2008 – Page 64

The proposal to reform the Constitution sent to Congress by President Leonel Fernandez will be modified to include recommendations from the Supreme Court and civil society. Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin, who is also vice-president of the special joint commission studying the President’s proposals, made this announcement. He also said that some other …

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During an extraordinary session the Senate approved the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Cariforum states and the European Union that will permit the Dominican Republic to freely export farm products and professional and artistic services to the European market. The document was freed of any bureaucracy and approved during the special session because it …

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The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarena), together with the National Environmental Protection Service (Senpa), has dismantled the processing equipment for sand and gravel extraction in the Nizao River belonging to the Monbraca Company. According to a ministry press release, the business had been notified that it had to stop working the material taken …

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TECDO 2008, which came to a close on Sunday evening, brought together representatives from several countries and 145 national companies in the telecommunications, technology sales and technological solutions fields. Although yesterday at noon the organizers had not finished tallying the number of people who attended, they are sure that thousands had visited the fair, held …

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Over the last three and a half years, the national debt has grown by 23.75%, going from US$7.377 billion in 2004 to US$9.129 billion in June 2008, an increase of US$1.752 billion. According to data obtained by El Caribe from the Ministry of Hacienda website, the total amount of US$9.129 billion is divided between external …

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The government will operate the Santo Domingo Metro, excluding the possibility of any concessions being signed with the private sector for the time being. The news was revealed to Hoy newspaper by the sub-director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), Leonel Carrasco. The official said that the idea of the private sector running the Metro …

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The leader of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, has spoken out strongly against the fact that there are six betting parlors for every school in the country. He said that it was unfair and perverse that such a situation should exist, when thousands of children do not …

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The chief of staff of the Dominican Navy, Vice-Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet, warned that if the armed forces do not fulfill their duty, the country could become chaotic. He pointed out that all over the world drug traffickers are trying to get inside the armed forces, business associations, clubs and religious organizations. He said …

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The Dominican Electricity Transmission Company (ETED) said that unknown parties have dismantled the lower part of transmission tower #80, located between the towns of Yamasa and Monte Plata. The removal of the lower part of the structure caused the tower to fall and put the country’s electricity transmission system in danger of collapse. The company …

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