2012 – Page 219

A former Air Force officer and his wife and son were murdered in a suspected robbery in El Almirante, in Santo Domingo East in the early hours of Saturday, 12 May. Police chief Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez visited the scene of the crime where former Air Force captain Luis Alfonso Herasme Tejada, 48, …

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With just a week to go before the election, the price of propane has dropped by RD$3.40. Dominicans have been enjoying some respite from the constant rise in fuel prices, at least during the weeks leading up to the elections. Fuel prices have remained unchanged for several weeks, but on Friday, the Ministry of Industry …

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NCAA championship coach John Calipari has agreed to give the team a last boost in its last ditch to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics. Calipari coached the team to almost make it in the continental qualifier that took place in Argentina last year, with a bronze medal in the FIB America Qualifier. After the …

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The Brazilian coach of the Dominican volleyball team, the sixth world team to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, has told Listin Diario that his goal is for the team to win a medal in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics. Marcos Kwiek, 45, said the team would be well prepared for the London Olympics. …

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Yesterday, Thursday 10 May President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the second stage of an aqueduct construction project in Nagua in Maria Trinidad Sanchez province, which was built at a cost of over RD$376 million. When completed, the aqueduct will provide water to 15 areas in Nagua and 32 rural communities. Fernandez was in the northeastern province …

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Ruling party presidential candidate Danilo Medina said he opposes increasing the sales and value-added tax from 16% to 18%, as has been speculated. An IMF document leaked to the media this week suggests that this could be a way for the government to secure resources to cover its growing fiscal deficit. Medina said he has …

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In a television broadcast last night, Thursday 10 May, former President Hipolito Mejia pledged to sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, restructure public spending, eliminate wastefulness and apply strict austerity measures if he is elected President during the 20 May 2012 presidential election. In a speech aired through a network of radio and …

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Yesterday, Thursday 10 May was the 14th anniversary of the death of Dr. Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, the former leader of the PRD. Commemorative events took place in the capital and across the country and a guard of honor at his tomb in the Cristo Redentor cemetery. In addition, a Mass was held in the …

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According to Fox News, New York is shaping up to become a swing state in this year’s Dominican presidential election. Thanks to a law passed in 1997, expatriate Dominicans no longer have to fly to the country’s capital of Santo Domingo to vote in presidential elections. Dominicans voted locally for the first time in 2004 …

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During an interview with El Despertador, Francisco Alvarez, the coordinator of civic group Citizen Participation has stated that their observers will be watching out to stop purchasing of cedulas (national identity and voting cards) on election day and urged the parties to refrain from this practice. He said that he was concerned it could happen …

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