2004 – Page 103

President Leonel Fernandez appointed trusted aides from his previous administration to most of the cabinet positions. Among the first to be appointed to government are: Secretary of the Presidency: Danilo Medina Minister of Agriculture: Amilcar Romero Minister of the Armed Forces: Rear Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez Minister of Education: Alejandrina German Minister of Superior Education: …

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President Leonel Fernandez appointed the Navy?s Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez as Armed Forces Minister, yesterday. The admiral is the brother of PLD Secretary General Reynaldo Pared Perez. The new minister was deputy minister of the Armed Forces during a past Fernandez term as well as director of investigations of the army. Other appointees include Vice-Admiral …

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In assuming the nation?s command, the Fernandez government also receives one of the most formidable news networks, the media companies that were confiscated from the collapsed Baninter bank. Osvaldo Santana, one of the most respected Dominican journalists, was appointed as director of the Listin Diario newspaper. Santana was previously managing editor at the closed El …

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The Environment Ministry has warned Globalia to desist from its intent to demolish the Visitors? Center located within the limits of the National Park of the East. The Spanish company says it holds the title to lands in the park and wishes to use them for the development of a 1,200-room resort. Former Minister of …

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Supreme Court of Justice leader Dr Jorge Subero Isa commented that former President Hipolito Mejia acted with prudence by not signing the pardons of approximately 500 prisoners who expected to be released on 16 August. While Dominican presidents are authorized by law to pardon prison inmates three times a year, Subero Isa said that the …

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The funeral service and wake for Jacinto Peynado will take place this afternoon and evening at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. Homage will be paid to the standout politician at the National Congress and Presidential Palace for his role as a former senator and Vice-President of the Republic. …

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Historian Bernardo Vega, a former Dominican ambassador to Washington and Central Bank governor, wrote in Monday?s El Caribe about how the Dominican Republic must now be referred to as the ?new? Dominican Republic. He says that in recent years, the DR has performed a complete turnaround, both economically and socially. He supports this claim by …

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Perhaps the last legislation ratified by former President Hipolito Mejia, the political parties? primaries law, transfers to the Central Electoral Board (JCE) the power to intervene in the internal primaries of political party organizations. The law of the primaries that was passed on Sunday, after being swiftly moved through Congress, establishes that political parties must …

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The Brazilian football team, which includes stars Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinho, flew in to Santo Domingo on the presidential plane that also brought President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva to attend the inauguration of President Fernandez. The team is staying in Santo Domingo at the Santo Domingo V Centenario Intercontinental Hotel, before departing tomorrow to …

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Monday, 16 August is Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic, the holiday that commemorates the reinstatement of Dominican independence from Spain. This will be a very active 16 August, though, as it also marks the start of a new government, that of President-elect Leonel Fernandez. In view of the holiday, DR1 will not issue a …

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