2008 – Page 47

The Ministers of Public Health and of the Interior and the Police met with the president of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday and asked for his support to a bill that would, once and for all, ban the use of fireworks by private citizens. Bautista Rojas Gomez and Franklin Almeyda Rancier urged the approval of …

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Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda announced the lifting of the ban on sales of alcoholic beverages in time for the Xmas season. This would be from 22 December through 1 January. At present, sales of alcoholic beverages at city establishments outside of hotels is restricted to midnight from Sunday to Thursday and to 2am …

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The Contentious Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) accepted the suit for an annulment of the assembly that the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) has called for next 23 November in an attempt to renew its board of directors. The suit was submitted by a group of PRSC leaders who claim that the call …

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The Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Radhames Jimenez Pena, said that he feels that a clean up of the Armed Forces and the National Police was needed. “But supervision mechanisms must be strengthened first, because, if you notice that in this case (Paya) they are all members of the same institution.” The AG was …

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Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena has revealed that so far this year over 160 women have been killed compared to 128 for the same period last year. The official highlighted the issue of gender violence as he announced a march against this crime set for 19 November. As he looked back, the Attorney General said …

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The officers investigating the shooting of Major Paula Mercedes are looking at several possible motives for her murder, including vengeance for a case that the police officer was investigating. The Chief of Police, Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, said yesterday that so far no one has been detained in the case, which has shaken up the …

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Defending champions the Aguilas Cibaenas returned to first place in the local tournament last night, defeating the Tigres del Licey 11-5 by getting 18 hits, led by Michael Bourn who hit a triple, double and two singles and Luis Polonia who got three hits. The Aguilas are now at 14-9 and in first place. In …

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Heads of state from Central America will be meeting at Casa de Campo on 22 and 23 November to discuss potential solutions to the international financial crisis during the “Emerging Financial Global Order: A Regional Perspective” conference. As well as heads of state from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama the event …

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Four years after the treaty went into effect, Costa Rican legislators have approved their country’s entry into the Central America, Dominican Republic and United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), effective 1 January 2009. Costa Rica signed the agreement in 2004 along with El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and the DR, but congressional approval had not been …

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A Vietnamese company has shown interest in installing a solar panel energy generation system in the DR. Listin Diario says Vietnamese businesspeople would also be willing to donate a kilometer’s worth of light bulbs required for the system as part of a pilot street lighting program. The bulbs would be installed on one of the …

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