2012 – Page 77

The City Government of Santo Domingo and the Ministry of Public Works have announced the construction of the 30 de Mayo Maritime Walk on the Malecon from Abraham Lincoln to Km. 12 (Manresa), connecting with the Gregorio Luperon Avenue. RD$253 million will be invested on a 50-50 basis by the two institutions. Santo Domingo Mayor …

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The Santo Domingo Metro continues on schedule for a Christmas time opening of the first half of the second line. Leonel Carrasco, deputy director, said that the government has authorized a monthly allotment that will enable the train to open this year. But Carrasco was not able to reveal the total that will be received. …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says he stands by his position that the Supreme Court of Justice should reverse the decision to shelve the corruption case file against senator Felix Bautista. He guaranteed he would fulfill his role as attorney general and that his critics should do the same, as reported in Listin Diario. He …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez, in his role as president of the Global Foundation of Democracy and Development (Funglode) flew to the United States yesterday, Monday 1 October to take part in various activities in Rhode Island and New York. The former President has been an invited speaker in numerous activities abroad after leaving the Presidency. …

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A report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) entitled “Growing Old in the 21st Century: a Celebration and a Challenge,” suggests that Latin America and the Caribbean are beginning to move in the same direction as developed nations and a quarter of the population will be over 60 by the middle of this century. …

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At a press conference held to mark World Heart Day, Dr. Petronila Martinez Peguero, president of the Dominican Cardiology Society, said that in the last 15 years there has been an unprecedented increase in obesity in the country, as in 1995 the obesity rate was barely 16% but it now stands at 26%, representing a …

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Following the crash of a small plane in Constanza on Saturday 27 September, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced that they have dismantled an international drugs ring, made up of people from Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the United States as well as Dominicans. In addition, DNCD chief Rolando Rosado …

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Police spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Diego Pesqueira has announced that so far this year 1,626 people have lost their lives due to violence, defined as murder or gunfire exchanges, which is a decrease of 13% over last year. Pesqueira also said that there has been a reduction of four percentage points in the rate of violent …

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On the night of Monday, 1 October four heavily-armed men shot and killed an Italian businessman, Raffaele Foria, 67, and injured a US air controller, Rius Stanley Leonard and their security guard, Air Force Second Lieutenant Daniel Alvarado Fernandez in Villa Panorama in Sosua, Puerto Plata province. The injured men were hospitalized and the police …

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Junot Diaz has been awarded a US$500,000 MacArthur Genius Grant along with another 22 people announced by the MacArthur Foundation yesterday, Monday 1 October. According to the Foundation, the fellows were all chosen “for their creativity, originality and potential to make important contributions in the future”. Diaz, said the Foundation, offers “a powerful insight into …

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