2013 – Page 134

Felix Sanchez made the finals yesterday, Tuesday 13 August with a time of 48.10, and Omar Cisneros of Cuba won the heat with time of 47.93. Sanchez and Cisneros went head-to-head in the qualifying event. The 36-year old two-time Olympic gold medal winner will now compete in the finals tomorrow, Thursday 15 August at the …

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Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic compete in football at the Quisqueya Ball Park this evening, Wednesday 14 August. The field has been especially prepared for the game that starts at 8pm. While baseball is king in the Dominican Republic, football is catching on fast. FIFA ranks Costa Rica 42nd in the world, while the …

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Folklorist Xiomarita Perez, writing in Listin Diario, describes what has now become a Santo Domingo tradition, a time when people who enjoy music get together in a lovely setting. It is called “Sundays with Bonye” and it is held outdoors at the ruins of the San Francisco Monastery in the Colonial Zone in the National …

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President Danilo Medina has received a proposal to resolve the ban Haiti has imposed on Dominican poultry products. Haiti originally imposed the ban claiming that there was avian flu in the country, which was later proven wrong by national and international health authorities. Agriculture Minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez said that a Haitian technical commission recently …

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President Danilo Medina received a courtesy visit from the president of Brugal, Augusto Ramirez and the rum company’s national promotions manager Adalberto Rodriguez at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 12 August. The executives and the President discussed Brugal’s international expansion program in the Asian market, specifically India, Japan and South Korea. They also discussed strengthening …

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The Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose del Castillo Savinon said yesterday, Monday 13 August that the government is open to dialogue with the transport union leaders and could meet with them before Thursday, 15 August, the deadline set by the transporters who have threatened to strike if their demands are not met. Castillo Savinon …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police says that more than 260 colmadones (shops that sell liquor), discos and other nightspots were shut down in the first six months of the year. Drugs, firearms, the presence of minors, obstruction of traffic, noise pollution and violation of liquor-vending hours were the main reasons for the temporary or …

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Writing in today’s Diario Libre, Tuesday 13 August, newspaper editor Ines Aizpun focuses on the high cost of Dominican politicians. “It is not what they charge or what they spend or waste. It is that they directly interfere in the economy, distorting it and affecting everyone,” she writes. “Think about how the legislators promote the …

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The Tourist Police (Politur) and Sans Souci Ports have begun to coordinate security for the beginning of the cruise season 2013-2014 this September. As the number of cruise passengers who will arrive in the port of Santo Domingo is due to increase, both institutions have gone ahead to ensure that actions and strategies are in …

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According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative in the Dominican Republic, Jeremy Freehill, young people in the Dominican Republic have a high level of unemployment, a high level of teenage pregnancies and a low level of education. Interviewed on the El Dia show on Telesistema, Channel 11, he said that to coincide with …

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