2003 – Page 281

Major General Jaime Marte Martinez, chief of the National Police, sent a memorandum to all department and regional heads yesterday, instructing the police to act at once and without hesitation in cases involving threats or domestic violence. Violent husbands or lovers killed more than 100 women last year. So far this year, at least seven …

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Jacinto Peynado told El Caribe newspaper that the PRSC is but a hinge of the PRD, the ruling political party. He said that the decision to allow Dominican Municipal League (LMD) secretary general Amable Aristy Castro to be the PRSC candidate to the post again is a clear indication of the close ties of PRSC …

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Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, who is also the country?s Minister of Education, swore in a first team that will work for the party to choose her in the presidential primaries that should be held this year. The PRD has not set a date for their primaries, but several candidates have already announced they would …

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Carlos Manuel Alvarez, president of the Santiago Association of Free Zones told El Caribe that it may be a good time to turn the entire Dominican Republic into a duty free export zone. By doing so, the country would get a head start versus Central America that has green light for talks towards a free …

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The president of a leading retailers association, FECODERD, has requested that the monetary authorities hold off on the retirement of marked paper money. Gilberto Luna, spokesman for the FECODERD, told reporters that most Dominicans do not realize that there is a limit on the usage of money that has been defaced or marked. The major …

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has just released their latest study on nutrition and food supply. According to the study, 26 percent of the Dominican population is undernourished and a substantial number suffer from serious nutritional deficiencies. Nonetheless, the FAO warns that these numbers might be even higher. The Dominican …

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Dr. Douglas Bournigal will begin a 40-hour flight from Brazil to the United States to transport airplanes purchased by the United States from XIMANGO aircraft in Brazil. Bournigal a noted cardiologist, is a licensed commercial pilot and has over 400 hours in the Ximango aircraft. This is a first for Dominican aviation. These military aircraft …

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Jose Guillen smashed a 3-run homerun in the bottom of the 8th inning to give Escogido (9-8) a critical victory as the round robin portion of the baseball tourney comes to a close. Octavio Dotel recorded the final 3 outs to close out the important victory and record his second save. Estrellas (7-9) will have …

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DR1 will not publish a news update tomorrow, Tuesday, 21 January, in observance of the national holiday commemorating the Lady of High Grace (Virgen de la Altagracia), patron saint of the Dominican Republic. Thousands of Dominicans make the yearly pilgrimage to the Higuey Basilica, about half an hour from Punta Cana, and three hours from …

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President Hipolito Mejia has appointed Luis Ernesto Camilo, head of the passport agency, to director of the Postal Department (Inposdom). Governmental postal office service was consistently heralded as a beacon of efficiency during the final years of the Balaguer administration and during the subsequent Fernandez government as well. Since the inception of the Mejia government, …

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