Dolores Vicioso – Page 7113

PRD-La Vega deputy Radhames Ramos Garcia turned himself in on Saturday and is being detained at the Palacio de Justicia in the Ciudad Nueva section of Santo Domingo. He was being sought by the judiciary for using his former status as consul in Cap Haitien to smuggle Chinese citizens into the Dominican Republic. Ramos Garcia …

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The Senate selected lawyers Roberto Rosario Marte, his replacement Cesar Antonio Guzman (both proposed by the PLD), and Jose Luis Tavares Tavares and his substitute Francisco Bautista Medina (both proposed by the PRD) to complete the total of nine judges appointed to the restructured Central Electoral Board (JCE). Rosario has been identified as a member …

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AES Ede Este cut power service to the state television station, Radio Television Dominicana. The TV station was operating over the weekend using its alternate power plants. Ramon Colombo, director of the station, said that the budget was approved by the President but the money to pay the service was not disbursed.

The Asociacion Nacional de Distribuidoras de Gasolina (ANADEGAS), the largest petrol retailers association, announced its 486 stations would stop placing orders as of midnight. The retailers are imploring the government to increase their profit margins. Shell, Isla, Texaco and Esso petrol distribution companies own a large number of stations that will continue to sell petrol, …

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Attorney General Victor Cespedes, new on the job since 9 January, met last week with the director of prisons and security chiefs of 33 jails. He told the press that recent prison statistics show that of the 16, 664 inmates in Dominican jails, only 5,164 have actually been convicted by a court for their crimes. …

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2,700 volunteers showed up to help prepare the biggest mangu (pur?e of plantain, similar to mashed potatoes) in the world last Sunday at the Moca multisports complex. Moca plantain farmers organized the event to receive a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. Moca is a northcentral city located near many fertile farms.  To beat …

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The world-renowned cataract and lens implant surgeon, Dr. James P. Gills, visited the Los Alcarrizos Dr. Elias Santana Eye Clinic last week. Dr. Gills helped fund the clinic, which had been an initiative of eye surgeon Juan Batlle, and was established in the low-income neighborhood in 1985. The medical facility has carried out more than …

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El Caribe reports that the government economic team, headed by Finance Minister Jose Lois Malkum, rejected the possibility of revoking its recently announced economic measures, whose main objective, he said, is to stabilize the exchange rate. The meeting took place yesterday, despite President Hipolito Mejia having said that the government would not meet with the …

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President Hipolito Mejia appointed a commission that will travel to the US to engage the services of a US law firm ?to defend the honor of former PRD party leader, Jose Francisco Pe?a Gomez.? Commission members are Attorney General Victor Cespedes; Legal Advisor of the Executive Branch Guido Gomez; Pe?a Gomez? widow, Peggy Cabral; Pe?a …

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The Oficina Tecnica de Transporte Terrestre (OTTT), which governs all transport rates, announced authorized price increases from RD$1 to RD$10 on urban and interurban routes. The measures are in effect as of today. OTTT director Antonio Reynoso met with union leaders to authorize the new rates and said that fares already costing more than RD$100 …

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