Deadline for Marbete Cars will be confiscated / Politur became Cestur / Teachers in Higüey leave Classrooms General Juan Gerónimo Brown Pérez, head of traffic police AMET, recalled that the deadline to purchase the Marbete expires on 31st of December at noon. He warned that from January 1, 2,600 officials of the AMET will stop all the vehicles without Marbete and confiscate the car. The penalty for driving without Marbete is 1,600 pesos. Brown Pérez warned: „Who doesn't want to experience a bad moment, whether it's a holiday or not, should listen to what we say. We will confiscate his car.“ And this, regardless if the driver ia a member of the Armed Forces or the Police. „The law is equal for all, so we will act without distinction“, said Brown Pérez. The general stated that AMET does not want upset anyone, but it wants that people acquire this sticker. Unfortunately the people have to be forced to comply with the law.
The Tourism Police (Politur) recently was renamed in Cestur (Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Turística - special corps for tourist safety). The tourism minister Javier García (left), General Amílcar Fernandez, head of Politur/Cestur (2nd from left), and Defense Minister Admiral Sigfrido Pared Pérez (right) inaugurated the new building of this entity in the Avenida Gustavo Mejía Ricart in Santo Domingo. Politur had fulfilled its tasks, now the concept for the safety of the tourists will be changed with Cestur.
To protest that they didn't get their salaries for four months, teachers of the newly inaugurated high school Rufino Santana Rodríguez left their classrooms in Verón, Higüey, and said they will not teach until they get their money. More than 360 students are affected by the strike. The school with twelve classrooms was built at a cost of more than 40 million pesos and is one of the new schools built by the government to improve the education. Its inauguration was on 9 September. The only thing the authorities contributed since then, were chairs and half of the teachers. The classroom for informatics has not even a single computer. School is over until 7 January 2014 in most public and private schools nationwide. The Minister of Education, Carlos Amarante Baret, said that most schools had finished their final exams for this semester, and he called on parents to be watchful of the students and to encourage them to review their subjects and do the homework that they have been assigned. This year the Christmas and New Year's holiday season falls in mid-week, which means that the Three King's Day, 6 January, will be included in the children's holiday season. Sources: Listín Diario, Hoy, Diario Libre, DR1
International Migrants Day 232 Million worldwide / Number of Foreigners in the Dominican Republic at 5.4 Percent “Migrants have more than just fear and uncertainty. They also have hope, courage and the determination to build a better life. With the right support, they can contribute to social progress,” said UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Migrants Day. On 18 December 1990, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention for the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families. Since 2000, December 18 is the International Migrants Day. The current debate in the Dominican Republic on the nationality of immigrants who came from the even poorer neighbor
Haiti to this country to find a better life and in many cases are living here for decades, or the African refugees who try to get to Europe show that the subject is hot. According to the UN, migrants as a share of the world’s population have remained fairly steady at between 2.5 and three per cent for many years. The number of international migrants has grown to 232 million in 2013 (from 175 million in 2000 and154 million in 1990), but this is mainly the result of population growth. The motives of the migrants are extremely different. While for many of them it means their very survival, as in civil wars or in areas of hunger, others are simply seeking a better life, while still others go abroad to study or because they get offered a dream job. Accordingly, they are welcome or unwelcome in the host countries. The Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), William Lacy Swing, pointed out that 2013 was one of the deadliest years for migrants. “We will never know the true total, as many migrants died anonymously in deserts, in oceans or in other accidents. However, our figures show that at least 2,360 migrants died this year while chasing the dream of a new life. These
people are desperate - not even a very real fear of death prevents them from making their journey.” So each year many drown in the Caribbean - as for example by trying the crossing to Puerto Rico - 81 this year. With all the fussing over the partially selfinflicted Haitian “invasion”, the Dominican nationalists forgot that their country is a country of emigration itself and that officially almost 1.5 of approximately ten million Dominicans tried to find their luck elsewhere, and not always legally. So the Dominican Navy has arrested 2,579 people this year so far, who tried to travel to other countries illegally. 1,410 of them were Haitians, 1,055 Dominicans. While the “upright patriots” are sure that the true number of Haitians living in the country illegally is about two million, now the National Statistics Office (ONE) published official figures. Thus, 5.4 percent of the Dominican population are immigrants, a total of 524,632 people. Of these, 458,233 were born in Haiti. 66,399 come from other countries. According to ONE director Pablo Tactuk, these are real and accurate figures on immigration for the first time in the history of the country.
