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President Leonel Fernandez ordered the chief of the Police, Major General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and the state representative to suspend the eviction of squatters on Grupo Punta Cana claimed lands in Veron. The Grupo Punta Cana on Friday, Saturday and Sunday began the eviction of 70 families that refused their offer to relocate. Reportedly, …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre says that the most pressing tasks ahead for the new minister will be related to the free trade agreements in process. He says the Fernández administration is leaving behind negotiations for the signing of free trade agreements with Chile, Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador. Likewise, the new authorities need to …

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Appointed Minister of Culture in the government that starts 16 August, Tony Raful announced the members of the cultural team of the new government. Raful is also acting president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, the ruling party as of August. He made the announcement of the cultural team of the government during an event at …

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In an interview for the Listin Diario, influential former President Joaquin Balaguer said that the privatization of the energy sector in the DR has failed. In his opinion it would have been better to continue the slow privatization process he had started. (Contracts signed with private generators during the Balaguer administration were notorious for clauses …

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Multiple contradictions came forth regarding the murder of Ahora newsweekly magazine editor Orlando Martinez as the trial continued on Monday, 31 July. The contradictions included debate of whether the journalist was to be beat up, to teach him a lesson; whether the plan to kill him was three months old. Alfredo Lluberes Ricart (alias Lluberito), …

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Michael Small, president of Centennial Communications Corporation, Carlos Bofill, president of Centennial Communication Corporations for the Caribbean and other leading executives of the US telecommunications firm were in Santo Domingo last week for the events that marked the merger with a Dominican company. Centennial Dominicana began operations in the DR in January and expects to …

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Armed forces proceeded to evict 70 families that refused to accept relocation offers by the Grupo Punta Cana in the La Altagracia province. The Punta Cana tourism entrepreneurs battled the eviction of the squatters for more than 20 years. They had received eviction judgments but these had not been able to be implemented by the …

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The director of the National Office of Planning, Rafael Camilo said that at 23% of the public sector employees cannot be cancelled by the new government without there being a violation of the law. The Ley de Carrera Civil y Administrativa, the law regulating public service employees grants special status to public employees with more …

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Former President Juan Bosch, founder of the PRD and PLD political parties, returned yesterday to Santo Domingo. He had been hospitalized at the Centro Medico de Investigaciones Quirurgicas since 28 June. Previously he had been hospitalized at the Air Force military hospital. Bosch is 91 years old and suffers from neurological problems. President Leonel Fernandez …

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President-elect Hipólito Mejia said in Santiago that his government will see that Puerto Plata gets a new power generator to guarantee adequate power supply to the Cibao region. He spoke when visiting Santiago where he attended the 30th graduation of the Instituto Superior de Agriculture. At the event, he was awarded a Honoris Causa doctorate. …

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