2012 – Page 13

Police agents killed two men yesterday, Tuesday 11 December in an alleged exchange of gunfire and wounded one other in Las Brisas del Este sector of Santo Domingo East. The two men killed in the incident were identified only as “Moreno” and “El Chino” while the wounded man was identified as Carlos Hernandez Florian, 20, …

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We have just passed 12:12:12;12;12;12. This is the last time that anyone reading this will find this sort of symmetry, since the next series will appear only in the next century. It is something to be appreciated. And there is also 20/12 of 2012. After this date there is no more symmetry until the 22nd …

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The team from the Dominican Republic defeated the Venezuelan All Stars by a score of 8-2 in the University Stadium in Caracas yesterday, Tuesday 11 December. The Dominicans got 14 hits off of Venezuelan pitching with the fatal blow a two-run homerun by Aguilas catcher Francisco Pena that gave the DR team the definitive lead …

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Leading paint company Pinturas Tropical launched its 2013 diary and calendar in Santo Domingo yesterday evening, Tuesday 11 December. The theme of the new calendar and diary is the classic poem by the late Dominican national poet Pedro Mir, “Hay un pais en el mundo” (There is a Country in the World) illustrated by evocative …

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For Christmas, Teatro Guloya presents a seasonal play for all the family, El mejor regalo de Navidad. The production is onstage every day from Tuesday, 20 November through 14 December. Times are 8:30pm daily and 6:30pm on Saturday. Tickets are RD$300 (adults) and RD$200 (children). Visitors can also enjoy the Nativity scenes exhibition at the …

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The Armed Forces Minister, Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez, is challenging the embassies of the United States and Spain to name the military officials they believe to be linked to criminal activities like corruption and drug dealing. In an interview on the Digital 15 A Diario show yesterday, Monday 10 December, Pared Perez said that the …

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Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez launched the first set of disabled access ramps on the streets of the capital on Monday 10 December. She took the opportunity to call on local authorities to get involved in the program to install them across the country. The first 70 ramps, on the streets between Abraham Lincoln, …

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The Dominican Ministry of Agriculture has announced a rehabilitation plan for all plantations infected by Black Sigatoka, a pest that affects banana and plantain crops. Initially 12,124 hectares will be replaced in the provinces of Valverde, Montecristi, Santiago and Azua. Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has created a Commission for the Integrated Handling of …

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El Caribe reports that drought earlier this year followed by natural disasters and now the onset of winter has affected the plantain crop and this has translated into high prices. A single plantain now costs between RD$8 and RD$19.24, depending where it is bought and some supermarkets are even selling them by the pound, at …

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His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan welcomed former Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez to Amman yesterday, Monday 10 December. The King thanked Fernandez for choosing the University of Jordan as the site for a Latin American Studies Center, to be named after the former President and which is being inaugurated today, Tuesday 11 December. …

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