2011 – Page 227

26-year old Dominican jockey Joel Rosario reached the mark of 1,000 races won in the United States on Thursday, 17 February. On Thursday, Rosario won the fourth race on the closer Bestdressed (US$6.20), who rallied from last. Coo Cachoo led throughout the seventh race, over a mile, pulling clear in the final furlong to win …

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Augusto Sanchez, winner of the tour in 2010, of the local Aro & Pedal cycling team, won the first stretch yesterday, a closed circuit from Winston Churchill to the Malecon on Sunday of the 32nd Independence Cycling Tour, a Caribbean classic. 14 teams from abroad compete with 10 local teams along the 1,128 kms of …

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Palacio de Bellas Artes presents on Tues, 22 Feb, Weds, 23 Feb, Thurs, 24 Feb, Fri 25 Feb and Sat, 26 Feb at 8:30pm, the Festival Caliope commemorating February, a month dedicated to the founding fathers and the Dominican nationality. On Tuesday 22: Por la Patria Cantando; Wednesday 23 – America Levantate and La Sonrisa …

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President Leonel Fernandez met with former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and former Spanish foreign minister Carlos Westendorp at the Presidential Palace yesterday. They discussed the situation in Haiti, where the two had visited days earlier. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said that Jospin and Westerndorp had met with the executives of the Interim Commission …

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Dominican exports of goods made at duty free zones to Haiti increased to US$462 million. Haiti thus becomes the DR’s leading export market, followed by the US with US$340.1 million and Puerto Rico with US$98.4 million. Exports in 2009, prior to the earthquake, had been US$227.6 million. The DR is a major transshipment point for …

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The cholera epidemic in Haiti has encouraged local authorities to improve migration controls. The Army, now under new chief Major General Carlos A Rivera, says it has deported 6,972 Haitians in the past six weeks. Major General Rivera says that the bi-weekly market days make it easy for Haitians to enter the country illegally. On …

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The Armed Forces and the Department of Migration say they have found 808 hostels in Mao and Santiago providing temporary lodging for illegal Haitian migrants while they seek work in the DR. Ministry of Public Health inspectors who accompanied the military and migration staff warned the owners of these establishments that they needed to improve …

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The proposed Punta Perla real estate development is once again making headlines. Reports are that President Leonel Fernandez is being asked to testify in what is being described as a case of fraud, re the long-standing legal dispute between Spaniards Carlos Sanchez and Andres Leitor and Ricardo Miranda Miret, among other difficulties facing the development …

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The Mayor of the National District (Santo Domingo) Roberto Salcedo has asked city councilors to review the resolution that created new property taxes. The resolution, issued in December 2010 has met with major opposition from realtors and developers associations and the hotel sector in Santo Domingo, as well as from the National Business Council. Critics …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Abel Martinez (PLD) says that the judges of the new Constitutional Court can be chosen, even if the bill that creates the new body has not been approved in Congress. He said that with the approval of the Law that modifies the National Council of the Magistracy, the …

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