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The Ministry of Public Works announced the international firms that have pre-qualified to participate in the tender for the first line of the Santo Domingo Metro. Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens, Caf-Necso-Dimetronic-elecnor, S.A., Adtranz, Ratheon and Fiat Ferroviaria have been invited to pick up the final specifications of the tender from today through 12 January. The bids …

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The Costa Rican higher management educational center, INCAE (Instituto de Capacitación Educativa) is one of three foreign universities interested in opening in Santo Domingo, the Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior confirmed. Jacqueline Malagón, speaking for UNAPEC and Miguel Rosado, rector of the state university, UASD, both recommended that the foreign universities instead form alliances with …

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As of mid January (following the Three Kings Day long weekend), politics will dominate the headline news stories through the 16 May election and the expected 30 June second round to elect the next president of the Dominican Republic. Hipólito Mejía of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano continues to lead in popularity in the polls, followed …

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The secretary general of the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, José Tomás Pérez favors the choosing of former Vice President Jacinto Peynado as running mate to PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina. Peynado was Vice President in the 1994-1996 government of former President Joaquín Balaguer. He was also the PRSC candidate in the 1996 presidential …

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A drunk police agent killed Major Tinircie Pérez y Pérez in a confusing incident at the Quisqueya Ball Park, following a ball game, on Sunday night. Non-uniformed Marcos Adames Hernández fired against Major Pérez y Pérez when he interceded in a fight the police agent maintained with other unidentified persons. Major Pérez y Pérez, an …

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Francisco Domínguez Brito, District Attorney, expressed his concern for the high number of adults in possession of weapons. Roxana Reyes, of his office, corroborated that 4% of the Dominican adult population is in possession of weapons, or 80,000 persons. The Ministry of Interior and Police has 315,000 weapons registered, not including those that are illegal. …

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Mikhail Baryshnikov announced he will start construction of a RD$15 million villa in Punta Cana in the Los Corales project. The project is a Julio Iglesias and Oscar de la Renta development, in coordination with the Punta Cana Group. The Punta Cana Group has sponsored the Punta Cana Beach Resort, Punta Cana Marina, Punta Cana …

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