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President Hipólito Mejía appointed Miguel Pichardo Olivier, Elías Brache, José Alejandro Ayuso and Mercedes Cabral de Arcalá to the posts of deputy ministers at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. He also confirmed Mercedes Cabral de Arcalá as Deputy Minister for Cultural Affairs. The present Minister is Hugo Tolentino Dipp, who replaced Eduardo Latorre on 16 …

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President Hipólito Mejía decreed a complete restructuring of the Ministerio Público with the appointment of 80 district attorneys, prosecutors and assistant attorneys at appeals courts and first instance courts throughout the country.

The Ministry of Sports and the Department of Drug Control (DNCD) announced they will work together to fight drug addiction. The DNCD will present sports programs as an alternative while giving talks in schools, clubs and barrios throughout the country. Minister Cesar Cedeño and Major General Manuel Lachapelle Suero met yesterday at the latter’s office …

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The Executive Committee of the Pan American Games announced the integration of new members. These will be sworn in on 5 September. Dr. Jose Joaquin Puello, president of the Organizing Committee of the Santo Domingo 2003 Games said that engineer Bienvenido Solano will be appointed General Director of the Games, replacing Professor Danilo Aquino. Danilo …

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Evaristo Perez, a well-known Dominican basketball player, was appointed director of the Programa de Apoyo a los Atletas de Alto Rendimiento Nuevos Valores e Inmortales (PARNI). This program primarily seeks to help the top athletes of the country maintain a lifestyle that allows them to concentrate on their sport. The program funds lodging, food, medical …

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News reports say that the Civil Defense evacuated more than 1,000 persons in prevention of flooding due to the threat of Debby. Debby, downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, eventually treated the DR lightly, bringing only rains that are seen as beneficial for agriculture. The front page of the Listín Diario of 24 August carries …

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The Association of Free Zones of La Vega reached an agreement with Edenorte, the power distributor. The businessmen of the zone had returned their power bills to the company, an affiliate of Unión Fenosa of Spain, citing these were excessive and did not reflect the long hours of blackouts the companies had been subject to …

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Police chief Pedro de Jesus Candelier confirmed that he is intervening as "mediator" in the political impasse between the Juan Quiñones, present mayor of Haina, a town west of Santo Domingo and Juan Benito Reyes (Maniquí) who aspires to be the mayor of Haina. The problem is traced back to the political agreement reached in …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp expressed his concern for the increase in illegal migration of Haitians to the DR. "A small country like ours does not have the resources to cope with half a million or a million Haitians. The problem is that the DR cannot accept the flow of Haitians as it …

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