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Secretary general of the PLD, Jose Tomas Perez alerted that authorities need to redouble the surveillance of the fronter because of the new wave of politically-inspired violence in Haiti. He also urged that the international community support efforts of those in Haiti that want to hold the congressional election. Sectors partial and against former President …

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Supreme Court announced that it has advanced on the installation of its computerized information system. The new system, known in Spanish as, "Gestión de Expedientes" and TeleSuprema makes it possible to find out the status of a case in the Dominican judiciary system. For more information, see the Supreme Court web site at www.suprema.gov.do

President Leonel Fernández, on the campaign trail for his political party’s candidate, urged Dominican voters to avoid converting the 21st century into a "scenario of comics" by voting for PLD candidate, Danilo Medina. He was referring to the spontaneous and many times comic expressions that are part of the way of speaking of PRD presidential …

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Danilo Medina said that he will not vary his campaign strategy. He was responding to observations made by Vice President Jaime David Fernández who urged the PLD candidate to find ways to make his the popularity of the Fernández administration. Danilo Medina said that his candidacy is solid in the second place. Two recent polls …

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The Listín Diario reports that Tony Raful, acting president of the PRD says that former President Joaquin Balaguer is not capable of confronting the changes the country needs. He said that the Reformista Party leader does not represent an electoral threat to for his organization. Nevertheless, he said if Balaguer were to become an electoral …

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Mayor of Santo Domingo and the District attorney agreed to give a period of three days for politicians to remove propaganda placed on city streets in violation of Ruling 46-99 on external advertising. Mayor Johnny Ventura and District Attorney Francisco Domínguez Brito warned the parties that at the end of those three days they would …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre appealed to the US to revise the new migration laws that have allowed the deporting of criminals with unfulfilled sentences. The criminals, that do not have cases pending with the DR justice and thus are freed in the DR, are believed to have contributed to an increase in the …

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The Dominican Republic is a full member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as of 27 March. In Geneva, Switzerland, for the occasion, Minister of Industry and Commerce Luis Manuel Bonetti said the DR obtained the membership along the lines of the new diplomacy implemented by the Fernández administration. In a speech, he said …

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Admiral John Shkor visited the Dominican Republic and met with Dominican military heads. Admiral Shkor said that the US Coast Guard will be working closely with the Ministry of Armed Forces and the Dominican Navy to develop joint actions to combat narcotics trafficking along the Dominican frontier with Haiti. Admiral Shkor commands operations of all …

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The Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII), the local tax bureau and the Banco Nacional de Credito (Bancredito), a private bank, signed an agreement so that Bancrédito clients can pay their taxes by the Internet. Dennis Manzanillo signed for DGII and Rosangela Pellerano for Bancredito. There will be tax savings as the companies and individuals …

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