Dolores Vicioso – Page 7239

President Hipolito Mejia explained that Minister of Education Milagros Ortiz Bosch’s announcement of forthcoming resolution to allow children without birth certificates to enter the public school system seeks primarily to benefit Dominicans. But, he explained, the measure will apply to children of other nationalities primarily for human rights reasons, regardless of whether they are Haitians. …

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Hoy newspaper denounces that high ranking government officers, clergy, politicians, union leaders and the military usufruct 20 residences and apartments and 189 vehicles confiscated from drug traffickers or money launderers whose cases are being processed. The newspaper says that among the beneficiaries are: Pedro Franco Badia, Administrative Secretary of the Presidency; General Trajano Moreta Cuevas, …

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The Ministry of Public Health Rafael Soldevilla Rodriguez announced the government of Taiwan has donated US$15 million that will be used to build a public hospital in Azua. The donation was initially to be used to purchase hospital supplies, but the government accepted the switch in the use of the donation.

News reports today point to the difficult first days of the implementation of the GATT valorization system by the Department of Customs. News reports say that customs clearings that normally take 24 hours have suffered 72 hour delays. The GATT valorization system went into effect on 1 July. It establishes that taxes will be levied …

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Kevin Manning, general manager of Ege Itabo, one of the country’s largest power suppliers forecast that Dominicans will feel considerable relief in the medium and short term when new power plants capable of producing almost as much power as available today but at much lower costs enter into the system. He said that within only …

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