2011 – Page 4

The huge number of people working in New York City who were born in other countries is staggering: 50% of all the doctors, 40% of the city’s social, educational and health workers, 33% of the financial officers, and 25% of the architects. The report by the Levin Institute of the State University of New York …

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The US Embassy is advising US citizens living in the Dominican Republic that new regulations for overseas voting went into effect in 2010. Anyone wanting to vote while living outside the United States should send a completed Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to the corresponding local election officials every year. To do so, they should …

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The Venezuelan press reports that the Venezuelan Strategic Command for Integral Defense of the Plains (REDI) and the National Anti-Drug Office have located the Beechcraft Kingair 200 in the state of Apure. The plane had been stolen from the AILI (JBQ) airport in northern Santo Domingo on Sunday, 23 October at 3:20am. As reported in …

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The interim judge at the Court of Permanent Attention for the province of Santo Domingo, Marlene Altagracia Guerrero, has sent Army First Lieutenant John Percival Matos to three months of preventive custody in the Najayo Jail. Percival is accused of stealing an aircraft from the AILI (JBQ) airport in northern Santo Domingo during the early …

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The National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) said yesterday evening that today would continue to be cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Most of the activity would take place in the east and along the Caribbean coast. There will be partially cloudy conditions in the north, northeast, the Cibao Valley and the northwestern region. Onamet mentioned the …

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Over a 40-minute period at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico yesterday, the Dominican flag flew over the podium of the Olympic Stadium three times. First, Luguelin Santos, then Francia Manzanillo and then Yolanda Osana Valerio stepped onto the podium to receive one silver and two bronze medals. However, the day was not over …

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With the rainout of the sixth game of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals, most of the attention was centered on the games played in the Dominican Winter Baseball League. In Santo Domingo, the Tigres del Licey continued winning, this time by a 5-2 score over the Gigantes del …

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President Leonel Fernandez will attend the XXI Ibero-American Summit 28-29 October in Asuncion, Paraguay. The work sessions will take place at the Central Bank of Paraguay convention center. The theme of the conference is “The role of the State.” “State reform and development” will be driving force of the coming Ibero-American summit. Eighteen presidents have …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Samana yesterday for the inauguration of the new highway linking El Catey airport to Coson in Las Terrenas, Samana. The new stretch is part of the Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico that is said to cost US$151 million and is a toll road. Speaking at the event, President Fernandez compared the …

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The Presidency of the Republic published a full-page advertisement in today’s Listin Diario to highlight the First Lady’s social programs. The ad says that since 2004, the First Lady’s Office has organized events and implemented projects worth more than RD$2 billion. The programs include construction of Community Technology centers n RD$374.9 million (19%), reading programs …

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