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The full staff of the Channel 13 news program Noticentro resigned yesterday afternoon. The group said they had been under heavy pressure to make changes to their editorial content by the program?s new management. The TV station is one of the impounded Baninter assets currently under government administration.  Sub-Director Guillermo Tejeda told Diario Libre that …

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The Dominican Republic is a haven for Nicaraguan former government officials who escape justice on charges of corruption. It appears that a loophole in Nicaraguan law makes it difficult for extradition proceedings to be brought against suspects in the DR, and this has led several top associates of disgraced former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman to …

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President Hip?lito Mej?a said yesterday that although ?it could happen?, there was no evidence that 10 suspected Iraqi terrorists had used the Dominican Republic as a bridge to travel to the US. The US Department of National Security (DNS) suspects that the ten men ? believed to be connected to the deposed Saddam Hussein regime …

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Ambassador Manuel Rocha, a current counselor on international trade and governmental affairs with the Steel Hector & Davis law firm, highlighted yesterday in his speech at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon the unlikelihood that the Dominican Republic would be able to sign a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. He pointed out that …

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The papers this morning carry denials of yesterday?s reports, featured in Wednesday?s DR1 News, that could have been read to imply that Kentucky Fried Chicken was closing down its operations in the Dominican Republic. Diario Libre quotes KFC?s marketing manager, Olga Garc?a, as saying that the closure of the Arroyo Hondo branch was an isolated …

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Trinidadian Jack Warner, the vice president of FIFA (International Federation of Football Associations), was in San Crist?bal yesterday, west of Santo Domingo, to open the football (soccer) field built under the Goal Programme, initiated by FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter. The DR is participating in the program that will make up to US$5 million available …

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The Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo will be handed over on the 15th of this month, according to Sports Minister C?sar Cede?o. The complex is the central location for the staging of the Pan American Games, due to be launched at the main stadium on 1 August. The extensive works carried out …

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In a press conference yesterday, the Pan American Sporting Organization vice president Michael Fennel urged the authorities to speed up the work on all the sporting facilities, warning that the Games might not be able to take place if urgent measures are not applied. These comments follow a three-day inspection by the Jamaican official, during …

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President Hip?lito Mej?a will travel to Montego Bay, Jamaica tomorrow, Thursday, 3 July, to participate in the four-day Caribbean Community Summit that starts today. The visit comes after the return of Caribbean ministers today from their meeting in Washington with US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, against the backdrop of his recent signal for special and …

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Diario Libre reports that the government spent RD$1.8 billion more on fixed wages in January to May of this year than was disbursed for salaries during the same period last year. According to the National Budget, the government paid out RD$7.37 billion in wages, or 32.4% more than in 2002, not including any employee benefits. …

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