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The Dominican Medical Association (AMD) has called for a 24-hour work stoppage today by all doctors in all public hospitals and clinics in the Cibao region. During the 24-hour period beginning at 8 am this morning, doctors will only attend emergencies. Private clinics are not affected. A similar work stoppage was held in Santo Domingo …

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The Director of the Luis L. Bogaert regional hospital in Mao, Salcedo province, was murdered yesterday by a hospital colleague. According to witnesses, Dr. Marciano Santos Salado approached hospital director Dr. Jorge Antonio Guerrero as he boarded his car in the hospital parking lot and shot him dead without saying a word. Santos Salado also …

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The Industry and Commerce Ministry announced yesterday that it will allow a 10-day grace period for stores to comply with its recent surprise decision to cap cement prices at RD$76 per bag of Portland-style cement. Currently such bags are selling anywhere from RD$78 to RD$86, depending on hardware store location.

President Leonel Fern?ndez said yesterday that the responsibility of building the Olympic Village to lodge the athletes and delegates coming to participate in the Pan Am Games of year 2003 is up to the next government. He explained the facility will be begun by the next government, as construction is scheduled to start in late …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce authorized a 5% in the per bag price of cement used for construction. The department placed a ceiling of RD$76 on the price of cement. The measure came as a surprise to many, in these days when supply and demand mechanisms are more effective in controlling costs. The 42.5 …

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Hoy newspaper reported that its sources indicate that the consortium Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo 21 (Aerodom) won the bid for the operation of the Las Americas (Santo Domingo), Gregorio Luper?n (Puerto Plata), Mar?a Montez (Barahona) and Arroyo Barril (Saman?) airports in the Dominican Republic. The process that seeks to privatize the operation of the state-owned airports …

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New Police Chief Pedro de Jes?s Candelier is definitely not seeking to win any popularity contest. Last week he dismantled the press department at the National Police, leaving reporters to fend for themselves. And then despite a reported agreement with the City Hall to give city hall authorized street vendors 15 days to clear up …

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The City Hall announced new ruling for the placement of signs, posters and cartels on city buildings, streets or utility posts. The measures are to be implemented to impede the affecting the visibility or flow of drivers and pedestrians and regulates the use of commercial signs. Measures include the banning of advertising of any kind …

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Recently appointed Army man Jos? de los Santos S?nchez, the new director of the Civil Defense, announced that 5,000 men and 200 motorized units will pool efforts to avoid accidents during Holy Week. Civil Defense volunteers will join the military and police units, and private company efforts, to keep the number of accidents down. Easter …

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Jos? Tom?s P?rez, director of the Corporaci?n de Fomento Industrial, the government department that operates the state-run industrial free zone parks, and who was recognized as one of the key master minds behind the campaign that catapulted relatively unknown Leonel Fern?ndez to the Presidency in 1996, reportedly won a landslide victory and is most likely …

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