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The 40-member U.S. committee for the UNICEF Fund is holding meetings in Santo Domingo. It is the first time that the committee meets outside the United States. Charles J. Lyons, presides over the group. The committee will visit several UNICEF projects in the Dominican Republic.

The Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD) arrested two Dutch women and a Dutch man at the Las Americas International Airport yesterday. The five packages containing 4 kilos 116.9 grams of cocaine were uncovered on the travelers bodies or luggage. The DNCD had reports that the drug would be smuggled from Colombia to Holland, …

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The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations met at Casa de Campo, La Romana last week for the 14th Annual Telecommunication Conference and Trade Exhibition. Some 420 Caribbean government ministers and product and service suppliers participated in the meetings held 31 May to 4 June. Ministers of Cuba, Antigua, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & …

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TV producer Isabel Aracena "Isha" chose to retire from producing her children’s TV show, "El Club de Isha" until the District Attorney officer Rosa Núñez presents the proofs that substantiate that office’s claims that producers of her program oblige children to dance in a provocative manner in order to increase ratings. Isha sent a letter …

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The National Hotel and Restaurant Association expressed its opposition to the signing of a joint promotion agreement with Haiti. Arturo Villanueva, executive vice president of the association, the leading tourism organization in the country, said they sent a letter expressing their position to Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez. Asonahores says that the DR has everything …

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The government-owned Banco de Reservas authorized the granting of a RD$40 million loan to the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo to be used to give staff employees a raise. At present more than 80% of the university’s government subsidy is used to pay for salaries of teachers and administrative staff. The increase was pending from …

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Airline tickets will soon cost less in the Dominican Republic, as Congress has passed the bill that reduces to 10% the government tax on these. The bill modifies Art. 382 of the Tax Code. President Fernández had vetoed the bill earlier this year arguing it would represent RD$200 million less in income for the government. …

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President Leonel Fernández removed the director of the Instituto Nacional de Estabilización de Precios, Gustavo Sánchez Díaz. He was replaced by Alejandro Jérez Espinal. Inespre is a government division that sells subsidized food stuffs. On the same day, the President appointed engineer Eros Caamaño the new president of the board of the Electricity Superintendence. The …

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The secretary general of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, Lidio Cadet said that despite the government party not achieving the minimum 50 deputies needed to have veto power in the Congress, in the practice, the government is most likely to be able to veto any bill. He explained that all is needed is for …

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The Senate-Chamber of Deputies commission began the study of a bill that would facilitate the extradition of Dominicans and foreigners that have committed drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, terrorism, sexual crimes against minors, violent robbery, money falsification, and trafficking with historic and archeological objects. Darío Gómez Martínez (PRD-Santiago Rodríguez) submitted the bill that would modify …

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