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The front area of the Mercado Modelo on Mella Avenue has been cleaned up, but the back door area remains filthy, as evidenced by the front-page picture in El Caribe newspaper. For some reason, the area around Imbert Street is being used to deposit garbage picked up from around the Colonial Zone by military personnel …

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According to the lead story in Diario Libre, the cost of the basic groceries for the average family has risen by as much as 30 percent. Some items have increased by 17 percent and others by as much as 83 percent. The average increase of the 10 most essential items between November 2002 and yesterday …

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On 11 March, George Washington Avenue, known as the Malecon, will become a pedestrian walkway every Sunday. The city government declared as of this date, and continuing for the following 8 or 10 Sundays, the avenue would become an open-air caf? and entertainment center. According to Domingo Contreras, the secretary general of the local city …

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Yesterday, the government gave RD$100 million to the Central Bank to be taken out of circulation and, at the same time, paid US$135 million that was owed to the local commercial banks. Finance Minister Jose Lois Malkum also said that US$102 million had been placed in the Central Bank to shore up the hard currency …

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In his State of the Union address to Congress, President George W. Bush forgot all about Latin America, except in one very important sector. Bush announced that he would ask Congress for US$15 billion to fight AIDS in Africa ?and in the Caribbean.? This important sum of money could go a long way in countries …

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The Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference opens today at the Bavaro Convention Center. The European Union is the event?s leading sponsor, with a contribution of 100,000 Euros. Locally, the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is organizing the event.  The conference is being held in preparation for the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, …

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Diario Libre reports that former US President George Bush will be visiting the Dominican Republic, arriving on 4 February at La Romana. He is expected to vacation there for several days and is scheduled to play golf at the Casa de Campo resort. The newspaper reports that Bush accepted the invitation of Venezuelan Gustavo Cisneros …

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The triumph of the Aguilas Cibae?as over the Leones de Escogido in the Winter Baseball League kept most of Santiago up till the wee hours of this morning. Despite a light rain and cooler than normal temperatures, the fans set off fireworks, drove through the streets with cans and other pieces of metal attached to …

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President Hipolito Mejia was present yesterday for the initiation of the Proyecto Habitacional Ciudad ISSFA, which will undertake the construction of about 8,000 dwellings for members of the Armed Forces. The construction site comprises an area of three million square meters and is situated at Km. 22 of the Duarte Highway. To back the project …

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In front-page articles of the Listin Diario and Hoy newspapers, members of the business community expressed their worries about the upcoming introduction of the new social security system. The Dominican Association of Industries (AIRD) and the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo are insisting that the provisional system, which was launched by Law …

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