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President Leonel Fernández proposed during his keynote opening speech at the Circle of Montevideo the creation of a tax on money transfers in Latin America. The tax would be used to create a fund that would mitigate the disparity between wealthy nation economies and developing nation economies. President Fernández says that globalization has increased the …

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The Dominican and Cuban government signed bilateral agreements to combat drug trafficking and guarantee investments yesterday on occasion of the visit of President Leonel Fernández to Havana. President Fernández traveled a day earlier on an official visit, prior to attending the Iberoamerican Summit taking place in the Cuban capital. It is the first time a …

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The United States Senate approved, with a favorable 96-2 vote, the nomination of Charles Taylor Manatt as ambassador of the United States in the Dominican Republic. Manatt is a partner in the legal firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP. Linda Watts, charge d’affairs of the US Embassy, and who has been acting ambassador since the …

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El Nacional newspaper reported in its Sunday issue that only 16 of 325 public schools in San Cristóbal have bathrooms. Most of the children go to the bathroom in the bushes, according to the report. Some 134,125 students are enrolled in public schools in that southern province. Only six of the schools have libraries, and …

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The District Attorney announced it has opened a temporary office where Dominicans who reside abroad can come for free legal advice. Francisco Domínguez Brito said the office was opened to reduce the number of returning Dominicans who become victims of bad legal advice. Thousands of Dominicans who live abroad traditionally come home for Christmas. The …

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The north side of the 27 de Febrero Expressway crossing Máximo Gómez was closed to traffic on Friday after drainage problems caused a meter-wide fissure between the expressway and its intersecting tunnel. In a rare occurrence, the builders, Modesto Constructora published a half page advertisement in the local newspapers apologizing for the problem and the …

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The Executive Branch ordered that 46 police agents be cancelled after they tested positive in drug tests. The fired agents include two majors, a captain, a lieutenant and 38 corporals. The National Police released the names of those that were cancelled and these were published in local dailies.

Minister of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Manuel de Jesus Florentino said that the military and migration authorities are rounding up vagabond Haitians, "those that cannot justify their stay, for deportation. Beggars found on city streets are the principal target of the military. Large number of Haitians had found "jobs" as beggars on major intersections …

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Hipolito Mejia’s statements when interviewed by "El Mundo" newspaper during his recent visit to Madrid, Spain have caused an upheaval among politicians, both of his party and of the opposition. Mejía, who according to most polls is by a comfortable margin the most likely next president of the DR, said when interviewed on why he …

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The leading association of foreign investment companies in the DR, ASIEX says that it will recommend that the Executive Branch veto the Financial and Monetary Code as the National Congress passed it. ASIEX says that the bill is a step backwards, as it discriminates against foreign financial entities. This discrimination had been eliminated in the …

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