2011 – Page 265

The Toros del Este continue to be strong contenders for the final playoff series, as they defeated the Leones del Escogido by a score of 3-1 in the Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo. The winning pitcher was Fernando Abad and the losing pitcher was Bartolo Colon who did allowed three runs over six innings. In …

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The ruling PLD party will control the National Council of Magistracy (CNM), the body responsible for selecting the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and the new Constitutional Court, reports Listin Diario. This is especially relevant because the new judges could be invited to express their opinions if the push for a referendum aimed …

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Writing in today’s Listin Diario, political commentator Guarionex Rosa says that during a meeting with media editors at the Presidential Palace, President Leonel Fernandez said he could seek the PLD candidacy in the 2012 elections if the referendum mechanism were to be used. He told the editors that he would not seek to modify the …

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The Chamber of Deputies will tackle the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court and of the Constitutional Processes during an extraordinary legislative session, which President Leonel Fernandez will call for this specific purpose on 12 January. That is the date the second session of the legislature ends. The session began last 16 August and no …

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The government will deliver toys to some 360,000 poor children all over the country during the Three Kings Day celebrations (Thursday), at a cost of RD$150 million. For the festivities, the authorities have already begun to send the provincial governors the goods to be distributed to the children. Emigdio Sosa, who heads the Presidential Social …

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The Ministry of Labor, in compliance with Law 139-07 which covers the moveable holidays for the Dominican Republic reported that Saturday 1 January would not be changed. Thursday, 6 January, the Feast of the Three Kings, will be moved to Monday 10 January. The Feast of Our Lady of High Grace (Altagracia) is celebrated on …

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The Masacre River, which runs along the northern section of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, has been placed on the list of prohibited waters for bathing and consumption due to possible contamination by the cholera virus. The provincial director of Public Health in Dajabon, Rafael Salas Ubiera, said that the measure was …

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The Public Health Ministry’s official number of cholera cases for 2010 was placed at 148. In a written statement, the Ministry says that all the people who contracted the disease in the Dominican Republic during the last two months of last year are well and back to their normal routines. The ministry press release adds …

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Preliminary data from the Central Bank sets the per capita income in the Dominican Republic at US$5,282.2, or 9.7% more than in 2009 when it closed at US$4,810. This is double the income per capita in 2004, when it was US$2,548. Critics say the trickle-down effect of the wealth has been reduced. While wealth increases …

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More than six million Dominicans hold out-of-date personal identification cards called ‘cedulas’, and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) does not know when it will begin the process of renewing them. Roberto Rosario, the head of the newly formed JCE, said that the process would begin when the agency has the money available. Rosario also urged …

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