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| "Daily Dominican Republic News in English Since 2004" |
| Friday, June 15th, 2012 |
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Fuel prices fall a 2nd straight week
Story Text & Photos © 2012 by Dominican Today Jun 15 2012 16:01PM
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 Dominican Today -
SANTO DOMINGO- For the second straight week the Industry and Commerce Ministry posted lower prices on all fuels for the week from June 16 to 22, when premium gasoline will cost RD$225. 20, or RD$2. 20 less per gallon and regular gasoline will cost RD$208. 90 or RD for $ 2. 50 per gallon.
Regular diesel will cost RD$194. 60 or RD$ 2. 50 less; premium diesel will be RD$201. 20 or RD$2. 50 lower; avtur will cost RD$158. 27, or RD$2. 52 less and kerosene will cost RD$184. 60, or RD$2. 70 less per gallon
Propane gas (LPG) will cost RD$95. 90, or RD$2. 10 less per gallon, and natural gas will remain unchanged at RD$25. 00 per cubic meter.
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Lunchtime Weather Report on this May 25, 2013
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by The Dominican Sun May 25 2013 16:29PM
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 The Dominican Sun - Across the Dominican Republic in the last 24 hours the highest observed temperature by DRSol was 91 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 partly cloudy. Winds are averaging 9 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 59%. Click above to view summaries for the last week or last month. Last updated at 12:28PM. Read original at The Dominican Sun.
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Catholic Church to mediate in opposition party crisis
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Dominican Today May 25 2013 13:59PM
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Santo Domingo. – Former President Hipolito Mejia said Friday that mediation has been requested to the Catholic Church for the continuation of the talks between him and the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) president Miguel Vargas. “We are waiting for a meeting of Miguel Vargas with the Catholic Church, I think it will be today (yesterday) or tomorrow. We ask the Catholic Church to participate as an orchestrator of these things, as a mediator,“ Mejia said. Mejia confirmed he has already met with the church and announced that in the coming days he will send a letter setting out his views on the PRD “timing. “
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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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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.
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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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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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Regalos para mamá
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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Bella durante la espera
Story Text & Photos © 2013 by Listin Diario May 25 2013 05:31AM
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