2001 – Page 88

Classic Elegance, a one-stop shop for getting married, recently opened up an impressive locale on 27 de Febrero Avenue in front of the 27 de Febrero Boulevard. Classic Elegance Santo Domingo is part of the worldwide expansion plans of the Taiwanese company. The company seeks to turn the would-be nightmare of organizing a wedding into …

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President Hipolito Mejia insisted that he has the written support of the English-speaking nations of the Caribbean for the Dominican Republic’s aspirations to a seat on the United Nations Security Council. The DR began to campaign for the seat in 1997. Mejia said only Bahamas has formally given its vote to Mexico. Nevertheless, news reports …

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The Navy announced the arrest, in an operation in coordination with the US Coast Guard, of the crew that sought to take 40 illegal travelers to Puerto Rico. The ship was ordered to stop at around 10 pm on Friday night when caught departing without authorization along the Cumayasa River in La Romana. The crew …

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The parachutist division of the Air Force enjoyed a day of extravaganza to celebrate the marriage of two of their members, second lieutenant Osvaldo Montero and medical captain Mildred Fon Frias on Friday, 6 July. The idea came from the superior of the division. Two Air Force airplanes flew the couple-to-be wed, the priest, witnesses …

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The J2 intelligence branch of the Armed Forces and the District Attorney Office of Puerto Plata confiscated 2,000 boxes of fake brand cigars over the weekend in Sosua and Cabarete. The cigars would have produced RD$6 million for the vendors. The operation follows others that have taken place in Boca Chica and Santo Domingo. The …

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The Supreme Court of Justice sent all the judges of the Appeals Court of the Penal Chamber of San Pedro de Macoris to disciplinary court for irregularities in office. New judges would be appointed. The decision was taken after complaints were received from several lawyers.

Appointments made by President Mejia at the National Council of Drugs have led to an upheaval and revelations of scandalous procedures. Drugs prevention expert, Reynaldo Pazos Pinedo lasted only three days on the job as administrative director prior to being expelled by the president of the organization, Antonio Martinez Azar. Olga Celeste Ventura who would …

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The Dominican Association of Customs Agents denounced that the Customs Department preferred to create a custom-made software package to implement the GATT taxation system as of 1 July instead of installing the already proven Automated System for Customs Data recommended by the United Nations. In an interview with Hoy newspaper, Jose del Carmen Mendieta, Manuel …

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The Association of Representing Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers denounced that the Ministry of Public Health and the government Program for Essential Medicines (Promese) are assigning imports of pharmaceuticals without bothering to hold tenders. They demanded that Minister of Public Health Jose Rodriguez Soldevila, director of Promese, Juan Francisco Benoit and director of Customs Vicente Sanchez …

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