Dolores Vicioso – Page 6871

The lead article in today?s El Caribe reveals that housing sales have fallen by 60% over the past 12 months. Reporter Daniel Garc?a says that higher interest rates for developers and home buyers, which ranged from 18 to 38%, are stunting the market in a big way. At the same time, new price increases in …

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Leading poultry and hog producer associations published an advertisement today alerting the country and the government of their significant increases in costs. According to the 40 signatory associations and cooperatives, in the past 10 months input costs have increased as follows: Corn (RD$90-RD$190), soy (RD$180-RD$350), vegetable oils (RD$250-RD$585), diesel (RD$17-RD$31), bank rates (18%-38%), exchange rate …

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During the six months that the Program to Support the Elimination of Electricity Fraud (PAEF) has been in existence, there have been 3,114 illegal connections detected out of 21,605 inspections. As a result, 68 people have been charged and sent to court. Army Lieutenant Colonel Expedy Pou, head of the Electricity Police, says that in …

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Monsignor Agripino N??ez Collado, the mediator of the Tripartite Commission that brings together government, private sectors and union representatives, told reporters yesterday that the committee has not yet reached an agreement on Article 165 of the proposed Social Security Law 187-01. Specifically, the debate is about the amount of people covered and the number of …

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Hoy newspaper page-2 columnist advises former President Leonel Fern?ndez to stay away from a name-calling debate with President Hip?lito Mej?a. ?That is an area in which doctor Leonel Fern?ndez Reyna should never have entered, not only because it will contribute to lowering the level of a debate that does not need any negative stimuli, but …

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The 2002 Census shows that 10% of the 82,000 abortions performed each year in the Dominican Republic are for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19. Altagracia Suriel, director of the program called Integral Development of Boys, Girls, and Adolescents, and run by the NGO Visi?n Mundial (World Vision), says that these numbers are …

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The Diario Libre picked up a story very important to all Dominicans: Airbus Industries knew in 1997 that the vertical stabilizer of the Airbus A-300 was prone to damage in certain circumstances and said nothing to the FAA. USA Today says that the Airbus people apparently kept quiet about an incident in 1997 that severely …

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Amelia Vega, Miss Dominican Republic, won the Best National Costume competition at the Miss Universe contest last night in Panama. Her outfit, designed by Dominican Leonel Lirio, pays tribute to the Caribbean Sea, cost RD$250,000 to make and used 14 yards of material. The six-foot-tall, 18-year-old beauty received enthusiastic applause from the hundreds of spectators. …

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Hoy newspaper reports today that the president of the organizing committee, Dr. Jose Joaqu?n Puello, says that the Games will cost RD$2.8 billion, with the depreciation of the peso having had a major effect on the cost of the games. Puello said that the committee expects to receive RD$54 million in ticketing and marketing commissions. …

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Without going into details, President Hip?lito Mej?a said that the financial aid package from the United States and international organizations (Inter American Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund) was a done deal. He assured the country in a brief televised speech that the ?worst was over,? as he expressed confidence that outside funding would …

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