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The Supreme Court of Justice suspended La Altagracia province judge Teodoro Castillo for having granted an extraordinary number of provisional release orders. President of the Court, Dr. Jorge Subero Isa said that the Hig?ey judge had not denied any request for release under bail. Castillo was sent to a disciplinary trial. Judge Castillo justified his …

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The Fern?ndez government says it has no problem increasing salaries of public hospital physicians if the National Congress passes a new tax bill which would fund the increase. The medics seek an increase of RD$70 million a month. The president of the Chamber of Deputies told Hoy newspaper that the new tax could be levied …

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The Senate approved yesterday the bill that approves changing the Electoral Law to permit the appointment of two additional electoral judges, one appointed by the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano and another by the Partido de la Liberaci?n Dominicana. This would bring to seven the number of judges in the Junta Central Electoral, the body that …

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The president of the Dominican Baseball Federation, Hector Pereyra announced the Dominican Republic will seek one of four baseball team slots in the year 2000 Sidney, Australia Olympics team that are open to teams from the Americas. "The DR seeks to win the gold and a slot along with the United States and Cuba. He …

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The cruise ship Inspiration will discontinue docking at the Port of Santo Domingo come October of this year. The cruise ship company has requested the dredging of the Ozama River by Dominican authorities. Moreover, passengers voted thumbs down on Santo Domingo, criticizing the city for its lack of cleanliness. The ship will be rerouted to …

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The Ministry of Tourism announced the Second Intensive Workshop on Quality, Hygiene and Safe Food Handling in the Tourism Sector. The course seeks to train food handling supervisory personnel. The lectures will be given 27-30 April at the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra in Santo Domingo. The event also has the support of the Association …

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24 heads of government from the Caribbean area are expected Friday, 16 April to land in the Las Americas International Airport from 2 to 5 pm. They will be received there by President Leonel Fern?ndez and his cabinet. Visiting statesmen coming for the Association of Caribbean States Heads of Government Summit are are Presidents Andr?s …

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President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, during his official visit to the DR, 14-16 April, will sign three agreements in health, agriculture and social security. President Zedillo will receive military honors at the National Palace, instead of upon his arrival to Las Americas International Airport as had been customary. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre said …

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More than 1,500 security agents have been assigned by the Dominican government to guarantee the safety of the 25 visiting chiefs of state that are coming for the Association of Caribbean States meeting. It is expected that the security contingent of President Fidel Castro of Cuba will be the largest. The statesmen are scheduled to …

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The Comisi?n de Reforma de la Empresa P?blica, the Dominican government commission in charge of privatizing public enterprises, said that of 43 companies that participated in the process to capitalize the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE) three distribution and sales companies, and two generation companies, 19 qualified to participate in the final bid. The pre-selected companies …

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