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Reports that the United States State Department had issued a warning to US nationals traveling to the Dominican Republic were false, say the papers. State Department officials are said to have reacted with surprise when asked by their Dominican counterparts to explain the warning. The US officials assured that no such warning exists and that …

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Judge Luis Eladio Arias N??ez has been named the new president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), replacing Ram?n Morel Cerda who resigned last week following a prolonged dispute with the authorities. The Senate reached its decision last night, after a fierce debate with objections raised from both the ruling PRD and opposition PLD delegates. …

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Listin Diario reports that the deputies of the opposition parties, namely the PRSC and PLD, would vote against the RD$5-billion domestic bond placement as approved by the Senate on Tuesday to pay government agricultural sector debts. Ram?n Rogelio Genao of the PRSC and Julio C?sar Valent?n of the PLD said the country cannot bear any …

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While participating yesterday in a seminar on the Haitian border organized by the Armed Forces, historian Bernardo Vega said that one of the greatest failures of the Dominican military has been its participation in the trafficking of Haitians. As reported in El Caribe, the former DR ambassador to the US suggested the creation of a …

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Vice President Milagros Ort?z Bosch, a pre-presidential candidate for the ruling PRD party, as of today has left her post as Minister of Education to concentrate on her campaign. Her duties will be assumed by a ?triumvirate? in the Ministry, selected by President Hip?lito Mej?a, who approved her leave from the post. Although she said …

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Hamlet Paul?s Montolio, who was being held in relation to the hacking of the List?n Diario newspaper?s website, has been released without bail. While Paul?s Montolio is maintaining his innocence, according to authorities the connection to the site was made from Montolio?s phone. The online version of the newspaper is once again online, following an …

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A regional television program was ordered off the air by authorities because of its criticism of the President. Channel 10?s ?Frente al Pueblo? is produced and presented in the south-western provincial capital of San Juan de la Maguana by journalist Jos? Manuel Adames S?nchez, who is also a PRD municipal official. The governor of San …

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El Caribe reports that Industry and Commerce Minister Sonia Guzm?n de Hern?ndez has announced that basic goods will be subject to price controls to avoid speculative price rises by traders. The Ministry has been engaged in discussions with traders associations, including cement, bread and flour wholesalers, and is planning to send inspectors to the streets …

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One and a half million employees have signed on to the pension fund programs (AFPs) and over half of those are definitely on board, according to superintendent of pensions Persia Alvarez. In a special report for El Caribe newspaper, Alvarez defines the scheme as ?a success?, having generated RD$185.7 million in contributions from employers and …

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Meteorologists are saying that tropical storm Claudette could become a hurricane as it continues its sweep across the Caribbean, but that it is no longer threatening Dominican territory, report the papers. The storm caused heavy rainfall in the Dominican Republic over the last two days, and is now looming towards the Cayman Islands and Mexico?s …

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