Dolores Vicioso – Page 7505

President Hipólito Mejía confirmed Police Chief Major General Pedro de Jesus Candelier Tejada in the post. President Mejía visited the National Police headquarter yesterday to meet with the head of the Police force. During the visit, he thanked Candelier for the respectful and objective attitude of the force during the past presidential campaign. Candelier was …

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Police Chief Pedro de Jesús Candelier committed to resolve the kidnapping of 24-year old José Manuel Jiménez, son of an affluent businessman in northeastern San Francisco de Macorís. Jiménez was kidnapped early in the morning on Wednesday, 16 August. Kidnappings were a rare occurrence in the DR, but they are now happening, coinciding with the …

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Following a four-hour meeting, the Federación Nacional de Transportistas Dominicanos (Fenatrado) and the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada (Conep) ended the impasse that affected operations at Haina Port. Elena Villeya, vice president of CONEP said that the differences were overcome. "Basically, the business community backs freedom to contract services, supports that the owner of …

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The Justice of Peace of Hato Mayor, a city in the East of the DR, sentenced four women to contribute from RD$200-RD$500 a month to the maintenance of their children. The judgements came in response to complaints placed by their husbands. Justice of Peace Dulcinea Peña said that the law applies to both men and …

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President Hipólito Mejía converted into law the bill that creates the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales). He also formalized the appointment of Frank Moya Pons as the first minister of the newly created department. Moya Pons is probably the best known Dominican historian. An author of 20 …

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President Hipólito Mejía created new departments in the Armed Forces. These are the Human Rights Military Institute (Instituto Militar de los Derechos Humanos), the Program for Education and Professional Training (Programa de Educación y Capacitación Profesional) and the Institute for Defense and National Security Higher Studies (Instituto de los Altos Estudios para la Defensa y …

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The National Police intervened to re-establish through traffic at the Haina Occidental Port. Fenatrado truckers’ union attempted to impose a ban on entry to the port of independent truckers and trucks belonging to Maersk-Sealand in order to maintain its monopoly over most of the cargo transported from national ports. This time around, Fenatrado has met …

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President Hipólito Mejía held his first government session in Azua, a southwestern province. There he announced the construction of a modern public hospital and that he would make RD$55 million available for farming in the region. He also announced his government would rebuild 30 schools, repair streets and rural roads. He declared that Azua would …

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Seems the escorts of President Mejía need urgently to take driver’s ed classes. A jeep part of the presidential escort suffered a major accident along the Baní-San Cristóbal highway on its way back from Azua. The injured were on board a Ford Explorer jeep. El Siglo says that the escort vehicle hogged up the road …

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