Dolores Vicioso – Page 7283

President Hipolito Mejia announced the government will invest RD$830 million to build three aqueducts in the provinces of Espaillat, Daurte and Salcedo. He made the announcement at the government council held in the city of Moca, Espaillat. He also announced that several schools, highways and rural roads in the area would soon be completed at …

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The government has made payments of RD$150 million on its debt to private generators. One generator, EGE Haina, recently complained that the generators were being discriminated against in favor of the distributors whenever the government makes payments. Following that announcement, the generators shut off several plants, increasing the hours of blackouts. EGE Haina was paid …

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The removal of Mayor General Pedro de Jesus Candelier as chief of the Police tops the wish list of Capotillo barrio in Santo Domingo. The slum has been described as no-man’s land, a hide out for delinquents and the city’s principal center for the sale of drugs. It made headlines after reportedly Police agents killed …

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The relatives of two of the three victims shot to death by Police in Capotillo demanded justice for the victims. When the investigating commission visited the barrio to offer to pay for funeral costs, grant relatives of the dead a pension and to lobby for new homes for the victims, the community reaction surprised members …

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Supreme Court of Justice president, Jorge Subero, says that no judge can order the press out of a courtroom. Judge Adrilya Vales Dalmasi of the Camara Civil y Comercial de la Cuarta Circunscripcion del Distrito Nacional ordered Luis Guzman, a journalist for El Siglo, to leave the court alleging that he distorted the case when …

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With only 15 days to go before the scheduled end of classes in public schools, the directors of the National District section of the public school teachers union ordered the closing of schools for the rest of the week. Danilo Caminero, president of the National District division, justified the measure saying the union is tired …

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Hatuey de Camps, president of the ruling PRD party, criticized the government practice of appointing individuals to two or three government posts, many times indifferent institutions. El Siglo reports that he criticized ministers and government departments for causing irritation among unfavored party members. He said he would order firings if the practice continued.