Summiteer President Medina at SICA and Petrocaribe Summits / Resuming Dialogue with Haiti
President Danilo Medina had a full program when he took part in two peaks within a week. As soon as he was back from the SICA Summit in Panama, he traveled to Caracas to the meeting of ALBA and Petrocaribe. At the SICA Summit (SICA = System of Central American Integration), the topic was primarily the fight against drug trafficking. 80 percent of the cocaine to the United States is passing through Central America, thereby making the region to one of the most violent in the world. Invited guest was
the President of the European Union (EU), José Manuel Durão Barroso, who signed an aid pact over 21 million dollars to fight crime in the region. President Medina called for a new culture of cooperation and regional identity at the takeover of the presidency of SICA by the Dominican Republic for the coming six months. Shortly thereafter, Medina traveled to the second Extraordinary Summit of ALBA-TCP Petrocaribe, appointed by the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. At the meeting, the presidents of the ALBA countries (Bolivarian Alliance of Peoples of the Americas) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Desi Bouterese (Suriname) were present, as well as representatives of the Petrocaribe countries, which are supplied with oil to special conditions by Venezuela. President Maduro wants to create an exclusive economic zone with ALBA, Petrocaribe and Mercosur. With respect to the ALBA countries, Maduro stressed that there was no more illitreacy in this union of antiimperialist countries and that their struggle against hunger has found recognition of the United Nations. Bolivian president Evo Morales congratulated Nicolás Maduro to the victory of the Venezuelan United Socialist Party, which recently won 76 percent of the city halls in the elections. The impact of the law 168-13 in the Dominican Republic also was a topic for discussion at the meeting. Under the direction of Venezuelan president Maduro, the presidents of the feuding neighbors Haiti and Dominican Republic, Michel Martelly and Danilo Medina, met and agreed that they would talk with each other again.
After his return from Caracas, President Danilo Medina announced meetings with the Government of Haiti to deal with several unresolved issues, such as poverty, security, environment, trade and migration. The dialogue between the two countries will be accompanied by Venezuela, the United Nations, the European Union and the Caribbean Community Caricom, which recently delayed the application for membership of the Dominican Republic at the request of Haiti because of the controversial citizenship law until further notice. Medina said that he appreciated the Venezuelan government's role in this process.
Influential Thinkers Pope Francis and four Latin American Presidents among Top 100 / New Perspectives The magazine “Foreign Policy” (FP) published its annual list of the 100 most influential thinkers of the world on the internet. Together with the Argentine Pope Francis, four Latin American presidents were listed: Mexico's Enrique Peña Nieto, Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos and Uruguay's José Mujica came next to the Pope to the list of “persons responsible for making decisions,” while Dilma Rousseff's (Brazil) fight against the “surveillance state” (for the U.S. Spionage against her country) is highlighted. The Brazilian president excelled, because she defied “the U.S. and its spies”. Rousseff did not hesitate to openly criticize the Unted States and brought the activities of the NSA to the United Nations (UN), with a fury that is supported “by her past as a left-wing
revolutionary” and a “discontentedness” against imperialism, which she shares with several of her colleagues in Latin America. “The anti-authoritarian impulse has paired with the desire of her country, to show muscles and to represent the interests of the region,” analyzed FP. Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto was praised for jolting “the dangerously ill institutions of Mexico”, with a “cascade of reforms" in the police, in education, the telecommunications and the energy sector and for getting closer to the opposition and the concession of “true power” to it. In the fight against the drug mafia, Peña Nieto showed new perspectives. He also focuses on economic growth and facilitated the access of foreign investors, which earned him approval in the U.S. In Colombia, where a civil war is raging for 50 years, President Juan Manuel Santos risked everything to end the bloodshed by leading peace talks with the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), where several points of the agenda could be checked off, which none of the previous governments has ever reached. These include participation in politics and land reform. The resistance of the Colombian rightists in the talks is growing rapidly and there are still some critical issues that need to be solved. But Santos is negotiating undeterred. “If he does not succeed, Santos will almost certainly not be re-elected, but a
success would bring peace to Colombia for the first time in half a century,” said FP. The President of Uruguay, José Mujica, a former leftist-guerrilla who spent many years in prison is praised because he had redefined the Left in Latin America after the death of Hugo Chávez. He had become a new, unexpected leader who has launched an unprecedented experiment in social liberalism in Latin America. So Mujica legalized abortion, allowed the gay marriage, and now legalized marijuana - “fundamental rejection of the war against drugs, led by the USA.” Mujica broke with the open antiAmericanism of Chávez. Pope Francis appears in the list for leading the crusted and unworldly Catholic Church to the 21st Century with small gestures of humility and a broad point of view.
