2008 – Page 50

Interior and Police Minister Franklyn Almeyda has told Listin Diario that a nationwide foreigner registration program would be implemented starting in the first quarter of next year. Foreigners will be issued biometric identity documents. He said the registration program could take a year. He said the plan also involves carrying out a census to determine …

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Haiti has turned down official humanitarian aid offered by the DR, according to Hoy, although no reason was given for this rejection. The Dominican government had offered medical assistance as well as medical equipment, including two ambulances. The humanitarian aid was offered after a three-story school in Petionville on the outskirts of Port au Prince …

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The election of President Elect Barack Obama could mark the start of a new international relations strategy for the United States, with many observers mentioning that the new Commander-in-Chief could return Guantanamo Bay to Cuban authority and lift the US embargo on the Caribbean nation. According to IMF economist Rafael Romeu, this could have seismic …

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Jose Tomas Perez, director of the Dominican Civil Aeronautic Institute, says that a proposal to allow the Armed Forces to shoot down unauthorized airplanes or boats found in Dominican airspace and waters would be equivalent of a license to kill. He added it would also violate constitutional law. He added that the bill needed to …

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There are currently 16,741 prisoners in the Dominican penitentiary system, housed in 37 jails. Hoy writes that of those in prison 30% are there on drug related charges. Only 600 of those jailed are women, accounting for less than 4% of the jail population. Foreigners make up 1,072 of the prison population, mainly for being …

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Caribair president Rafael Rosado has distanced his company from any drug trafficking activities. As reported in Listin Diario on Sunday, 9 November, Rosado said that pilot Antonio Maria Melo, who he claimed was a Police lieutenant, is not a fugitive from justice as reported earlier. He said that the pilot had been booked to fly …

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Dr. Andres Nunez Tejada has been named “Professional of the Year,” by the Dominican Professionals Association of Cataluna. Nunez received the award during a ceremony in Barcelona. Listin Diario reports that Nunez, who has worked in Barcelona for over 40 years, received the award with tears in his eyes.

The Aguilas are closely resembling their old selves after taking another victory last night against the Gigantes, 10-5. It’s the eighth game in which they have scored ten or more runs and are finally hitting that early season groove. In last night’s other game the Toros easily took care of the Estrellas, with a final …

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