2007 – Page 98

Officials have informed that Captain Anderson Antonio Rojas Agramonte and Corporal Wilkinson Novas Diaz from the Marine Corps will be charged in connection with the attempted assassination plot against Major Joran Jose Baez Fernandez and Colonel Juan Francisco Tejada Genao. Diario Libre writes that Baez has detected large drug and contraband shipments over the last …

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One of the two students who were hit by a bus on Wednesday at the UASD campus is still in a coma, according to Hoy. Awilda Cuevas, 19 years old, was run over by a bus on Wednesday and was immediately taken to the Dario Contreras Hospital. The young woman received severe head trauma which …

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Diario Libre writes about six Dominicans who have been selected for judicial posts in New York City’s 72nd District. The elections were held on 17 September 2007. Ruben Dario Vargas, Ricardo Urena, Marina Torres, Diogenes Perdomo and Evelyn Linares have all been selected for posts. Also elected to posts in NY were Sosa A. Jimenez, …

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President Leonel Fernandez is in New York City today. On his agenda is attending the opening of the Dominican Ministry of Industry & Commerce office in NY and meeting with Dominicans studying on government-sponsored university scholarships in NYC. Fernandez will also meet with representatives from the Global Democracy and Development Foundation at City College and …

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President Leonel Fernandez is once again pushing for constitutional reform saying that this would eliminate the deficiencies that have held back Dominican society. Fernandez made this statement during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Fernandez explains that a reform will take aspects that support social equality …

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A resolution passed by the National Social Security Council on 30 August, allows the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) to continue giving services to workers who are part of any other ARS (private health insurance provider). According to the resolution it doesn’t matter if the worker is in construction, agriculture, or works at the port. …

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The PRD political party is accusing President Leonel Fernandez of signing promissory notes for US$130 million, without Congressional authorization and in violation of the Constitution. PRD President Ramon Alburquerque and Secretary General Orlando Jorge Mera said that Fernandez took on the foreign debt behind the Dominican public’s back. The PRD claims that on 12 May …

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The DR could lose its organic banana market if the government goes ahead and installs coal-fired power generators near the Port of Manzanillo, which is close to major banana plantations. Banana exports valued at US$54.26 million a year are at risk. Senator Radhames Pena (PLD-Valverde) warned that European importers have already notified that the dust …

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Latin American energy and security policy expert Johanna Mendelson-Forman is in the DR to promote the expanding use of renewable energies. The DR is one of four countries (the others are Haiti, St. Kitts-Nevis and El Salvador) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Partnership outreach program. Her visit is sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank, the …

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Dominican Ambassador Jorge Luis Perez Alvarado says that Dominican exports to Russia are increasing. Dominicans are selling more cacao liquor, jams, cigars, rums, salamis, sausages, and a variety of products from free trade zones like pants, shirts, hats, shoes, sneakers, baby overalls, polo shirts. The ambassador explained that there is also the interest from Dominican …

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