2011 – Page 26

Silvestre ‘Sly’ De Moya and his group, The Latin Bars will be at La Cantina de El Agave in Santo Domingo on Wednesday, 5 October at 8:30pm. His latest release was produced in the US by Corey Allen. The lineup is Mickey Creales at the piano, July Cosme playing electric bass and Ramon ‘Papatin’ de …

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The V Foro de Competitividad de las Americas opens in Santo Domingo, on Wednesday, 5 October at the Jaragua Renaissance Hotel with a program that includes contributions from the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli, who is visiting for the first time, and President Leonel Fernandez. The event will continue through Friday, 7 October and is …

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In yesterday’s news, the media discussed the size of the budget and how much money was assigned to each of the government agencies. In today’s El Caribe, the reporters take a closer look and point out that over 40% of the budget will be handled by just four institutions or agencies. According to Hector Linares …

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The Fernandez government has assigned RDR$108.9 million to security along the 14.6 kilometers of the first line of the Santo Domingo Metro. For the border security along the 313-kilometer north-south border with Haiti, best known for smuggling of people, drugs, arms, goods, the government has allocated RD$76.8 million, as reported in acento.com.do The Fernandez government …

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The Superintendence of Electricity (SIE) has announced that residential, commercial and industrial electricity rates will stay the same for the month of October. The decision was outlined in SIE resolution Num. 369/2011 that states that imported fuel parameters have been declining over the past few weeks. For example Fuel Oil #6 was down by 3.1%, …

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The Ministry of Education has ordered the closure of 12 private schools for their failure to perform up to standards despite having received guidance and advice from the Ministry. All 12 schools are in the National District or in the province of Santo Domingo. The educational authorities took the decision based on the fact that …

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Continuing the discussion on the causes of the rising waters of Lake Enriquillo and the neighboring Lake Azuei in Haiti, the commission of engineers from the US Army told a television audience that more research is needed to establish the causes of the problem. The research team appeared on the state TV station, CERTV yesterday …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies and the head of the National Drug Control Department, Abel Martinez and Rolando Rosado Mateo, have reiterated their commitment to work together to stiffen punishments for anyone involved in crime. They said that they did not want to leave any cracks in the laws, because “as happens frequently, …

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The First Criminal Courtroom of the Appeals Court of the National District has postponed until 21 November at 11am its decision on an appeal made by a neighborhood association in Los Cacicazgos against the acquittal of two people who were on trial as a result of a conflict that arose from the construction of the …

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For the most part the Santo Domingo Metro has been godsend to the select group of riders benefitted by very reliable quality transport service on the first line. A technical failure in the third car caused a mechanical failure in one of the three Metro trains and left hundreds of passengers stranded and chaos in …

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