2003 – Page 319

The discredited Department for Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) sent the Attorney General?s office 13 cases that had not been expedited during the tenure of Virgilio Bello Rosa. According to Jesus Felix, the head of DEPRECO, his department simply changed the dates and the name of the Attorney General before forwarding them to the new Attorney …

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The government is contemplating the issuance of RD$1.3 billion in bonds to cover old debts carried by the farming and animal husbandry sectors. Finance Minister Jose Lois Malkum made the announcement after a meeting with President Mejia and a high-ranking commission of administration officials. The bonds would be offered through Banreservas and Banco Agricola, both …

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The former Dominican consul in Cape Haitian, Radhames Garcia, now under indictment for the trafficking of illegal Chinese immigrants, revealed to reporters from the Listin Diario that he made US$1.5 million during his two-year tenure in Haiti. According to him, his official salary was US$4,500 a month, with an additional entitlement of US$50,000 to US$60,000 …

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The Diario Libre reports that today?s session of the municipal council of Santo Domingo will set the date for the experimental phase of the Free Malecon project to begin. The idea is to free up the seafront avenue exclusively for pedestrian traffic for 12 hours every Sunday. Apparently, only the two lanes nearest the Caribbean …

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Frank Rainieri told reporters yesterday that the hotel and business communities of the East Coast would defray 50 percent of the cost for the construction of the Coral Highway. The president of the Punta Cana Group estimated that the investment could reach between RD$450 and $500 million and that this is ?nothing? compared to what …

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Santo Domingo will enter the books of international regattas when the start gun is fired this Saturday, 25 January to signal the start of the Route du Cigare Regatta. The transatlantic event departs from the Ozama River marina in Santo Domingo. Well known British navigator Miranda Merron will captain the Mangu yacht, which will skim …

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With the benefit of only one hit – a Ruben Mateo double ?Escogido, down 4-1 entering the 8th inning, scored four runs to score the critical victory and advance to the best-of-seven final, beginning Friday in Santiago. The Escogido was aided by an error and four walks in overcoming the deficit and advancing to their …

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In an interview last Friday with El Caribe newspaper, the new Attorney General, Victor Cespedes stated that he favored putting three other departments under the control of his office: The National Department for Drug Control (DNCD); the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Department of Crime Scene Investigation of the National Police. Members of the …

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Despite meetings with the head of the National Refinery, and despite the announcement of a 7 percent reduction in government use of fuels, and despite the suggestion that government officials use mini-buses to accompany the President on his official trips around the country to save fuel, yesterday the President on his journey to the Basilica …

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The bishop of the dioceses of Higuey, La Altagracia, Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio urged government officials not to let themselves be corrupted and asked that those who had been corrupted, recognize what they had done and, in atonement, return in some fashion the goods that had been taken through corruption. In his …

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