| The Dominican Sun |
| "Daily Dominican Republic News in English Since 2004" |
| Saturday, April 28th, 2012 |
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Hipolito Mejia summarizes his proposals
Story Text & Photos © 2012 by DR1 Apr 28 2012 07:29AM
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DR1 - Speaking on the Voto-2012 special TV series with interviews with the candidates on their proposals for the 20 May presidential election, former President Hipolito Mejia said that fighting corruption would be a key priority of his government. He described corruption as a "national disgrace. " He said he is prepared for government officials who may err in their decisions, but not for those who take what is not theirs, and said they would have judicial problems because he would "not play around with that. " He said he would apply existing laws to fight corruption and would reform others. He said that administrative corruption is a cancer that has metastasized.
Mejia said he would fight the wasteful spending that has the Dominican Republic in 142nd place of 142 countries in the wasteful spending category in the World Economic Forum global competitiveness report. He criticized the way in which the government payroll has ballooned, describing it as "a sterile bureaucracy".
He criticized the fact that government resources are used to employ 334 deputy ministers, with 37 vice consuls in New York alone, and that there are vice consuls who do not even live in the areas where they are appointed. He pledged austerity in his new government. Mejia, speaking at the televised talk hosted by the Corripio media group on TeleAntillas (Channel 2) and TeleSistema (Channel 11), said that he would give priority to agriculture, education, public health, production, and making available credit to productive sectors. He expressed his support for the small and medium-sized business sector, saying that they are the backbone of the country`s development, welfare and social and economic stability. He said education was the basic priority of his government, because without education there are no possibilities for progress. He said health would be his second priority, and recalled that it was during his government that the present social security bill was approved. He criticized the fact that the country now depends on imports, for many items that the country should be purchasing from local farmers. "I continue with my ties to the farm and because I am from that sector, I am sure there are extraordinary opportunities in agriculture," he said, as reported in Hoy.
He announced that he would conduct a fiscal reform to improve the efficiency of the state.
Mejia added that he would sign an agreement with the IMF and stressed that construction would be a major area for his government, on the basis that construction stimulates the economy. Read original at DR1.
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Legendary baseball scout Epy Guerrero dies at 71
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Dominican Today May 25 2013 12:59PM
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 Dominican Today -
Santo Domingo. – Epy Guerrero, the man largely credited for opening up the path from the Dominican
Republic to Major League Baseball, died Thursday at the age of 71. Epy Guerrero, a baseball scout for the Houston Astros, New York
Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays, opened the first baseball academy in the
country and helped a number of future greats navigate the
path between the Caribbean and their sport’s biggest stage. Guerrero was first hired in 1965 by Pat Gillick, then in charge of
the Astros’ farm system, and followed him to the Yankees and then the
Jays, where Gillick was the general manager from 1978 to 1994.
According to Gillick, Guerrero had a keen eye for talent and was a very loyal employee, a hard worker. Guerrero was inducted into the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Read original at Dominican Today.
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Morning Weather Summary for May 25, 2013
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by The Dominican Sun May 25 2013 11:29AM
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 The Dominican Sun - Across the Dominican Republic in the last 24 hours the highest observed temperature by DRSol was 90 at Barahona. The coolest reading came from Santiago with an overnight low of 73. A few spotty light to moderate showers and thunderstorms were reported, the last in Santiago at 7PM last night. Skies were generally mostly cloudy. Winds are averaging 10 mph from the SE, with a peak gust to 76 mph seen at 9PM last night at Punta Cana. By the Numbers DR cities reported rain 10% of the time, and thunderstorms 4%. Average reported rainfall intensity on a scale of 0 to 100 was 48. Cloud cover totaled 60%. Click above to view summaries for the last week or last month. Last updated at 7:28AM. Read original at The Dominican Sun.
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Laura Guerrero expone ‘Revestido’
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - Read original at Listin Diario.
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Mejor restaurante del mundo será latinoamericano, auguran destacados chefs
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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Listin Diario - El salto de América Latina a la cima de los ránkings gastronómicos es “una cuestión de tiempo“, coincidieron en México el chef español Jordi Roca y el danés René Redzepi, creadores de los considerados como dos mejores restaurantes del mundo. Read original at Listin Diario.
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En China, familias buscan en internet a sus hijos desaparecidos
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - Fueron necesarias decenas de voluntarios y seis meses escrutando mapas viejos, pero gracias a un grupo de internautas, Luo Gang finalmente pudo encontrar a su familia, y el pueblo donde había sido secuestrado 23 años antes. Read original at Listin Diario.
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Una relación muy especial
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - Read original at Listin Diario.
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Regalos para mamá
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - Read original at Listin Diario.
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Bella durante la espera
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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Águeda Mejía: Gran Premio Madre Ejemplar
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - Read original at Listin Diario.
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Se reducen a 12 las provincias en alerta verde por disminución de las lluvias
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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 Listin Diario - El Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) redujo de 20 a 12 las provincias en alerta verde, pero reiteró a los ciudadanos mantenerse atentos ante la ocurrencia de aguaceros a partir de hoy. Según el director del COE, Juan Manuel Méndez, permanecen en alerta verde Sánchez Ramírez, San Juan de la Maguana, Monte Plata, Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, San Cristóbal (en especial Villa Altagracia), Dajabon, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago Rodríguez, Valverde Y el Gran Santo Domingo. Méndez advirtió a los ciudadanos de esas localidades estar pendiente a los boletines del organismo de socorro que preside y tomar las medidas de prevención necesarias. Indicó que los demás integrantes del COE, como la Policía Nacional, la Defensa Civil y la Cruz roja permanecen activos para cualquier situación de emergencia. Asimismo, comunicó que hasta la fecha no se han presentando inundaciones ni desastres en ninguna provincia o comunidad. A pesar de que en el día de hoy las lluvias disminuye. . . Read original at Listin Diario.
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