2003 – Page 244

Diario Libre newspaper reports that the movies taken of the nudist exhibitionists cruising along Abraham Lincoln Avenue on Sunday unboard a luxury SUV show these were seven, not five as reported by the Police. The amateur films also reveal the interesting detail of an official tag used to enter the Presidential Palace hanging within the …

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A police patrol stopped a carjacking in progress in the tunnel at Kilometer 13 of the Duarte Highway. The SUV belonged to Jos? Manuel Rodr?guez Carrasco (?Pipi?o?), an executive of the Hipermercado Ol? supermarket chain. At 11:30 last night, the police patrol and the attackers were engaged in a shoot-out, leaving assailant Alejandro F?liz dead …

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The hotel industry continued its upward climb during the month of April with occupancy up 12.6% over last year, even though the rate was down 7.1% from March. April is the traditional end of the high season that begins in December. The summer season, which begins this month, generally shows a decline in the number …

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If Cogentrix, in San Pedro de Macor?s, doesn?t watch out, they may find themselves on the outside looking in. According to some projections done by the Coordinator of the Electric System, Cogentrix, which operates with Fuel Oil #2, will have to compete with the AES plants which will be using natural gas. C?sar S?nchez, administrator …

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He is 13 years old and says that he is in the program because he wants to be and because he likes it. He talks about his friends, but will not talk of his family history or where he comes from. This is one of the youngsters participating in the program run by the Director …

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Over 300 words typically used in the Dominican Republic have made it into the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language Dictionary, the ?official? dictionary for the Spanish-speaking world. Alicia P?rez Guerra, the first woman to become a member of the Dominican Academy of Language, over three months of hard work, compiled a list of Dominicanisms …

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The government has announced the end to the 10% surcharge on imported goods as of 17 May. Finance Minister Rafael Calder?n made the announcement after a meeting of the government?s economic team with President Mej?a. Calder?n also announced that next month the country would receive the first payment of US$100 million from the World Bank …

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This coming Saturday, President Hip?lito Mej?a will inaugurate a videoconference network that will serve the major hospitals of the Cibao Valley and its population of over three million. According to Orlando Jorge Mera, the head of the Dominican Telecommunication Institute (INDOTEL), RD$30 million has been spent on this project created in coordination with the Ministry …

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The appearance of dozens of application forms in garbage bins outside the Spanish embassy has forced Labor Minister Milton Ray Guevara to order an investigation into the circumstances that is causing many people to question the whole process. Ray Guevara ordered several of his vice ministers to look into the situation, while assuring the press …

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Six months have gone by since the Nation Population and Housing Census took place, and still not all of the data is available. Reporter Riammy M?ndez from the List?n Diario calls the task of obtaining the elusive figures ?mission impossible?. Last 21 October, when the census was taking place, Luis Hern?ndez Mart? promised that the …

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