2012 – Page 302

Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario told reporters yesterday Monday February 13 that some of the political parties did not want the media to be informed of the election results this May. However, he did not identify these parties, adding that he hoped to have the support of all the parties in order to …

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Dominican Navy search and recovery teams have found three more of the victims of last week’s yola tragedy, bringing the total number of fatalities to 55. Diario Libre mentions two more bodies while Listin Diario lists three more found during sea searches yesterday, Monday February 13. The Navy and other groups decided to suspend the …

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The director of the State Sugar Council (CEA), Enrique Martinez, accused the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) yesterday Monday February 13 of passing out “little certificates” of land titles that have no validity. Martinez even went so far as to say that the entity did not even have the authority to give away lands that, he …

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On the outskirts of Santo Domingo, several yards are strewn with the remains of buses that at one time were used by the Metropolitan Office for Autobus Services (OMSA). However, apparently Ignacio Ditren, the OMSA director did not appreciate the report in yesterday’s Hoy newspaper and he refuted some of the information in the article. …

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The rector of the Catholic University of Santo Domingo (UCSD), Ramon Alonso Beato, described the low educational quality of high school graduates as “humiliating” yesterday, Monday February 13. He said that out of every 100 students trying to enter the UCSD barely 40% manage to pass the entrance examination. Father Alonso answered questions about the …

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According to Listin Diario, the carnival in La Vega generated more than RD$400 million for the participants last year. As one of the most eagerly awaited spectacles of the year, the event in La Vega is a sight to behold. It is, without a doubt, the most fabulous of carnivals during Lent and it is …

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A study by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and reported in Diario Libre, on the effectiveness of a program on alcohol prevention among students in the last year of high school, revealed that 66.73% of young people drank alcohol. The study, presented yesterday, was carried out by researcher Ana Floripe Jimenez, with a …

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A Dominican-born US marine was killed on Friday February 10 in an ambush by Taliban soldiers in Helmand province in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca, 20, from North Arlington, died on February 10 at the beginning of his patrol. “He was walking out of the base and he was immediately shot,” his girlfriend …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reported today that a frontal system moving slowly over eastern Puerto Rico would keep temperatures lower for the next day or so. There will also be some light showers over the northwest, north, southeast, the central mountains and along the border. An important note is that the Onamet says that …

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David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox avoided arbitration hearings and reached a deal that will pay the powerful designated hitter more than US$14.5 million for the 2012 season. This means that if Ortiz has one of his normal years, each homerun will be costing Boston about US$420,000. Ortiz said that he was happy, since …

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