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As promised by Interior and Police Minister, Rafael Subervi Bonilla, Ministry officials and uniformed police embarked on the task of closing 36 private security firms that were reported to be tax delinquents. The mission ran into unexpected difficulties when none of the companies on the list could be located at the addresses that had been …

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Voting within the ?Claustro Mayor? (governing body) of the Santo Domingo Autonomous University (UASD) took place without incident yesterday, though only 1,811 votes were cast out of a total of 2,851 eligible. The results of the voting remain to be announced. However, it is expected that the reforms in the University?s basic charter will be …

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Yesterday?s Copa Air Lines flight took Guy Phillipe, Melsior Lemais and Noe Godwork to refuge in Ecuador, and brought an end to a diplomatically sensitive dilemma for the Mejia Administration. The trio were the last of the seven Haitian police officers, who sought refuge in the DR, after being accused of playing roles in a …

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A Santo Domingo businessman, Pedro Rafael Melo Matos was awarded DR$20 million (around US$1.212 million) as winner of the Electronic International Lottery Company?s recent Lotto drawing. However, he sent his lawyer and a representative of the bank where the money will be deposited, to appear before cameras and claim it. The lawyer, Miguel Angel Soto …

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The most prominent figures of the PLD Party – including the former Vice President, Jaime David Fernandez, the defeated PLD presidential candidate, Danilo Medina, and several cabinet members from the previous government – flocked to the residence of Alexandrina German yesterday in an unprecedented show of ?solidarity? with their embattled colleague. It had been rumored …

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The Mejia government seeks to silence PLD criticisms of the new fiscal measures it is proposing by trying to harass officials of the previous government, and ?soil their reputations.? Jose Tomas Perez, Executive Secretary of PLD said that its PRD opponents think that ?they can get us to abandon our defense of the interests of …

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Thirty-six private security firms are to be closed today, according to Police and Interior Minister Rafael Subervi Bonilla. Collectively, they owe the State more than DR$15 million for unpaid back taxes on the firearms their employees carry. The Minister told reporters that President Hipolito Mejia had granted the company a 30-day grace period to put …

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To Latin nations are competing for a seat on the UN?s Security Council. In addition to the Dominican Republic, which filed its application for the 2002-2003 biennial opening three years ago, Venezuela wants the prestigious spot. It filed its application earlier this year. In the UN?s system, Security Council representation tries, as much as possible, …

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The torrential rains that have caused flooding in communities throughout the Cibao (Northern) region of the country in recent days continued their rampage yesterday. The body of an unidentified man was pulled from the River Mao in San Jose de las Matas. In addition, in municipalities in Santiago and Puerto Platt Province, flood waters spilled …

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