Knowing the amazing love of God God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 There’s an old hymn that I just love that talks about the love of God. It begins, The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell. Yes, the love of God is an amazing thing. But far too often, many believers dip into their own romantic ideas of what love is when thinking about God’s love. They think, “God is so lucky to have me. I’m glad he looked at me and saw that I was worth having!” But the reality is that God did not have you and me because you were so worthy of having! God looked at humanity and said, “My child, you have a disfigured face, your breath is awful, and you can’t even take care of yourself. But despite the fact that you are utterly pitiful and miserable, I love you and I’m going send my Son to die for you.” Now, that kind of love makes no sense to us, does it? We can’t fathom the depths of God’s abundant love. The love of God is unconditional, unchangeable, and forever! And when the love of God is in us, we have a wonderful love to share with someone else, and the only way its in us is if we invite Him in, ask Him to forgive us of our sins, and thank Him for dying for us on the cross. You know, I love how that old hymn ends, Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky. Pastor Dan
Uruguay has legalized INCB and DEA protest / Michelle Bachelet reelected / Handshake Obama and Castro With great personal commitment of President José Mujica, the Parliament in Montevideo now finally adopted the new law to legalize marijuana in Uruguay. Despite vigorous protests of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the citizens of Uruguay are now allowed to enjoy their spliff in peace, without fear of being punished for it. The real reason is that this way Uruguay wants to deprive the drug mafia of the business with cannabis at least, and wants to put the money in meaningful projects which otherwise only benefits criminals. Mujica asked the INCB President Raymond Yans to explain why two U.S.
states, Colorado and Washington, are legalizing recreational marijuana and in other states marijuana is tolerated, but it should be banned in Uruguay. “Or are there two discussions? One for Uruguay and another one for the strong ones?” Yans had claimed that the law legalizing marijuana violated the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which Uruguay has signed. Also the neighboring country Paraguay sharply criticized the new way of Uruguay.
With 62.16 percent of the votes, with Michelle Bachelet a woman was re-elected as President of Chile for the first time in the second ballot. Opposing candidate Evelyn Matthei of the ruling party got 37.83 percent of the votes. According to her election manifesto, Bachelet wants to change the Constitution, which dates from the time of the dictator Pinochet. Education should be free and of better quality and she wants to increase the corporate taxes from 20 to 25 percent, which earned her fierce criticism of the still reigning rightists. Bachelet admits that her project is ambitious, but she can build on big popularity and the good results of her party Mayoria Nueva (New Majority) in the elections. Bachelet, whose quietness often irritates her opponents, shows no fear of the new tasks of her second presidency. She has enough experience to lead this process, and expressed confidence that she will succeed to overcome these challenges.
At the funeral of Nelson Mandela, who died at the age of 95 years on 5 December, there was a handshake between U.S. President Barrack Obama and Cuba's head of the government, Raúl Castro, which was seen as “historic” by some, while it was seen rather indifferent by others. From both sides it was considered normal among civilized people. But a poisonous arrow head against Cuba was hidden in Obama's speech: “There are too many leaders who show solidarity with Madiba (term of endearment for Mandela) in his fight for freedom, but don't allow any other opinion in their own country.” Here Obama probably forgot that the United States and Israel supported the racist apartheid system until its end. Israel's President Netanyahu was not even ashamed to say that he will not participate at the burial for the trip to South Africa was “too expensive”.
Your Horoscope for January 2014 Gemini should stop Aggressiveness / Good Times for Cancer / Capricorn full of Energy
Right from the start of this month, you’re going to feel torn in your life. While you’ve had all of these creative ideas and visions, you’re also feeling like it’s not quite the right time to move forward. And you’re right. You need to stop and be patient. While patience isn’t a strong trait for you when it comes to changing your life, now you need to stop and take a breath. The decisions you make now might impact the rest of the year.
Your ability to judge the situation better than the others, gives you an extra edge over the others. Though there will be obstructions this month, but you can manage the situation with your sheer attitude and mental toughness. You will able to clear up your debts but do not involve in any court cases this month as this month is not good for court hearings. There is nothing to worry about your health this month.
You will begin to see things revealed in your life, things that you didn’t realize were shifting. The truth is that you’ve been feeling like things have been ready to change, but you haven’t quite understood how they needed to change. So, the universe is going to help you change, even if you don’t think you’re quite ready. Secretly, though, you have been ready for something new, even if you’d never admit that out loud.
