Dolores Vicioso – Page 7164

Orlando Gil, political commentator for El Siglo newspaper, tries to make sense in his column today of why the Executive Branch did not send a bill to Congress for Constitutional Reform as it said it would. Apparently what presidential legal advisor Guido Gomez Mazara sent to the Senate was a “letter of intent” with attachments …

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The Free Trade Agreement signed with Central America will start on Friday, 5 October among El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. Differences over duty free exemptions on dairy products and poultry are delaying the start of the agreement with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras.

Listin Diario newspaper reports that Dominican free zones have already started to receive orders for the manufacture of goods that were previously contracted in Pakistan and China. The new orders are a blessing after the pace of orders was interrupted by the US terrorist attack. El Caribe newspaper reports that major US retailers such as …

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Hoy newspaper reports that District Attorney Maximo Aristy Caraballo has arrested police corporal Jose Perez Santana, alias Tyson, accused of the murder of 18-year-old Pedro Manuel Contreras in Villa Francisca. The corporal is under arrest at the Police headquarters after the brutal killing made headlines when his mother denounced the case on TV. Brunilda Contreras …

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The National Youth Symphony Orchestra goes on stage today at the Patrick N. Hughson Auditorium of the Dominican-American Cultural Institute (ICDA) on Abraham Lincoln Avenue. Tonight’s 8 pm concert is one of four scheduled for this month. The young musicians will be conducted by Amaury Sanchez. The first concert features works by Chopin, Mozart, Julio …

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President Hipolito Mejia has announced RD$30 billion in public works and social programs using money from the sovereign bonds and additional foreign borrowing. He expressed his optimism that the injection of new resources will boost the economy and he called for national unity to forge ahead. Speaking to the nation on TV last night, President …

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The Senate has approved the splitting of the National District into the National District and the Province of Santo Domingo which will have four municipalities: Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo West, Santo Domingo North and Boca Chica. The National District will now be limited to the core of the city of Santo Domingo which will …

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