2011 – Page 247

The Toros of La Romana will seek to keep Caribbean Series Championship trophy in the DR. The event takes place from 2-7 February in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Last year’s trophy was won by the Leones del Escogido of Santo Domingo that represented the DR in the competition against the best winter baseball team in Mexico, …

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The organizers of the annual show-business gala ceremony, the Casandra Awards have announced the nominees for this year’s event. This year, there are 44 categories and 178 nominees are in the running. The show is sponsored by Presidente beer (Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana) and will be held on Tuesday, 22 March at the National Theater. It …

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President Leonel Fernandez met with the director general of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy in Geneva on Wednesday. On the same day, he also held a private meeting with UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi. Fernandez gave a special address on Wednesday to UNCTAD member states and observers when he urged for “unified and clear policies” …

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Following his meetings at the WTO and UNCTAD, President Fernandez departed to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum from Thursday to Saturday. www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2011 At the event, President Fernandez participated in a panel discussion on “Laying the Foundation for a Latin American Decade” that looked into the strategic challenges facing the continent as it focuses …

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On Thursday, the Minister of Public Health Bautista Gomez Rojas confirmed that there had been 14 cases of cholera in the DR (nine Venezuelans and five Dominicans) from around 450 people attending a wedding at a villa in Casa de Campo, La Romana last Saturday. As of yesterday, only one person was still in the …

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The Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu says that the high inflation registered in January was seasonal and normal for the month. He said that over the past 10 years January has been one of the months of the most increases in the consumer price index. In some years, inflation in January has been equal …

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Storyteller, novelist and poet, Jeanette Miller has won the 2011 National Literature Award, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Fundacion Corripio. The award comes with a RD$1 million cash prize. She is also known as an educator, writer of essays and art critic. Her recent production is focused on research on photography in …

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Owners of several of the leading urban and inter-urban transport companies have again visited the Presidential Palace to express their disagreement with several aspects of a bill that seeks to benefit select transporter union members with houses, vehicles and other perks. They believe that these do not benefit citizens in general in any way. Representatives …

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In an interview yesterday, Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez told Listin Diario: “I do not believe in the Dominican border. That has never existed.” He said the government has had an irresponsible attitude towards regulating migration from Haiti. Meanwhile, Migration director general Sigfrido Pared Perez said on Wednesday that his department has neither the budget nor …

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Former PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado has formally registered himself with the PRD Convention Commission. The PRD primary to choose the party’s presidential candidate in the 16 May 2012 presidential election will take place on 6 March. Vargas Maldonado paid the RD$1.5 million registration fee and submitted other requirements. Vargas obtained the No. 1 …

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