2008 – Page 355

The Central Electoral Board has announced that it would save the money needed to hold the second round of voting, in case it is needed, by cutting expenses. In the DR, if a candidate does not reach 50%+1 vote, a second round vote needs to be held. Judge Roberto Rosario of the Administrative Chamber told …

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The Ministry of Hacienda is dealing with a major fraud case, which according to the Office for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (DPCA), totals RD$230 million pesos. According to the documents offered to support the case, and which were seen by Listin Diario, between January 2005 and December 2006, RD$58.1 million was collected by people …

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Major newspapers today published a 52-item paid advertisement with a list of corruption scandals regarding departments and officers of the Fernandez administration covered in the press over the past three years. The advertiser, the National Front Against Reelection (Frenacore) says these add up to RD$205 billion in corruption. The top 15 items on the list …

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As soon as the Chamber of Deputies passed the 2008 budget bill, cries of ‘foul’ started to circulate along the halls of Congress. After the initial exchange of insults between Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin and Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez (both members of the ruling PLD party), PPC deputy Radhames Castro continued …

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The former regional director of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects (Codia), Ervin Vargas, has assembled a private commission to look at the situation created by the massive release of water from the floodgates of the Tavera Dam last month. On 12 December, the dam released a huge amount of water and flooded out …

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In the community of El Duey, one of the areas worst affected by the floods caused by Tropical Storm Noel, Ana Dilia Rodriguez told reporter Adonis Santiago Diaz that there had been a lot of promises but that none have been fulfilled to date. Melengenciano de Leon told the reporter that the 230 families in …

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The Port of Haina is being privatized. The Haina International Terminal will take over operations of the container port. According to Port Authority director Jose Sanz Jiminian, the leasers of the port have begun work on the infrastructure and aim to rebuild both sides of the port completely. The HIT project includes a container port, …

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