Dolores Vicioso – Page 7128

Dominican officials are currently engaged in talks with The Corporation of Ports, Customs, and Free Zones in Dubai in what may become the largest ever single foreign investment in the Dominican Republic, and one of most significant in all of Latin America. Danilo del Rosario, director of the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investments …

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Edenorte and Edesur, both Union Fenosa power distributors, denied that they owe the government Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE) RD$1 billion, as Finance Minister Jose Lois Malkum has firmly asserted.  El Caribe newspaper reports that the companies in turn say the government departments owe them RD$560 million for government offices consumption. According to Diario Libre, the …

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The political committee of the Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD) announced that its primaries will be held on 30 June and that a closed balloting system will be use to guarantee secrecy of votes. The winner of the presidential nomination for the PLD will be announced on 16 August, according to a report in …

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Leading Spanish television station, Antena 3, has sent a group of celebrities to participate in a reality TV show being filmed in Los Haitises National Park. The show is called ?La Isla de los FamoS.O.S.? and will demonstrate the struggles of Spanish celebrities Alejandra Prat, Daniela Cardone, Nani Gait?n, Paola Santoni, Ismael Beiro, Miguel Temprano, …

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Perhaps the most colorful carnival celebration in the Dominican Republic, the La Vega Carnival opens this afternoon with the Raffy Matias merengue band to set the stage. In a break from tradition, the first Saturday parade will be held this year, with subsequent parades scheduled for all the following Sundays leading up to 1, 8, …

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After a meeting with President Mejia yesterday, the leaders of the various transport unions said they would ask their members to maintain their current prices for inter-city travel, despite the recent increases to the cost of fuel. President Mejia offered to include the drivers and transport workers in the new social security package slated to …

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The discredited Department for Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) sent the Attorney General?s office 13 cases that had not been expedited during the tenure of Virgilio Bello Rosa. According to Jesus Felix, the head of DEPRECO, his department simply changed the dates and the name of the Attorney General before forwarding them to the new Attorney …

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The government is contemplating the issuance of RD$1.3 billion in bonds to cover old debts carried by the farming and animal husbandry sectors. Finance Minister Jose Lois Malkum made the announcement after a meeting with President Mejia and a high-ranking commission of administration officials. The bonds would be offered through Banreservas and Banco Agricola, both …

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The former Dominican consul in Cape Haitian, Radhames Garcia, now under indictment for the trafficking of illegal Chinese immigrants, revealed to reporters from the Listin Diario that he made US$1.5 million during his two-year tenure in Haiti. According to him, his official salary was US$4,500 a month, with an additional entitlement of US$50,000 to US$60,000 …

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The Diario Libre reports that today?s session of the municipal council of Santo Domingo will set the date for the experimental phase of the Free Malecon project to begin. The idea is to free up the seafront avenue exclusively for pedestrian traffic for 12 hours every Sunday. Apparently, only the two lanes nearest the Caribbean …

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