Dolores Vicioso – Page 6868

Hoy newspaper?s economic editor, Mario M?ndez, says that the devaluation of the peso over the past year amounts to a 77% decline ? a much greater margin of loss than that produced by the peso?s descent throughout the decade of the 90s, which was just 47.5%. Furthermore, the devaluation over the past five months and …

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Jorge Subero Isa, was perhaps a little too clear in his opinion of the Dominican society. He said, according to the List?n Diario: ?Dominican society seems to be profoundly infected by a moral septicemic condition and is oozing pus from every sector.? He added that the Judicial Power …

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El Caribe newspaper reports that the legal advisor to the President, Guido G?mez Mazara, violated the norms that limit him to offering his services exclusively to the Executive Branch and not directly to any third parties. G?mez Mazara underwrote a letter to Luis Alvarez Renta regarding two consultations as to Interduty Free, a duty-free goods …

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As reported in El Caribe newspaper, hundreds of representatives of more than 20 civil society organizations and business groups met last night at the Cinemateca Nacional at the Museum of Geography & History to demand an end to impunity and widespread corruption. The protestors want justice to be brought to all those involved in the …

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The embattled chief of the Central Electoral Board, Ram?n Morel Cerda, has accused the suspended Secretary General of the organization of practicing witchcraft. He said that Antonio Lockward Atiles had ?been giving us problems for a long time,? and accused him of forging information in a report on the irregular use of the archives by …

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So far only 8,198 Dominicans have been registered on the electoral rolls outside the Dominican Republic. New York leads the list with over 5,000 possible absentee voters registered, followed by Madrid, Spain, which has 1,387 registrants. Am?rico Rodr?guez, head of the department of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) that oversees voter registration for expatriates, said …

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El Caribe?s ?En la cosa? column reports today that a meeting was held at which President Hip?lito Mej?a would have been open to negotiate his withdrawal of his bid for the Presidency in exchange for a position in the PRD that would free him from the possibility of a heavy double burden: division of the …

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According to Doris Pantale?n, a reporter for the List?n Diario, the database for those signed up for health insurance under the new ARS (Administradoras de Riesgos de Salud), similar to the HMOs in North America, shows about 2.37 million errors that must be corrected before 1 September, when the family health system is scheduled to …

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Yesterday afternoon the National Police dispatched 533 newly trained patrol officers to the streets, to prevent petty crimes like purse-snatching, pickpocketing and car break-ins. The newly commissioned ?Foot Patrol? will be stationed in the National District and the major cities throughout the country. According to Police Chief Major General Jaime Marte Martinez, the new beat …

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An early morning police patrol?s discovery of the hiding place of one of the most wanted criminals in the Dominican Republic resulted in an hour-long shootout on a street called Sol Poniente (?evening sun?) in the neighborhood of Sabana Perdida in Santo Domingo, yesterday. At the first burst of fire from an automatic weapon and …

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