Dolores Vicioso – Page 6899

While Listin Diario publishes a full-page spread on the benefits of x-ray screening and features an interview with representatives of ICSSI, Diario Libre’s editorial comment questions the practice of bodies such as the armed forces awarding these types of contracts. The government ordered the screening should be suspended to allow a study of the objections …

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Telecommunications company Tricom announced yesterday that it would invest RD$500 million to increase cellular coverage throughout the southern and north-eastern regions of the country, and that they would be extending their domestic and corporate telephone network. Speaking at yesterday’s Euromoney and Latin Finance forum on investment in the Caribbean, held in La Romana yesterday, Tricom’s …

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The major political parties are lobbying for different sites to be named after their late leaders. The PRD has the Las Americas International Airport, which also bears the name of Jose Francisco Pe?a G?mez, but there is now a move to replace ‘Las Americas’ with ‘Jos? Francisco Pe?a G?mez?. The namesake for the new Santo …

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Following the dispute within the PRSC over the March 30 primary election to choose the party’s presidential candidate, some PRSC members are calling for a re-run of the poll in the province of San Pedro de Macor?s. A controversy arose after little known Eduardo Estrella beat veteran party leader and former Vice President Jacinto Peynado. …

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The 1987 case in which it is alleged that the National Lottery was defrauded to the tune of RD$90 million is entering its final stage. The sluggish judicial processing of the case has been underway for six years and includes figures such as controversial Colonel Pedro Julio (Pepe) Goico who was at the forefront of …

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The drug trafficking case against Puerto Rican television presenter Laura Hernandez, her husband Marcos Irrizary and seven alleged associates, was adjourned yesterday following the dismissal of one of the defense attorneys by one of the accused, Antonio Rodr?guez Morales. Rodr?guez Morales fired his lawyer Antonio N??ez N??ez, who also represents Irrizary, for falling asleep during …

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El Caribe provides a welcome contrast to so many stories of filthy, crime- ridden barrios with a glowing report from Los Manguitos, a poor barrio in the capital where the streets are clean, crime is rare and tranquility rules. Community leaders attribute the barrio?s outstanding record to its inhabitants “working together”. The community’s churches have …

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It now emerges, says the lead story in El Caribe, that the company awarded the contract for the controversial x-ray screening system proposed for all containers leaving the country is in the midst of a legal wrangle in the United States. The Dominican government is being taken to court by a Panamanian company registered under …

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A court in Hig?ey heard evidence that Puerto Rican TV presenter Laura Hern?ndez and her alleged accomplices were part of a major international drug trafficking ring. In yesterday’s hearing, a video recording of the group’s arrest in Punta Cana in September 2002 was screened, in which, the prosecution alleges, a major cocaine transaction took place. …

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Diario Libre?s financial pages carry a piece on the growing importance of the European single currency, the Euro, in the Dominican economy. The fact that the Euro has risen to the tune of 12% against the peso makes the DR an even more attractive destination for tourists from Europe, who will get RD$28 for every …

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