Change is afoot! Things you didn’t expect to happen will happen - some liberating, some disruptive and uncomfortable, but ultimately freeing you up. It’s not good or bad, it’s just the winds of change ripping off twigs and branches and uprooting you from your familiar rut. Sometimes its not easy and things may feel somewhat up in the air or you are holding your breath as you wonder how this or that thing is going to turn out.
You should try to restrict your aggressiveness as below as you can. You had to understand that aggression does not give you anything and due to that your existing opportunities will also be reduced. So deal situations with softer approach. Your energy will be on a decreasing state. Try to do some yoga and spend some amount on helping poor people. There will be some obstructions in your work.
Good times are in store for you, both at the office and in your romantic life. Keep a smile on your face and avoid being cross or testy for no particular reason. In dealing with colleagues on a touchy situation, allow others to contribute, but try to keep your own hand in, as your experience may be needed. No matter what you're assigned to do at work this month, you'll enjoy it. Check on a health problem without delay.
Let yourself go wild for a day or two. Indulge a few whims and spend some of your mad money. But don’t let it become a habit. You need a fling now and then, but you should strive to buckle down hard in between them. A good chance at a promotion or new job could be lost if you appear to be too much of a gadabout. Romance will probably be a little less exciting for some time.
You have to lay aside your own desires related to career or general life-direction and make yourself available in a more selfless or nurturing way because it serves or promotes goodwill. A time, great for those involved publicly in the arts or in things like medicine, hospitality, healing, spirituality, charities and anything which serves the common good. This vibration will also support you and spur you towards greater flights of imagination.
This will be a cycle of reaching for better things materially and physically. By utilizing your talents and skills as well as possessions, property or other lines of supply which can nourish or heal - or be transformed into cash. Natural resources, equipment or a better venue will flow more readily towards you over the coming months. The pressure on you could be the trigger for you to be more in the centre of your own power.
This month will be a mix of good and bad fortunes. Due to different commitments your mood will be on lower side. You had to produce extra efforts to cut out your tasks. Mood swings may be there and you had to refine yourself and increase your concentration level. Spending is good but try to counteract that with only necessary expenditure. Judge the gravity of situation before acting and giving your decision.
When you are planning a quiet weekend with your loved-one, make sure that at least one person knows where to reach you in case of emergencies. Job opportunities could abound for you this month, but you might be wiser to stay with the one you have, as unexpected promotions could be already in the mill. Try to keep your social life to a minimum for a while and get some of the urgently needed rest.
You begin to feel a surge of energy. Maybe it’s that you’re ready for something brighter in your life. No matter what the case for you, this is a time for you to shine. When you begin to worry about the future, take some time to look back and see how far you’ve come. Too often, you’re focused on the here and now, which is helpful, but it can also limit the praise you have for yourself. Try how far you can come.
Yellow Pages Sorry, no Special Edition at the Moment / Please take into Account LA PLAYA Customers Dear readers and advertisers. Due to various, mainly private circumstances I currently find myself not in a position to finish the announced special edition of LA PLAYA. I could probably do it until February, which does not make much sense,
because then the season nearly will have come to its end. But at least an important part of the plan becomes a reality today. In this issue, the “Yellow Pages” are placed in the middle of the magazine. It is just eight pages, but
could be probably at least twice as much easily. Unfortunately - as fore-seen - once again there was the usual local sluggishness. Oddly, some companies seem to have no particular interest to publish their address and telephone number, even if they get it for free as from LA PLAYA. I hope that at least the readers are pleased with this service of LA PLAYA, and maybe in the next 300 days, a few companies will sign up to be published in the next issue of the yellow pages in one year. LA PLAYA has printed all the advertisers and sponsors of the magazine in bold letters and high-lighted them in yellow, and invites the readers to take into account these friendly companies when they go dining or shopping the next time. And please don't forget to tell them, you saw it in LA PLAYA! At the end, once again, I want to give my special thanks to the many advertisers who make LA PLAYA possible. And especially to those who did not let down LA PLAYA in the summer - during the “bad time”. Werner Rümmele, editor
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Calle 13
Elvis Crespo
Recording in Palestine
Scandal five Years ago
Tito Nieves Album honors Mother The new video of the Puerto Rican band Calle 13 - owner of 19 Latin Grammys and double Grammy winner - was shot in Palestine, in cooperation with the Israeli singer Kamilya Shubran and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “Multi Viral” criticizes the media manipulation, and praises citizens' movements that currently take place in many parts of the world. Calle 13 singer René González aka Residente said that they started to write the video in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, along with Assange. “He's perfect, a modern icon, facilitating to hit in the media and become known to the people via the Internet,” said Residente. In Beit Sahour, a Christian neighbor village of Bethlehem in Palestine, Resident said: “We wanted to use a song that connects the the whole world, use the voice of the people to write.” There was a worldwide collective malaise today, similar to the seventies, said González. The video has been inspired by citizens' movements such as 15-M, Occupy Wall Street or the Mexican movement Yo Soy 132. One part of the video is based on the work of the Colombian artist César López, who has a project in which he forges weapons to musical instruments.
