1996 – Page 52

The parents of José Rafael Llenas Aybar, the 12-year-old boy who was brutally murdered on 3 May, allegedly by his 19-year-old cousin and his friend, were questioned by Judge Alexis Henríquez Núñez on 12 June. The next day, the father of Mario José Redondo Llenas, José Rafael’s cousin, was called for an interview with Judge …

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The General Controller of the Republic, Victor Grimaldi, has begun an extensive audit of the payrolls of decentralized government institutions, warning that if irregularities are found the culprits will be prosecuted. Included in the audit will be the number of employees on each payroll, full and part time, dismissals, and retired employees on pensions. Mr. …

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The Office of Community Development (ODC) and the government of the Republic of Korea have come to an agreement by which the Korean government will pay RD$10 million of the RD$11 million to be invested for the construction of ten fully equipped schools, each with four classrooms. The schools will be built in Santiago, San …

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Hundreds of trees in Santo Domingo are being pruned and trimmed by the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) in order to prevent malfunctioning in the state-owned electricity company’s distribution network. The CDE’s public relations department claims that 80% of such problems which cause interruptions to the electricity service are caused by contact between branches and …

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The Italian-Dominican Chamber held a workshop last week in Santo Domingo in cooperation with the Red Centro-Sur América de las Cámaras de Comercio de Italia en el Exterior (Central-South American Network of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad) and the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad. The event sought to study the possibilities that are …

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A study carried out by Italian consultants for the municipality of Santo Domingo confirms the extraordinary growth being experienced by the city. While in 1920, the urban population of the Dominican Republic in general was 16.6%, the number of people living in cities had increased to 52% in 1981 and to 65% by 1995. Santo …

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According to the Central Bank, the Consumer Price Index for May shows that inflation was 0.54%. Inflation for the first four months of the year in 1994 was 5.12% and, in 1995, 3.06%. The Bank says that food has gone up by 0.19%, housing 0.15%, clothing 0.12% and other items 0.47%. The low inflation rate …

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The president of the Asociación de Industrias de la República Dominicana, Celso Marranzini, considers that the time is right for the Central Bank to begin a gradual liberalizing of its monetary policies. He said that the banks have frozen their resources to prevent the expansion of the monetary supply thereby affecting the security of the …

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Speaking for the Asociación Dominicana de Citricultores, Quirilio Vilorio Caminero said that there has been a large crop of oranges, but Dominican exporters are having to compete with the low prices asked by the Cubans. Meanwhile, Dominican consumers are benefiting from the low price of oranges on the domestic market. He says that this year’s …

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Speaking in Santo Domingo, the executive director of Caribbean Latin American Action, Antonio J. Colorado, said that the small countries have to unite as the time for falling back on assistance from the larger countries is over. He says that the effects of groupings like Mercosur, Pacto Andino, and Nafta are leaving the small countries …

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