Dolores Vicioso – Page 7300

The coordinator of First Instance courts of the National district, Judge Enrique Marchena, has thrown out the case against former President Leonel Fernandez and several cabinet members who were accused of fraud in the privatization of the Dominican Electricity Corporation. The Judge did so on grounds that the group of citizens that presented the case …

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President Hipolito Mejia refuted claims that public investment is declining. He guaranteed that works under construction will not stop and that new major projects are about to start. He also lashed out against newspaper editors who publish reports about declining public investment, calling them rascals ("sinverguenzas"). He denied that public investment has dropped RD$1,000 million …

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Onesimo Gonzalez, director of the Santo Domingo Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) said that the government will soon start building a six-lane 23.6 kilometer express highway that will bypass Santo Domingo to the north. The highway, to be built by a private company with the state contributing the land, would start near the Dominican Petroleum Refinery …

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President Hipolito Mejia visited the low income neighborhoods of Los Praditos, Cristo Rey, Simon Bolivar, Guaricanos and Villa Mella to participate in the low cost food program. During the visit, construction materials for home repairs was distributed and he posed for photographers as he pegged a nail and board to a house in Villa Mella. …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that government collections increased RD$559 million in March over February, but that collections for the first trimester were below what was planned. Tax collections for the first trimester totalled RD$14,231.5 million, or RD$1,123.2 million less than estimated, according to the National Budget Office (ONAPRES). This amount includes a RD$800 million loan …

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Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jaquez has formally launched the Programa para el Mejoramiento de la Ganaderia Lechera, a program to improve dairy production. Lidio Martinez Cairo and Israeli consultant Shimon Ofir direct the RD$44 million program. It will benefit 400 cattle farms in Bani, Bonao, San Francisco de Macoris, Monte Plata, San Juan de la …

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