2004 – Page 17

Police are on the trail of four men suspected of stealing 36 tons of ferronickel from the Falconbridge mines. The material was recovered in a sugar cane field on the Guerra-Boca Chica highway two days after the theft in a truck covered with black dirt. The driver of the truck that was carrying the cargo, …

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The president of the Puerto Plata Hotel Association, Jesus Almanzar, urged more resources to combat crime on the North Coast. He said that there is great concern among hoteliers due to the near total lack of police surveillance in the tourist region. According to Almanzar, local law enforcement agents barely have two vehicles with which …

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Do not miss the Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair set for Saturday and Sunday at Columbus Park in the Colonial City. The event is being organized by the Ministry of Culture and will be open from 9am to 8pm on both days. The event is being co-sponsored by the Peace Corps and the IDDI non-governmental …

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Miss Dominican Republic, 18-year-old Claudia Cruz, returned home yesterday after winning the title of first runner-up in the Miss World contest held in Beijing. Cruz was received at Las Americas International Airport with regal honors.  

President Leonel Fernandez participated in the Clinton Foundation Energy Forum held 6 December in New York City at New York University. During his remarks, President Clinton outlined the key energy issues facing the world: how the global community manages its existing resources; innovative ideas to meet future energy needs; and the profound environmental, economic, security …

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The Executive Branch announced the replacement of 13 generals and 10 colonels in the National Police. These changes, which are to affect the departments of Community Police, Internal Affairs, Personnel and Stolen Vehicle Investigations, were made upon the recommendations by Chief of Police Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez.

The traditional Christmas “tree” of Santo Domingo, the Malecon obelisk, was lit yesterday. Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo, Culture Minister Jose Rafael Lantigua and Ivan Ramirez, the president of Verizon that sponsored the tree, were on hand for the event that included a fireworks celebration.

The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Luis Arias, complained yesterday that the RD$2.7-billion allotment they had requested for their 2005 budget had been trimmed down to RD$1.3 billion. He said that the organization received RD$1.4 billion in 2004, a presidential election year, and that the budget cuts endangered the application of the newly-instated …

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The president of the Dominican College of Medics (CDM), Waldo Ariel Suero, announced the suspension of the 72-hour public hospital strike that would have begun today. The physicians agreed to have the executive editor of El Nacional newspaper, Radhames Gomez Pepin, mediate the conflict after Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez discouraged Monsignor Agripino Nunez …

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Olgo Fernandez of the Office for Border Development announced that the Bi-national Artibonite Watershed Management Project would begin on 15 December and is programmed to last seven years. Forty per cent of the project will be implemented on the Dominican side of the border and 60% on the Haitian side. The initiative is being financed …

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