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The recently purchased fleet of eight Chilean-made airplanes, T-35B Pillan could be seen yesterday in formation as they flew over Santo Domingo. President Leonel Fernández observed the new fleet from a National Palace balcony. The airplanes will help the Air Force combat drug trafficking, illegal boat trips, and help patrol the Dominican frontier with Haiti.

The Chief of the National Police Pedro de Jesus Candelier ordered that a commission investigate a police mayor that has been implicated in the assault of the Vimenca values truck in September 1999 at the corner of Abraham Lincoln and Jacinto Mañón. Three custodians were killed, a third seriously injured and more than RD$3.5 million …

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The government of Haiti appointed Dr. André L. Dortonne as counselor minister in charge of the Haitian mission in the DR. Dortonne is a 70-year old lawyer who is considered one of Haiti’s most professional diplomats. The appointment is dated 31 January. He replaces Guy Lamothe who had been in charge of the mission since …

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The Asociación Dominicana Pro Bienestar de la Familia (Profamilia) rejected Cardinal Nicolás Jesús Rodríguez criticism regarding their reproductive health services. Profamilia considered these insulting and distorting, and intended to due harm to the organization. Magaly Caram, executive director of the organization, attributed the judgments of the Cardinal to intolerance and fanaticism. The Cardinal issued his …

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A group of Dominican architects and urban planners are trying to rescue the city of Santo Domingo that seems to be under the siege of concrete builders. In the past three years, the city of Santo Domingo, once a garden and pedestrian-friendly city, has evolved to give priority to inner city expressways for fast-moving vehicles. …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the Dominican election board, announced the closing of the voting registration period. 200,000 persons did not register to vote. The JCE still has to deliver nearly 1 million cards to citizens that have requested these. Persons that renew their cards from now on will be given a renovation slip, but will …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations said that the government of Egypt will soon send a delegation to the DR to look into investment and business opportunities. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre met in Cairo with his colleague Alumed Samir Seif et Yasel, at the end of a Middle East tour. The DR and Egypt …

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A Dominican delegation traveled to Santiago de Chile to begin conversations that could lead to the signing of a free trade agreement with that South American country. Frederic Emam Zade, the nation’s chief trade agreements negotiator heads the mission. Other members are Magdalena Lizardo, Juan José Espinal, Marcelo Puello, Andrés Manzueta, representing the public sector. …

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The Technical Secretary of the Presidency reported on agreements with Spanish and Venezuelan credit organizations for the purchase of transport vehicles. Engineer Temístocles Montás said that under the Dominican-Hispanic Agreement (Convenio Dominico-Hispánico) signed with the Spanish government, the country will purchase 2,000 Nissan vehicles to be used for taxi service in Santo Domingo. The first …

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