Puerto Rican Salsa star Tito Nieves dedicated his new album “Mis mejores recuerdos” to his mother, who died in August, when he was on tour in Peru. The 55- yearold said, most of the songs reminded him of his childhood in New York, “the best time” of his life, protected by his parents and without the worries of an adult. Tito Nieves, who looks back on a 30-year music career, calls his parents his idols. “I have always admired their values, the good and the evil. I am very proud of these two 'Jibaritos' (pet name for Puerto Ricans) who gave me life.”
Five years after the incident, Elvis Crespo spoke for the first time about the scandal he caused when he masturbated in front of a female passenger in the first class of an airplane who then reported him. “Yes, I was drunk. That was one of the moments when I touched the ground,” the Puerto Rican said in an interview. “What has happened this summer (in the restaurant Made in Puerto Rico, read LA PLAYA 101), is not to be compared with the incident on the airplane. The incident on the plane was totally tough and shameful.” In the program “Al Rojo Vivo”, Merengue star Elvis Crespo (“Suavemente”), said how hard it was to explain to his current wife Maribel Vega, whom he married a just few days earlier. And how difficult it was to lie to his family: “I have suffered a lot. We are talking about that I was married with Maribel for only five days.”
What is this Guy singing? “La rumba buena” by Kenny Williams The Colombian newcomer Kenny Williams describes what happened to him after a night of party. Happy New Year! Ayer la cogí tan larga que hasta mi nombre se me olvidó. Y cuando abrieron mis ojos en cama ajena me salió el sol. Estaba desorientado mientras buscaba mi pantalón, pero me quedé acostado mirando un bello girasol. Amiga, ¡cómo se llama? ¿Qué fue lo que aquí pasó? Ella me dijo, parcero, solo me acuerdo de esta canción: La rumba buena la que yo te traigo, la rumba buena la que tengo yo, la rumba buena pa olvidar las penas, esto no acaba sino que empezó. No hago mas que levantarme ya estoy pensando ¿pa donde voy? Tengo una resaca y media todavía me sabe la boca a alcohol. Pasito a pasito vivo, sin mucha prisa y complicación. Siempre y cuando viva bueno, viva la música, viva el son. Amiga, dígame algo, ¿en dónde la he visto yo? Me dijo, olvídese de eso, venga y bailemos esta canción: La rumba buena la que yo te traigo, la rumba buena la que tengo yo, la rumba buena pa olvidar las penas esto no acaba sino que empezó. Ya no recuerdo que pasó ni como fue. Si llegué en bicicleta, patines o camioneta o quien sabe tal vez llegué a pie. Solo Dios sabe de que mal yo me libré. Ni siquiera me acuerdo como fue que llegué pero vuelvo a borrar el cassette. La rumba buena la que yo te traigo, la rumba buena la que tengo yo, la rumba buena pa olvidar las penas esto no acaba sino que empezó.
Yesterday I took it so long that I even forgot my name. And when my eyes opened, the sun came out in a strange bed. I was disoriented while looking for my pants, but I stayed lying looking a beautiful sunflower. Friend, what's your name? What happened here? She told me, my friend , I remember only this song: The good rumba which I bring to you, the good rumba the one I have, the good rumba to forget the pains, it did not end, it just started. I do nothing else but getting up and I'm thinking where do I go to? I have a hangover and a half my mouth still tastes of alcohol. Step by step I get alive, without much hurry and without complication. As long as you live well, live the music, live the Son. Friend, tell me something, Where would I have seen you? She said, forget it, come and let's dance this song: The good rumba which I bring to you, the good rumba the one I have, the good rumba to forget the pains, it did not end, it just started. I don't remember neither what happened nor how it was. If I arrived on bike, skates or van or who knows, maybe I arrived on foot. God only knows of which evil I liberated myself. I don't even remember how I arrived, but I repeat to erase the cassette. The good rumba which I bring to you, the good rumba the one I have, the good rumba to forget the pains, it did not end, it just started.
