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Pedro Franco Badía denounced cases of high salaries in the government, especially of persons without a specific job. He said the most spectacular case he found is that of a family that is employed by the Civil Aviation Board. Jesucita Hernández is deputy director of Civil Aviation, her husband Manuel Alfredo Rivera is in charge …

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Local cheese manufacturers strongly oppose the 84% additional tax on imported powdered milk. They complain it will kill their sales, as imported dairy products that are exempt from the tax will be much cheaper. Furthermore, mported dairy products already have lower production costs than Dominican dairy products as they are made from subsidized milk. Furthermore, …

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Painter and former leftist Silvano Lora, who is dying of terminal cancer, said yesterday in the trial to determine the culprits of the murder of journalist Orlando Martínez in 1975 that former President Joaquín Balaguer confessed to cattle ranchers Cesareo Contreras, Joselyn Rodriguez Conde and Juan Biaggi that "those four killed him", referring to top …

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The Orlando Martinez assassination case is again being heard in court. Judge Katia Miguelina Jiménez presides the hearings. Journalist Martinez, director of the Ahora newsweekly magazine, was murdered 17 March 1975. El Siglo newspaper says that yesterday’s hearing sounded more like a trial to the first 12-year regime (1966-1978) of former President Joaquin Balaguer, that …

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Paino Abreu, president of the Coordinating Commission of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sector, explained that the Environmental Bill was approved with last minute modifications following an agreement reached between President-elect Hipólito Mejía and former President Joaquín Balaguer. At last minute, the deputies inserted contents of the Decree 233-96 that had been issued in the …

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The National Police headquarters admitted their agents acted with "excess and negligence" and went too far when firing seven bullets at Juan Expedito García Almanzar. The admission was made after relatives of García Almanzar demanded an explanation. One of the relatives, Katty Jiménez was an eyewitness to the killing. The Police announced the discharge of …

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President Leonel Fernandez continues to visit his government ministries for individual reports on the status of each of these at the end of his government. The Fernández administration ends 16 August. President Fernández so far has visited the Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Labor. Next on his schedule is a visit to the …

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President Leonel Fernandez broke down in tears upon listening to "Cuando un amigo se va," (When a Friend Goes Away), the Alberto Cortes song by student Neftali Peña during the last award granting ceremony at the National Palace. President Fernández instituted the ceremony for awards to outstanding public school students. 128 students were given awards …

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