2012 – Page 289

Bean farmers in San Juan de la Maguana are facing a series of problems from three different sources. According to Diario Libre, they have problems with imports, intermediaries and the government. Imports have driven down prices and depressed the market. The intermediaries are both the financiers as well as the buyers of the crop and …

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Twenty-five percent of young Dominicans of working age are unemployed, which the director of the Institute for Technical and Professional Training (Infotep), Idionis Perez, describes as a very high number. During his address at the opening of the X Forum of Central American and Dominican Republic Employment Directors, he said that the young people of …

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Youth leader Marcos Diaz, known for his marathon open water swims around the world, including the English Channel, has announced he will be campaigning for PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina. Marcos Diaz is one of the highest-profile young Dominicans. In recognition, he was named Diario Libre’s Man of the Year in 2007. As reported in …

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Former PRD party leader Hatuey de Camps has announced he will campaign for President Hipolito Mejia in the 2012 presidential election. De Camps left the PRD to form the PRSD in opposition Mejia’s subsequently successful efforts to change the Constitution so he could run for the Presidency in 2008. He was able to change the …

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El Nuevo Diario reports that Santiago-based journalist and commentator Marcos Martinez has denied any ties to lawyer Jose Miguel Minier, and that he did not tell Minier anything about the PRD or the announcement he made on the alleged overseas accounts in the name of First Lady Margarita Cedeno. Martinez is sticking to his story …

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Puerto Rican journalist Limarys Suarez Torres, who reported earlier this week on the use of the Dominican Republic by major drug traffickers from Puerto Rico taking advantage of weak judiciary, has interviewed Marco Irizarry, formerly a celebrity in Puerto Rico, who served a long prison term in the Dominican Republic. In his previous life, Irizarry …

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Speaking in Santiago yesterday Wednesday February 29, former Police Chief Jaime Marte Martinez that the Police should “cut the sleeves” as a form of dishonorable discharge from the force for leading security assistants to President Leonel Fernandez who have had their US visas revoked, before doing so to lower ranking corporals. Marte Martinez is an …

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The Dominican Astronomy Society is inviting budding astronomers to observe the stars on Friday, 2 March at 7pm. The observatory has telescopes installed on the roof of the Museum of Natural History in Santo Domingo’s Plaza de la Cultura. The Society says participants will take part in a session at the Planetarium with Carlos Sanlley. …

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In a bid to prevent violence during the electoral campaign, the ruling PLD and main opposition PRD parties have announced plans to sign a civility pact, reports El Nacional. Campaign managers Francisco Javier Garcia of the PLD and his PRD counterpart Cesar Cedeno said they would be meeting to coordinate the dates of each party’s …

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Environment Minister Ernesto Reyna and Navy Chief Rear Admiral Nicolas Cabrera Arias said yesterday Tuesday 28 February that certain sectors of the country have been misinformed about the supposed plan to build a US naval base on Saona Island. Reyna said that the project would involve remodeling the existing Mano Juan and Catuano Navy facilities, …

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