2014 – Page 215

Dominicans celebrated yesterday Albert Pujols’ 499th and 500th home runs. Playing for the Los Angeles Angels, Pujols became only the 26th player to reach the milestone when he batted his 500th in the fifth inning of the game against the Washington Nationals in Nationals Park in Washington, D. C. The historic homerun was hit off …

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Diario Libre’s Man and Woman of the Year were chosen yesterday. Father Gregorio Alegria received the award for his work with the poor in La Barquita Francina Hungria, the engineer who lost her eyesight after being a victim of vehicle theft, was chosen Woman of the Year for her bravery and commendable efforts to overcome …

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The halls of Galeria 360 shopping mall are showing the “Identify! Identify!” photography exhibition by Thimo Pimentel. The exhibition features photographs taken during the 1965 Civil War. The exhibit is open from 14 April to 4 May 2014 at the Av. John F. Kennedy mall. On Wednesday, 23 April 2014 at 6pm in the central …

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A Nobel Peace Prize winner is behind the plan to rescue Ozama River. Engineer Mohan Munasinghe, a promoter of “sustainomics” and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, was in Santo Domingo to introduce the River Coalition Project to President Danilo Medina. The project’s focus is to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable development and natural …

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The president elect of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, will begin a tour today of Central America (except Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic to personally invite representatives of these nations to his inaugural on 8 May. His whirlwind tour of the region begins today in Guatemala and El Salvador. On Wednesday Solis will travel to …

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According to the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), a corporal working for traffic enforcement agency has returned to its owner an envelope containing RD$100,000 in cash that was found on the street by the AMET officer. The director of AMET, Juan Geronimo Brown Perez said that Corporal Jose de los Santos will be recognized for his …

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The Upper Administrative Court (TSA) has declared Loma Miranda to be a protected area having heard an appeal to stop its exploitation as these activities violate the Constitution. The court was presided over by Judge Federico Fernandez Cruz, and also involved Rafael Ciprian, Mildred Hernandez Grullon and Evelyn Torres, who made the decision following the …

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The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has issued its fourth and final bulletin reporting that 33 people died during Easter Weekend. This is four more than last year when the death toll was 29. Of the 33 deaths, 29 were due to road traffic accidents. There were reports that four persons drowned. The director of …

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As of 31 December 2013, the foreign consolidated debt of the public sector was US$15,892.2 million, or 26.2% of the Gross Domestic Product, according to the just released Central Bank report on the nation’s economy in 2013. The government foreign debt increased US$2 billion compared to the previous year. Of the total government foreign debt, …

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The National Organization of Shopping Malls (ONEC) says that the tax burden for those who pay taxes in the Dominican Republic is very high. Ernesto Martinez, spokesman for ONEC, warned there are “serious problems” with the way that the tax burden is calculated, which makes it appear that the taxation burden in the DR is …

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