2012 – Page 242

Few know that the DR has one of the best women bowlers in the world, Aumi Guerra. Watch her compete starting today at the USBC Queens in Texas that attracts the best women bowlers in the world. The event takes place at AMF Euless Lanes in Euless, Texas, from 19 to 24 April. The Dominican …

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The Caribbean Jazz Tour is set for Wednesday, 2 May at the Salon Ambar of the Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Casino. The newest Santo Domingo jazz festival event is part of the commemorative events marking the celebration of the UNESCO-declared International Jazz Day on 30 April. The concert opens doors for the interplaying of well- …

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Yesterday, Tuesday, 17 April President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the elevated section of the Duarte Highway with Monumental Avenue in Santo Domingo. The new overpass was built at a cost of over US$18 million. The 530-meter overpass consists of a 220-meter viaduct and several 155-meter ramps. The overpass is part of Corredor Duarte I road project, …

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Speaking at the inauguration of the Av. Monumental and Duarte Highway overpass, Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua announced that works would soon be starting on the Corredor Duarte II. Diaz Rua described the north-south solutions for easing traffic flow through intersections with Av. 27 de Febrero, which crosses Santo Domingo from east to west. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) presented the final design of the ballot papers for the 20 May Presidential elections yesterday, Tuesday, 17 April. JCE communications director Felix Reyna showed the press the four different ballot papers. The first is headed by Hipolito Mejia (PRD) followed by Danilo Medina (PLD) then the other four presidential candidates: …

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The presidential candidate for the Dominicans for Change (DxC) party, Eduardo Estrella, denied yesterday, Tuesday, 17 April that he had decided to support either of the main parties in the event of a second round in the Presidential elections, as reported in El Nuevo Diario. Initial reports suggested that Estrella and his team would announce …

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Four PRD deputies announced on Tuesday, 17 April that they had a tape recording of a telephone conversation between two leading members of Hipolito Mejia’s campaign team, Guido Gomez Mazara and Leo Adames, suggesting that they were plotting to kill the PRD president, Miguel Vargas Maldonado. Vargas Maldonado had sought to be the party’s presidential …

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Southern regional electricity distribution company EdeSur has announced that 2,162 families in Altagracia de Herrera and the area of Altos de Engombe in Santo Domingo West will be placed on a 24-hour electricity circuit. The company stated that it was part of their plan to improve service, reduce losses and increase payments for the electricity …

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According to El Nuevo Diario, cholera has claimed in first victim in Tamboril. Edward Ramos Pena, aged 28, died last night, Tuesday, 17 April. Regional Public Health director Ramon Martinez Henriquez announced that the actual cause of death was not known because the patient also suffered from diabetes. Ramos Pena was admitted to the hospital …

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Toronto Public Health authorities confirmed on Tuesday, 17 April that a 41-year old man who was recently in the Dominican Republic contracted rabies, the first case recorded in Toronto for more than eight decades, as reported in the Montreal Gazette. For privacy reasons, the health department said it could not release any information about the …

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