2011 – Page 40

The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) said yesterday that low-pressure troughs and humidity packed winds were favorable conditions for showers and rainstorms with some strong wind gusts. The most frequent rains will be along the frontier, in the Central Mountains, the northwest, southwest, the north coast, northeast and the east during the afternoon and evening hours. …

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Ricky Martin and Wisin y Yandel are booked for a 19 November performance at the Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, as reported in Diario Libre. This is a Saymon Diaz promotion. Ricky Martin is currently on his M.A.S. Tour of Latin America. Duo Wisin y Yandel will perform their track Frio live, recorded in three …

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Hard Rock Cafe presents a tribute to Metallica (Damage In), the American heavy metal band, this coming Friday, 22 September in Santo Domingo, and Saturday, 23 September at Hard Rock Cafe Punta Cana. Shows start at 9pm. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar  

President Leonel Fernandez and entrepreneur Rafael Perello Abreu officially opened the Centro Cultural Perello in Bani on Saturday evening. The new center, funded by the makers of Cafe Santo Domingo, aims to promote cultural, educational and environmental initiatives to influence the overall development and improvement of quality of life of the residents in the southwestern …

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President Leonel Fernandez traveled to New York on Sunday to participate in the 66th United Nations General Assembly to promote his campaign against international financial speculation. He will return to Santo Domingo on Friday, 23 September. He was received by Dominican Ambassador to the UN, Virgilio Alcantara on his arrival in NY. He traveled with …

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In an interview with Diario Libre, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the government body in charge of civil registry in the Dominican Republic, Roberto Rosario said that 42-44% of births in hospitals along the border with Haiti involve Haitian mothers who cross the border to give birth in Dominican public hospitals. The …

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PRSC dissident Eduardo Estrella is officially the presidential candidate for the minority political party, Dominicans for Change (Dominicanos por el Cambio). He was declared the candidate at a ceremony held by the party on Saturday. Estrella said that the PRD and PLD candidates have already had their chance, and that it’s time for a change …

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In a campaign speech in New York City on Saturday, ruling party presidential Danilo Medina defended the Fernandez administration, highlighting what he called the “positive balance,” as reported in Listin Diario. “There are a bunch of things that the PLD government has done right,” he told his followers. The achievements he listed included macroeconomic and …

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Lieutenant Colonel Cesar Augusto Ubri Lebron was shot dead in the Santo Domingi neighborhood of Las Praderas last night. He was 48 years old and had worked for the National Drug Control Department for 18 years, as reported in Listin Diario. The newspaper highlighted that he had worked closely with DNCD chief Major General Rolando …

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Chief of the Police Jose Armando Polanco Gomez criticized the fact that thieves caught stealing metal rods, billboards, crosses in cemeteries and other metal items are released in court with relative ease. He called for improvements in the work of crime-fighting bodies. As an example, he mentioned the recent case of three men caught stealing …

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