2012 – Page 291

The first round of new generation Spanish gastronomy is set to take place at the Hotel Embajador from 29 February to 2 March. The event is being held at the hotel’s Restaurante El Jardin. Guest chef is Spaniard Macarena de Castro, owner of the El Jardin de Mallorca Restaurant that last year received its first …

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Yesterday President Leonel Fernandez was able to keep his promise to take the first test ride on the second line of the Santo Domingo metro on 27 February. The line begins at Kilometer 9 of the Duarte Highway and continues on until the bridge on Padre Castellanos Avenue (Puente de la 17). After finishing his …

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In his state of the nation speech on Monday, 27 February, President Leonel Fernandez summed up percentages of his two consecutive governments to render a positive report on his administration. He told an audience of enthusiastic government officers: “We are much better off now”. He presented his administration as one that had made significant contributions …

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The Ministry of Agriculture has 38 deputy ministers earning high wages and enjoying a series of perks. 29 of them work directly with Agriculture Minister Salvador (Chio) Jimenez. Only nine of the ministers have specific roles, as reported in Hoy. According to law, the Ministry should only have three deputy ministers, in charge of the …

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After sifting through nearly 1,000 case files, the Pardons Commission recommended just nine prisoners for a pardon and at the Attorney General’s recommendation, President Leonel Fernandez granted just six. On Monday the Executive Branch granted pardons to six inmates who were being held in several jails around the country. By means of Decree 65-12, the …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu has pledged that exchange rates in the country would be stable before and after the elections. He expressed regret at what he described as attempts to alarm the country because the exchange rate has risen three cents. For the exchange rate fluctuations, see http://www.bancentral.gov.do/tasas_cambio/TAC4009_BC_2012.pdf He said that there was …

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The bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Jose Dolores Grullon, has issued a call for the much-debated Cibao-Sur Highway to be built from Constanza to Padre de las Casas. In an article in Hoy newspaper, he argued that the proposed route would be 57 kilometers shorter and save about RD$50 million in construction costs. …

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The Primary Health Care strategy, to begin with, will only benefit 42,899 people in the provinces of San Juan de la Maguana and Elias Pina. That is, if the members of the National Social Security Council (CNSS) accept a proposal from doctors to start the model gradually in the Del Valle Region. According to data …

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General Rafael Guzman Fermin, former police chief and current police advisor to President Leonel Fernandez, and General Victor Manuel Crispin Zorilla, who works as a body guard to President Fernandez and is deputy director of the National Investigations Department, traveled to Miami to meet with Univision reporter Gerardo Reyes and personally challenge the claims by …

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As long as the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is in power, the Petrocaribe agreement will be maintained. The Venezuelan ambassador in the country, Alfredo Murga, said that Venezuela is confident that President Chavez’s health will improve over the next few days. He revealed that the Venezuelan leader was having another operation in a Cuban …

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