Kenny Williams Espriella Gaviria, shortly Kenny Williams, was born 24 years ago in Cartagena, Colombia. His first album in 2012 contained the smash hit “La rumba buena”, which was at the top of the charts for months in many Latin American countries. More than 50 Colombian models performed in the video clip. Kenny Williams says the song is based on own experiences. He was a music student of the Conservatory of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and is a percussionist and drummer. His goal is to produce music of quality and to give a good name to Colombians in the world as an artist. Kenny Williams' producer is the Puerto Rican Master Chris, a very successful publisher of Salsa, Reggaeton, Bachata and Tropi-Pop, which would classify this song best. Last summer, Kenny Williams sang at the Colombian Festival in Miami and also performed in the Dominican tourism complex Cap Cana. “Now there will start a lot of traveling and a lot of loneliness.” Kenny said at that time that he had no girlfriend.
Spooky
X-Sudoku
Size does matter
A couple is playing golf. To their horror, one of their golf balls is flying straight through a window, which shatters into many small fragments. The couple, aware of the damage immediately, goes into the house to notify the owners. Both are calling the owners, but there is no answer. So they go into the room with the broken window and see a broken vase on the floor, next to a man with a turban on his head. “Are you the owner of the house?”, asks the husband. “No, I was locked up in this vase for a thousand years, but somebody had this golf ball shot through the window, it knocked over the vase and now I 'm free!”, responds the spirit. The husband, clever, immediately asks: “Oh, then you are a genie?” “Correct. I will fulfill two wishes for you. But because I am so stingy, I keep the third wish for myself!” “Fantastic”, says the husband, thinks and says, “Great! So, I want an annual income of one million dollars, tax-free!” “No problem. Your second wish?” “Oh ... always good food!” “May it be. Now my request: I haven't seen and much less touched a female being for the last thousand years. Please let me go to bed with your wife!” The couple accepted, and shortly thereafter the wife and the spirit are doing their thing, while the husband plays golf again. “How old is your husband?”, asks the spirit then. “31”, replies the woman. “And he still believes in genies?”
Each row, column and square has to contain the numbers from 1 to 9. X-Sudoku must show these numbers also on the two diagonal lines. Solutions on page 24.
A woman asks the sex therapist, “Isn't there some way to judge the size of a mans equipment from the outside?” “The only foolproof way, is by the size of his feet”, says the therapist. Later, the woman goes to downtown where she came across a young man with the biggest feet she ever saw. She invites him for dinner, wined and dined him, and takes him to a hotel to spend a hot night with him. When the man woke up the next morning, the woman had already gone but, by the bedside table was a 20 dollar bill and a note that read, “With my compliments, take this money and go out and buy a pair of shoes that fit you.”
Mafalda
Sudoku No. 219 (easy)
Sudoku No. 220
One day, a horse and a rabbit go to the nearby bog. The horse is sinking in the swamp up to his neck and is unable to free himself alone. The hare wants to save his friend, but is much too weak. So he runs back to the farm to call the farmer for help, but can not find him. In his distress he steals the car keys to the farmer's BMW 5 Series, drives to the bog, parks next to the sump hole in which the horse is waiting, tows the rope around the horse's neck and so saves his friend. The horse promises the hare to help him in a suitable occasion, too. Soon after, the rabbit falls into a deep puddle of water and can't get out of it. The horse is much too big for the BMW. So it returns to the water puddle, stands over it and lets grow all his manhood, until the hare can grab it, and pulls him out of the water. The moral: If you have a big enough organ, you do not need a BMW to pull a bunny on land.
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The Page of Health
Dengue Epidemic Already 110 Dead until End of November / Vaccination against HPV for Girls in 2014 The prediction of the Dominican Medical College (CMD), that there would be 100 dengue victims by the end of the year, has already surpassed the number end of November with 110 dead. A total of 15,521 cases were registered, with 81 percent in the past month in only eleven provinces: Santo Domingo and the National District, Santiago, Espaillat, Puerto Plata, La Vega, San Cristóbal, San Juan, Duarte, Valverde and Monseñor Nouel. Compared to last year, the number of dengue cases increased
significantly. So 62 people died in 2012 until the same date and 8,637 cases of dengue were reported, then. Throughout the year, there was a steady increase in this fever disease which is transmitted by the so called tiger mosquito (Aedes aegypti), which lays its eggs in clean water, and every week deaths were reported, mostly of children. Thus, in 2013 dengue became the main public health problem in terms of epidemics. But not only in the Dominican Republic dengue is a cause for concern. In several countries of Latin America, notably in Paraguay, Colombia, Costa Rica and Brazil, the numbers grew this year. So the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO, Spanish: OPS) reported 32,000 cases of the dangerous hemorrhagic dengue until 15 of November. Paraguay reports the worst dengue epidemic in its history with 242 dead so far, three times more than in the previous year. Also Costa Rica reports the most dengue cases in its history, although with only one dead, the first since 2010.
