2008 – Page 178

President Leonel Fernandez will travel to Margarita, Venezuela on Saturday, 12 July to attend the V Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement. Fernandez will meet with the heads of state of other 15 members of the group of Caribbean nations that benefit from the agreement. A source in the Presidential Palace told Hoy reporter Diego Pesquiera …

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After accepting the resignation of eight members and firing the ninth, the Dominican Senate requested that President Leonel Fernandez submit a new list of names for filling the posts on the Chamber of Accounts. Only lawyer Alcides Benjamin Decena Lugo stayed around for the final day of the hearings, and he was fired. Previously, the …

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More than 10,000 students have passed through the government’s English Immersion Program offered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology over the past four years. The government hopes to graduate 40,000 over the next four years of the program, averaging 10,000 per year. Program director Mirtha Lora, told the Listin Diario that the …

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Environment Minister Omar Ramirez has admitted that his ministry “poorly handled” the case of the MC Trinidad, the cargo vessel that docked at Barahona and tried to offload toxic waste. The minister, Omar Ramirez Tejada, told Diario Libre reporter Wanda Peralta that the director of Environmental Quality, Felipe Ditren and the director of Environmental Protection, …

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The Chief of the National Police, Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, says his department will not cede one inch in its mission to fight crime. The words from the chief sent this message to the members of the Police and the families of policemen who have been killed in the fight against crime. Guzman Fermin said …

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The Autonomous Syndicate of Petroleum Transport Drivers announced the aviation sector would be excluded from their ongoing conflict with Chevron-Texaco. They guaranteed the supply of fuel for the nation’s airports. The decision came after a meeting with Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, Labor Minister Ramon Fadul and Chief of the Police Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin at …

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The American Chamber of Commerce in Santo Domingo (AmCham) has called for a settlement to the dispute between the trucking syndicate that controls the flow of petroleum products from the refinery and the Chevron-Texaco Company. AmCham appealed to the government to take prompt and appropriate actions in the case so the blockade set up by …

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The nation’s business leaders, under the guidance of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP), is urging the government to meet with economic sectors and reach an agreement on the measures that need to be adopted in to avoid an economic collapse. Also part of the agenda for the CONEP is the need to discuss …

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The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) announced that the time has come for concrete measures to come from the government and not just words. Piantini commented on recent meetings of the President with his advisors. ANJE called again for cuts in “unnecessary government spending.” Pablo Piantini took part in the Listin Diario Breakfast where …

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