2013 – Page 59

The Ministry of Public Health plans to boost its program to fight the dengue epidemic that has claimed more than 90 lives this year. Heath Minister Freddy Hidalgo and Deputy Minister Rafael Schiffino said that the initiative would focus on the provinces with higher incidence of the disease. They said that they planned to stem …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez attended the awards ceremony for the first UNESCO-Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean during his recent visit to Paris. The event took place on Tuesday, 29 October at the UNESCO headquarters. The Prize was instituted by UNESCO’s Executive Board, at the …

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The Dominican Republic’s ranking in the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) Doing Business 2014 Report declined from 112 to 117th position of 189 country data analyzed for 2012. The country is only ranked above El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, Honduras, Ecuador, Suriname, Bolivia and Haiti in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project measures …

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Speaking at the Fodatur tourism congress yesterday, Tuesday 29 October, Luis Emilio Rodriguez Amiama, president of the Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) said that the leading challenge of the industry is to set its priorities in a collective manner and develop ways to restore competitiveness in order to achieve the goal of 10 million tourists …

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Orange may have set a mid-November deadline for bids for buying the company. Companies that have shown an interest, according to the Wall Street Journal, include Cable and Wireless Communications PLC of the United Kingdom, Digicel of Jamaica and Grupo E. Leon Jimenes in the Dominican Republic. WSJ says …

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The National Police have arrested six Bulgarians in the Marbel and Los Corales housing areas in Bavaro. They are suspected of being members of a gang that installed fake keyboards on cash machines. Those arrested were named as Lliyan Lliev Valentinov, Mienko Votief Kre, Jorje Matef, Sretdzap Alexfand Por, Jorje Matef Minal Kanchev and Ivo …

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On Monday, 28 October the process began to finally take the remains of Colonel Rafael Tomas Fernandez Dominguez to the National Pantheon on Friday 1 November to be laid to rest as a National Hero. Fernandez is recognized for his work at the start of the Constitutionalist movement that sought to restore President Juan Bosch …

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Armed individuals held up and robbed a minibus owned by the State Sugar Company (CEA) when it was taking employees from Santo Domingo to La Romana yesterday, Tuesday 29 October. Two employees were hurt during the attack. Juan Decena Rijo, the driver and Isidro Castillo both suffered broken arms. Decena Rijo said that the incident …

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In Santo Domingo the Tigres del Licey were too much for the Aguilas Cibaenas, defeating them to the beat of two homeruns, 7-3 at the Quisqueya ballpark yesterday evening, Tuesday 29 October. In La Romana, another Santo Domingo team, the Leones del Escogido defeated the Toros del Este 10-5. The Toros have a new stadium, …

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The team that had been counted out in 2013, the Boston Red Sox has a chance to win the World Series today, Wednesday 30 October. Dominican audiences will be glued to the TV as the team and charismatic David Ortiz take on the challenge. With a World Series batting average of .465, the highest for …

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