The Dominican Ministry of Health announced the vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV) of girls aged from nine to ten years for 2014. “We hope that we will have 300,000 doses of vaccine against HPV in the second third of the year, which is the wish of Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo, which is why this vaccination has been included in the budget of the Ministry of Health for the coming year,” said Dr. Zacarias Garib, director of the advanced immunization program (PAI). The vaccination will be carried out in the schools. In addition, the ministry was developing strategies to reach also the girls who did not participate in classes for various reasons.
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Beachfront lot For Sale 2,835 sq.m, almost 3/4 acre, sandy beach, coco trees. Las Canas, Financing available. Deslinde, US$155,000 Please call 809-383-8279
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Small finca, to sell for health reasons. 10,000 sqm with fruit trees (100 trees), beautiful house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 studios, pool 8 x 4 m, cistern 80,000 liters, electric plant, Inverter, pavilion with seating, water + electricity 24 hrs, title unencumbered, 225,000 US$. info@rialtogroup.net, Phone 809-8568087, 809-651-1816 or 809-7124321 Plot 3,000 sqm (or two x 1,500 sqm) for 31 US$ per sqm, price negotiable, in one of the top locations between Sosúa and Cabarete, with well working security. Fees for roads and lighting, dumping and security for knockdown price 100 Euros/ monthly. Deslinded land. Serious requests only. juewalt@hotmail.de House with 3 apartments, good investment, quiet location in Puerto Plata, to sell for health reasons. later extension to 6 units possible. 55,000 euros, info@rialto group.net, Phone 809-856-8087, 809-651-1816 oder 809-712-4321 3 bungalows, 1 small House, small restaurant with bar and kitchen, laundry and separate building in a tropical garden with 2,000 sqm, as well as 1,000 square meters of building. Deslinde available. Near Cabarete, VB US$ 149,000.00. Phone 809-877-1900
Land in Villas Cofresí, Puerto Plata, to sell for health reasons. 926 sqm, in a quiet location, load-free title, US$25,000. info@rialtogroup.net, Phone 809-856-8087, 809-651-1816 or 809-712-4321
Very beautiful Bungalows in Sosúa (Built in 2012, in top condition) From 40 to 80 sq.m. Compl. furnished! In a beautiful gated community under Swiss management. 2 minutes to drive to the center. 24 h electricity and clean water. TV with all international stations, CD, DVD, Radio, WiFi High Speed Internet. Washing machine, BBQ. Big pool, poolbar, 5 m wide waterfall in a dreamlike palmgarden. Closed and gated parking and stand for motorcycles. Weekly rent from 259 US$ incl. AC Monthly rent from 465 US$ incl. AC Purchase of a bungalow is possible. Price from US$ 59,000, US$ 215 AC Tel. 829-802-8686 or 809-801-8660 Beautiful new apartments in Vista del Caribe, Encuentro Beach, Cabarete, Ocean View, 1 and 2 furnished bedrooms, swimming pool, laundry, BBQ area, parking, 24 h electricity. From US$500 to US$800. Phone 829-286-7161
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Long and Short Term - Rentals - of readyfordr.com – bestsosuareal estate.com Re#015 a349 Large Furnished 1 BR, 1.5 Bath Apartment, Close to Beach, 78 sq.m, US$500/month, athumeyer @gmail.com – 809-462-8140. Re#48 Spacious 1 BR, 1 BA Apartment, Sosua, 83 m2, furnished, 2nd floor, US$525/month – athu meyer@gmail.com - 809-462-8140 Re#102 1 BR/1 BA Apartment, Cabarete Center, furnished, 50 sq.m/538 sq.ft., 2nd floor, US$600/month, athumeyer@gmail .com - 809-462-8140. Sudio for long term rental, Sosúa, RD$ 11,000. Call 809-571-2546 Apartment with 2 rooms, in La Mulata 2, for quiet tenants, bath and shower, 60 sq.m., incl. use of garden and pool, US$400 all incl. Call 829689-1712 (after 7 p.m.) Studio with aircon, private entrance, pool. Caribe Campo, next to the Palms US$150 per week. Monthly negotiable. Call David 829-8501709 Central Sosúa Apartments for rent. Clean, quiet, 1 bedroom and studio, balcony. From 10,000 RD$. Tel. 809303-3900
