2007 – Page 79

Eighty years ago the Dominican economy had to make a drastic change from an economy based on the production of sugar to an economy based on services, with free trade zones and tourism providing the most jobs. Now economist Pavel Isa feels that once again the Dominican economy must make changes or face a crisis …

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Jose Ramon Fadul, President of the National Social Security Council said that he is preparing a document that will focus on the weaknesses in the current health care insurance plan, the SFS, and also said that he has information that the health risk administrators (ARS) are including the names of dead persons as affiliates in …

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The DR, through Vice President Rafael Alburquerque will continue to support the right of Taiwan to be a member of international organizations. Alburquerque, who is in Tapei, said that 20 million people can’t be isolated from international bodies. Alburquerque, speaking in Hoy, added the need to continue strengthening ties with the Asian country, with which …

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The Specialized Frontier Security Corps (CESFRONT) is receiving new complaints from businesspersons in the border region where the corps is working. Businesspersons say that because of new and stricter rules enforced by Cesfront many Haitians that they say have the proper identification are being deported back to Haiti. Diario Libre writes that many Haitians, who …

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More that 60 deputies from various political parties have introduced a bill that seeks to provide equal treatment under the law for all religions that are not currently covered by a special law or international agreement. Deputy Carlos Pena drafted the bill that contemplates the creation of the National Religion Associations Registry for major and …

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The Sun Land Corporation, in a press released directed towards the director of the Diario Libre, Adriano Miguel Tejada, answered some of the questions posed by that newspaper, though it was unable to provide definite answers (full disclosure) as to the dealings with the government. In the press release, Sun Land states that the promissory …

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The illicit business of stealing metals and selling them for profit has reached new lows according to the Diario Libre. Yesterday Juan Aneudy Duran Baez, 35, was shot in the back and legs after he was caught trying to steal boxes of bronze zippers from the Notion factory at the free trade park in Santiago. …

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Chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet says that the possibility exists that more than three persons died earlier in the week as they tried to illegally enter Puerto Rico on small makeshift boats. Ventura says that three women were identified dead, but he is almost certain that more people died. He …

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The National Energy Commission (CNE) handed in the next National Contingency Energy Plan to President Leonel Fernandez. The President will study the plan to see if it can be implemented. Readers will remember a Presidential decree of September 2005 that issued a long list of things that would have been done to reduce the nation’s …

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Interior and of the Police Minister Franklin Almeyda has announced that there are 15,000 police men and women working for high-ranking government officials or in the private sector, as reported in Hoy. He emphasized that this was just the number of cops that should be patrolling the nation’s streets to prevent crime. According to the …

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