2012 – Page 215

Nothing seems to have changed since the days when the late President Joaquin Balaguer used his position in power to promote his intention to remain in power. Yesterday, civic group Citizen Participation (PC), which will be observing the elections, condemned the amount of government money being spent on the campaign. Spokesman Francisco Alvarez criticized President …

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At a meeting with Listin Diario, Danilo Medina has laid out his plans for his first 100 days in office should he win the election. He said that he would ensure that education received 4% of GDP and would increase the school day to eight hours including breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. He also said …

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After almost two weeks in the hospital after suffering a fall on 4 May at the home of his daughter Ziomara, who is studying in Santo Domingo, during a visit to Santo Domingo, former President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya checked out of Cedimat, advanced medicine center, yesterday morning, Tuesday 16 May. The 59-year old politician …

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During a press conference, the president of the Dominican Anesthesiology Society, Dr. Dalma de la Rosa together with Dr. Carlos Marmolejos and members of the executive committee warned yesterday, Tuesday 15 May, that from 14 June they will require a minimum of 2,500 pesos for each surgery they attend and will not carry out any …

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ForgetMeNot Software has launched an internet-free mobile Facebook, e-mail and online chat service in the Caribbean. Dubbed ‘vSocial’, the service is designed to enable customers of Dominican Republic mobile operator Viva to send and receive internet messaging on any SMS-enabled mobile phone internet free. Viva currently serves around 700,000 mobile subscribers in the Dominican Republic. …

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Francisco Capellan, president of the Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Companies (Codopyme) says that government regulations discourage small business from entering the formal business sector. He said that around 600,000 micro, small and medium-sized businesses are in operation, of which less than 50,000 are registered with social security. In an interview, he agreed with comments …

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The Police have not yet been able to solve the case of missing 34-year old Maribel Buritica. She was in charge of groups at Manati Park, a theme park in Punta Cana, and lived with her two children in Punta Cana Village. As reported, the last that was heard of her was when she called …

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Eleven arrests were made in nine raids on nine Rhode Island addresses by a state, local and federal Rhode Island task force, breaking up a major heroin ring of Dominican Republic natives with links to Mexican cartels. Combined with raids in Providence, Pawtucket and North Providence, the task force seized more than three kilos of …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 15 May, customs officers with sniffer dogs in Puerto Rico confiscated 6.42 kilos of cocaine found inside a car on the ferry from the Dominican Republic. The owner of the vehicle, Jose Eduardo Rodriguez Gomez, 25, from Puerto Rico was arrested, together with two others also involved and also from Puerto Rico, as …

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“Que se yo cuanto” will open at Teatro Guloya on Saturday, 26 May at 8:30pm and at 6:30pm on Sunday, 27 May. The play comes to Santo Domingo after being staged at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. It tells a story about blackouts and what Dominicans do to combat boredom when …

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