2013 – Page 36

The Leones del Escogido and the Tigres del Licey have taken the lead in the Dominican Winter Baseball Championship making it a city championship. Coming from behind, the Leones have won four of their five last games and seven out of the last ten. Friday, 22 November 2013 games: * Estrellas vs. Escogido at the …

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President Danilo Medina was in Punta Cana yesterday, Wednesday 20 November, to attend the official inauguration of the Boulevard Turistico del Este (BTE) and nearby roads and sidewalks for a total 65.2 km of major access roads in the eastern tourist area. The works are reported to have cost US$110 million. Speaking at the ceremony, …

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The Presidential Legal Advisor, Cesar Pina Toribio, said yesterday, Wednesday 20 November that President Danilo Medina “had his reasons” for excluding the second Metro line from the 2014 Budget. Pina Toribio spoke to reporters from El Caribe in response to comments by Diego de Moya Canaan, who said that Medina would pay a high political …

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The resources assigned in the Complementary Budget for the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), some RD$9.8 billion will not suffice, according to executive vice-president Ruben Jimenez Bichara. The money is to be used to pay the arrears the CDEEE has with the generators now at around US$600 million. The budget item, at the current exchange rate …

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Traditionally, Dominican voters cast their ballots for a party, and sometimes for a candidate. The parties assign positions on the ballot according to the party’s preference, with favorites usually placed first or second on the list. This means that if the party only obtains enough votes for one deputy, the candidate in the first slot …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the legislative proposal called the Law of Rationalization of the Operations with the Banco de Reservas of the Dominican Republic. The Executive Branch sent this bill to the deputies as a way of extending the due dates for much of the financial obligations incurred by the bank beyond their …

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The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is in no position to apply sanctions on the Dominican Republic in response to the Constitutional Court decision on nationality and legalization of foreigners. This is due to the fact that the country is not a member of the organization, says Cesar Dargam, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations. He points …

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The president of the Dominican Senate, Reinaldo Pared Perez has described accusations from some quarters in Haiti that Dominican senators were plotting against the Martelly regime as “perverse and wicked.” Pared Perez said that these accusations come from within the Haitian government that wants to divert attention from its problems towards the Dominican Republic. Senator …

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Dominican authorities are reviewing the scope of the operations that the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been carrying out in the country, and next week they will establish their position on its status. The review of their position is being done through the Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, …

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Public hospitals in Santiago have to set aside 25-30% of their annual budget to service Haitian mothers coming to give birth, and to treat Haitian patients, who usually enter without legal documents. Johnny Lama of the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Regional Hospital, the largest public hospital in Santiago said that on average the undocumented …

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