or organizations, for having served society …

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Speaking at the 12th Biarritz Forum in Santo Domingo, President Michel Martelly of Haiti said that relations between his country and the Dominican Republic were better than ever. Martelly told representatives from 30 countries and over two hundred institutions from Latin America and Europe that Haiti was ready for tourism. He stressed, however, the need …

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An investigative report in today’s Listin Diario focuses on the fate of Dominican rivers and the threat to the population. Reporter Adriana Peguero says that the rivers’ demise affects electricity generation, farming and drinking water production in the DR. She writes that human intervention is one of the main causes for the deforestation of the …

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Santo Domingo district prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso has provided the Ministry of Armed Forces and the National Police with a list of 176 officers of both institutions who have been formally accused of a variety of crimes by the prosecution department in courts from 2008-2011. The list, which contains the names and ranks of the incriminated …

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Although Winston Rizik Rodriguez escaped while serving a 96-month sentence in a Florida jail for narcotics violations, he has inexplicably received local judiciary support, even at the Supreme Court of Justice level. El Dia reports that Rizik has been released from several court hearings, including a request for extradition, and is now again being tried …

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On an unprecedented roll, Dominican Nelson Cruz’s batting that has been decisive in the Texas Rangers getting a ticket to play the MLB World Series, was recognized when he was awarded the Most Valuable Player Award for the American League. In the Saturday game, when Teas defeated the Detroit Tigers 15-5, Cruz hit his sixth …

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Alberto Pujols’ team the St. Louis Cardinals earned their ticket to the World Series, winning the National League series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Fellow Dominican Rafael Furcal hit a homerun during the second inning of the game that ended 12-6. www.torontosun.com/2011/10/12/feats-of-the-amazing-albert-pujols http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2011-10/nlcs/story/st-louis-cardinals-in-world-series-after-eliminating-milwaukee-brewers