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Jarabacoa’s beleaguered Hotel Montaña project reaches NYC -
NEW YORK.- A famous Dominican impresario on Wednesday denied having ever used the name of any Government official in relation to the embattled reconstruction project of the Hotel Montaña in Jarabacoa’s mountains or on in any other topic.
Energy czar announces US$287M payment, normal output soon -
Santo Domingo.- The CEO of the State-owned Power Companies (CDEEE) yesterday announced steps to pay US$287 million to the generators on March 31, thus reaching the goal agreed in the stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Thursday dawn 4.1 tremor shakes Dominican Northwest -
Santo Domingo. - A 4.1 magnitude tremor was felt at 2:20 a.m. Thursday in Dominican territory, with the epicenter located to 10 kilometers deep, 15 kilometers from Montecristi (northwest) and 225 from Santo Domingo, the United States Geodetic Survey (USGS) reported.
U.S. networks air plight of Dominican woman weighs over 1,000 pounds -
NEW YORK. - The plight of the Dominican Yubelkis Vargas, 40, who weighs more than 1,000 pounds as the result of chronic obesity, has been made public by Hispanic television networks in the United States.
Dominican Telecom agency announces teledensity milestone -
Santo Domingo. - Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) president Jose Rafael Vargas said the country has 9.8 million fixed and mobile lines, around 3 million Web users with 445,793 Internet accounts, for or a penetration of 29.5%.
Authorities investigate "mysterious" plane vanished from radar -
Santo Domingo.- Intelligence agencies investigate how a "mysterious" aircraft took off from Higüero International Airport with fake registry and a flight plan initially to Port-au-Prince, but once in flight changed course toward South America, vanishing from radar screens.
Dominican, Canada leaders discuss realities of Haiti rebuild -
Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez and Canada Governor general Michaëlle Jean discussed to this Wednesday an attainable plan for Haiti’s reconstruction which involves Dominican civil society and the Haitian people.
Washington awards controversial Haitians’ rights activist in Dominican Republic -
WASHINGTON.- Sonia Pierre, the controversial Haitian immigrants’ rights activist in Dominican Republic, yesterday received the Woman of Courage Award, together with nine other women who stand out in the fight for human rights.
Dominican, Canadian leaders meet, dodge sticky gold mine issue -
Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez Canada Governor General Michaëlle Jean met in the National Palace on Wednesday ,where the two leaders spoke about important regional topics.
After Chavez’s snub, Dominican leader gets Uribe’s thanks -
Bogota. - The Government of Colombia expressed its gratitude to Dominican Republic chief executive Leonel Fernandez, for his mediation to ease the strained relations between Bogota and Caracas.
Batey Relief takes dental, medical care for Haiti’s quake victims -
Anse-a-Pitre, HAITI. – As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from the United States to far-reached earthquake-affected border commune of Anse-a-Pitre to deliver much needed dental and medical care to children and their families living in impoverished conditions.
Signed pact seeks a transparent nation -
SANTO DOMINGO. - The National Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (CNECC) and the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC), signed an agreement on Tuesday, to promote ethical values in the academic sphere, aimed at students of the different universities.
Jehovah’s Witnesses offer free Bible instruction in English -
Santo Domingo – There is now help available for English speakers with a spiritual inclination here in Santo Domingo. Starting January 3, 2010 and continuing every Sunday thereafter, Christian meetings are held in English at the “Salon del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová,” #33 Avenida Francia on the corner of Galvan, in the Gascue sector of Santo Domingo.
Expert: remittances should jump start Dominican economy -
Santo Domingo. - The head of the Economic Development Organization’s (OECD) Latin America Unit yesterday said the country must take advantage of remittances its citizens receive and to turn them into a financial catalyst for the local economy, through programs such as bonds focused towards the nationals who live abroad.
Dominican Government, the World Bank advance toward Conference for Haiti -
PORT-AU-PRINCE-. Haitian and Dominican Technical delegates and World Bank representatives met yesterday to continue preparations for an international conference of donor countries who’ll meet in Santo Domingo at March 16 and 17 to discuss the devastated country’s reconstruction.
Dominican Government fails transparency test, civic group says -
Santo Domingo.- The civic movement Citizen Participation (PC) conducted two studies which show that more than 42 percent of Government agencies don’t conduct purchases and contracts correctly, as stipulated in Law 340-06.
Spanish, Dominican authorities suspect major players in 1,200 kilo bust -
SANTO DOMINGO.- Local authorities asked Spanish pars for information on the confiscation of 1,200 kilos of cocaine from Dominican Republic, as unconfirmed reports attribute it to Arturo del Tiempo, owner of the luxury condo building Torre Atiemar, located in the upscale Esperilla sector, and who is being held in Spain allegedly in connection to the case.
Dominican leader's shuttle diplomacy woos a pouting Hugo Chavez -
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Government today said it regrets any concern or annoyance caused unintentionally with Venezuela over president Leonel Fernandez’s shuttle diplomacy to quell tensions between that nation and Colombia, as Hugo Chavez has yet to directly communicate his stance on the effort .
Autohaus presents its racing team -
Santo Domingo.- The Mazda - Mcdonald’s – Coastal - Auto Haus Racing team, and its new auto Mazda 6 Tindol Motorsport, was presented to the press last night, and will be competing in the Nacional Motorsport Prize in the category DTS.
Quick guys, fast girls on motorcycles this weekend -
Santo Domingo.- The radio station Fuego 90 is sponsoring a motorcycle race on Sunday, in the Mobil 1 raceway on the Las Americans highway.
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