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2007 – Page 146

2007News

Local stores remove toys

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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El Mundo del Juguete, Jugueton and La Isla stores have told Listin Diario that they would remove any Mattel and Fisher-Price toys that could be on the list of toys manufactured in China with paint containing lead. Jose Fragoso of Jugueton told the newspaper that they have returned a shipment of the toys. He said …

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2007News

Armed Forces unit for copper theft

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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The director of Armed Forces intelligence, Valentin Jaquez told reporters that a special commando unit has been formed to monitor the country’s ports for the export of stolen metal, especially stolen electric cables. The J-2 for the Armed Forces said that the unit, which will be led by an army general, would be responsible for …

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2007News

Alex is youngest to hit 500 HR

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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Alex Rodriguez has become the youngest baseball player in history to hit 500 homeruns. Rodriguez hit the first pitch by Kyle Davies of the Kansas City Royals into the left field seats and became part of an exclusive, just 22-member group of players who have hit 500 homeruns. Rodriguez was 32 years and eight days …

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2007News

They learned the hard way

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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The article says “Protest in front of National Theater”, but the reader soon learns the real story. The fifty or so people demonstrating outside the theater were protesting because they arrived late, just a few minutes late, for the 8:30 performance by Alberto Cortez and Pablo Milanes. El Caribe says that they arrived between three …

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2007News

Fernandez inaugurates works

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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President Leonel Fernandez was in the north-central Cibao region all day yesterday inaugurating 16 public works projects – highways, plant nurseries, schools, rural roads, housing projects and a youth center – built by the government at a total cost of RD$400 million. During a speech in the northeastern city of Salcedo, the President said that …

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2007News

Fernandez supports Subero

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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Last night President Leonel Fernandez said that in the last ten years the DR has gone from a judicial system where defendants could buy favorable sentences to a justice system that is reliable, honorable and honest. Fernandez says that the country is perceived as serious and trustworthy with institutions that are credible due to the …

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2007News

Ministry of Foreign Relations cuts fees

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has announced that it is reducing taxes on the legalization of documents by 20%. The Deputy Minister in charge of Migration and Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos said that each legalization would now cost RD$620. This reduction in fees is the result of the enactment of Law 173-07 …

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2007News

No surprise: Deputies approve changes

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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With a vote of 87 to 13, and 9 abstentions, the Chamber of Deputies has approved the modifications to Social Security Law 87-01. Diario Libre writes that a letter from the business sector was not taken into consideration during the process. Deputies also disregarded a PRSC proposal recommending other changes. In making its decision, the …

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2007News

Sichuan credit approved

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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The Chamber of Deputies also approved a letter of credit for a value of US$30 million, which will be used to guarantee the contract for the construction of two coal-powered plants by the Sichuan power company. Diario Libre writes that a US$90 million fund has been created, equivalent to three months payment of energy supplied …

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2007News

Late birth declarations on the rise

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onAug 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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The number of late birth declarations being reported by the National District Late Registrations Department increased by 235% in July, compared to June. In July alone the office received 1,370 applications for late registration. This is 786 more than July 2006. National District Attorney General Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero has increased staff numbers in order …

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