Spanish woman is looking for a job in hotel or tourism, trade, real estate or home supervision. Speak German, Spanish, English, French. Mujer española busca trabajo en hostelería, turismo, comercio, atecion al público, inmobiliaria, aviación . Hablo español, alemán, inglés y francés. También estoy interesada en cuidar y mantener casas o villas. Tel. 849-2055128. mail: chifeta@yahoo.es
Wanted, Puerto Plata. 2 used adult bicycles in good condition. One speed is sufficient. Henry 829-4556110
Shop to rent, Main road Sosúa – Cabarete, at Cerámica Sosúa. Further infos: 809-571-2546
OFFICE SHARING LA PLAYA offers to share its office in Sosúa. Very good location - close to Playero Supermarket and Pedro Clisante Street - at Beach Way Plaza, beside Check Point Bar. For further information, please come to the office or call 829373-1218
Minolta AF 7000, SLR Camera for films, tele 70-210 and 28-70 and flash Minolta AF 2800, camera bag, little used, all together RD$ 5,000, to get in the LA PLAYA Office, Phone 829373-1218 Dishes like new, see below www.ritzenhoff-breker.de, model: Via melody, dinner plates, soup plates, coffee service, coffee & milk jugs, various bowls, pepper and salt shaker for 12-15 pers. and cutlery, Cabarete, Phone 809-877-1900 Books - Spiritual - Buddhist psychological questions about life, love, happiness, etc. and novels, Cabarete, Phone 809-877-1900
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Horseriding items - Dr. saddles, bridles, bits, books, Girths, Whips, Lunging, various auxiliary reins and bridle, etc. Cabarete, Phone 809-8771900
BITCOIN in DR for interesting new possibilities around the virtual currency BITCOIN, please send me an email: pbaques@gmail.com AKAI tape machine w. large coil, and many audiotapes. Price: RD$ 32,000. Phone 809-438-4283, speak only German All kind of translation SpanishGerman-English-French. All official documents sealed and with legal certification. Rialto Group, Puerto Plata, just opposite the Palace of Justice. Tel: 809-261-8786, email: info@rialtogroup.net
Sony VAIO Mini-Laptop (New / Pink color) (10.1”, 1.83GHz, 250GB-HD, 1GB-RAM). Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44@hotmail.com Video Game Systems: “Nintendo Wii”/ “XBOX 360 Pro (60GB)” (both New with extra Games & Accessories). Video Camera: (New) “Sony” HD Handycam (HDRCX350V) & “Sony” Accessories (Underwater Cases, Shooting GripTripod, Video Lights, Zoom Microphones, Extra Batteries). Please call 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44@ hotmail.com
FOR RENT Ford Explorer XLT, SUV 2,000 RD$/day, 11,000 RD$/week 36,000 RD$/month Rialto Group S.R.L., Puerto Plata Avd. Luis Ginebra 57 Tel: 809-261-8786, 829-369-1771 Email: info@rialtogroup.net
IMPRESSUM Editora LA PLAYA Director: Werner Rümmele, Phone: 829-373-1218 RNC 5-31-87397-3
5.000 copies: English 2.500 / German 2.500
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LA PLAYA office in Sosúa at the Beach Way Plaza between PJ's and Western Union, not far from Playero Open: Mon. - Fri. 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
PLACE YOUR ADS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE (8 JANUARY 2014) UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2013 Honda Enduro, 215cc, 1 year old, 1,440 km, like new, with Matricula, top case and 2 helmets. Price: RD$ 88,000, Phone 809-438-4283, speak only German
Birds for sale by breeder: Budgies, cockatiels, lovebirds, finchen and more. Contact Andrea: 809-4628140 or bummi47@yahoo.com
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A Brand new 2 bedroom 1 bath house with swimming pool. 120 sq.m. bulding on a lot of 600 sq.m. In Sosúa, very nicely located next to schools and church, just minutes away from everything. US$ 149,000, with 35% down the owner with finance, then US$ 711 monthly. More informations at 809-571-2406 .
Condos from 1 to 3 bedrooms in a first class, gated community close to the beach near Sosúa for sale and rent. Spectacular oceanview from the terrace on the roof of the building. Prices from US$ 99,000, rent from US$ 795/month or US$ 595/week. All apartments are furnished. Ask for further infos at 809-571-2406.
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