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The director of the Oficina Nacional de Derecho Autor (national copyright office), Pedro Felix Montes de Oca and District Attorney Francisco Domínguez Brito will participate in the public hearing of the SGP subcommittee that is chaired by the US Trade Representative. The hearing will determine whether in due process unilateral sanctions regarding General System of …

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The Junta Central Electoral president, Manuel Ramón Morel says that it is taking its time to rule on observations that citizens whose photograph on their cedula and that on the voting list are different be required to vote in the "observed" modality. Traditionally, observed votes are not counted, thus Participación Ciudadana civic movement, the PLD, …

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The Senate chose Fe Caridad Vargas de Domínguez as substitute judge for Judge Julio Cesar Castaños Guzmán. PRSC party leader Joaquin Balaguer had sent the Congress a letter presenting three candidates: Prim Pujals, Kathleen Martinez Contreras and Fe Caridad Vargas. Vargas is a graduate of the State University (UASD) law school and has been a …

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The Junta Central Electoral said that five former statesmen will be in Santo Domingo to observe the 16 May presidential election. These are Belisario Betancourt, Colombia; Luis Herrera Campins, Venezuela; Felipe González, Spain; Armando Calderón, El Salvador; and César Gaviria, Colombia. Cesar Gaviria is coming in his condition of secretary general of the Organization of …

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The Police commission in charge of investigating the 29 April murder in Moca that occurred during a political campaign event, sent to justice three members of the security of PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia accusing these of firing at two PLD militants that died during the incident. Included among those sent to justice is a …

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Three Dominican stowaways died due to the intense heat inside freight containers of the Seaboard Caribe ship that is on its way to Miami from Santo Domingo, according to the spokesperson of the US migration department. Four others survived the trip after being discovered. Four survivors made it to the US and would be arrested …

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Thesaurus Book Store, located at Sarasota with Abraham Lincoln, is offering an origami workshop with Tío José (Jose Rafael Sosa) on Saturday, 13 May at 5 pm. This is an excellent afternoon activity for parents and children. Those attending will be taught how to make paper airplanes. For more information, call Tel. 508-1114. Or email …

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The Junta Central Electoral denied that television and radio stations will be obliged to join the official JCE election transmissions, as erroneously reported yesterday. La Voz de la Junta Central Electoral will be on the air 15, 16 and 17 May, transmitting preliminary results, and news on the election, but the local media is free …

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PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía, the man to beat in these elections, promised yesterday in a TV and radio broadcast that he would invite members of other political parties to join his government. He promised to combat corruption and carry out the "social and economic changes that most Dominicans want." He also emphasized that he …

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