2004 – Page 176

The United Nations Program for Development reported yesterday that poverty in the Dominican Republic has increased 16-20% in the past three years. According to preliminary findings as the UNPD carries out the Human Development Report 2004 for the Dominican Republic, Miguel Ceara-Hatton, as director of the Office of Human Development of the UNPD, said the …

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While the Mejia administration, now in its final campaign stretch, has made promises to distribute 100,000 Taiwan-made motorcycles to Dominicans in exchange their votes, El Caribe newspaper reports today that the Dr Dario Contreras Hospital alone, during the first four months of the year, attended 2,565 motorcyclists who had suffered traffic accidents. This is 454 …

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President Hipolito Mejia said on TV yesterday that he will not be pressured by the Dominican College of Medics. Mejia had told the medics to submit a bill for increased taxes to Congress to pay for their demanded wage increases. Although Mejia promised to support the bill, it has not moved in Congress, leaving the …

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President Hipolito Mejia said on TV yesterday that while 2003 was the year of the crisis, 2004 is the year of adjustments and 2005 will be the year of economic recovery. As reported in Hoy newspaper, the statesman affirmed that to boost the economy he would increase government workers? wages by 30%. He also felt …

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PLD Presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez says that the Dominican people will not stand for a fraudulent election. Speaking during the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs talk yesterday, Fernandez said that the Dominican people have waited patiently and demonstrated a capacity for endurance and civism, so as not to break with national institutions. ?But, beware, because …

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This is a weekend to try to avoid being caught on the major highways. For Saturday, the PLD has announced the close of its campaign to take place Santiago, from where they will go to Sanchez Ramirez on Sunday. The PRSC will be active in the northeast (Samana, Sanchez and Nagua) over the weekend, as …

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Dominicans will have a last chance to see the leading contenders for the DR?s Presidency address Dominican economic and social problems on the small screen this coming Monday, 10 May, Tuesday, 11 May and Thursday, 13 May. Eduardo Estrella for the PRSC, Leonel Fernandez for the PLD and Hipolito Mejia for the PRD will be …

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Niky Fabiancic, representative of the United Nations in the Dominican Republic, joined the crowd of voices opposing the legislators desire to fast-track certain proposed changes to the Dominican Republic?s environmental law that would allow the construction of hotels and mining projects on protected-status lands. As reported in El Caribe, Fabiancic called the Senate?s approval of …

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The World Willdlife Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy ? four leading world environmental organizations ? sent an open letter to Congress and President Hipolito Mejia expressing their ?great concern? over the possible approval of the new law on protected areas that is currently being considered. The organizations say …

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Twenty-three organizations joined together to request that the Supreme Court of Justice declare Decree 1130-03 to be in violation of the Constitution. This decree reduces the limits of the Mirador del Norte Park. The Mejia administration authorized a private company to use 3.5 million square meters within the park?s boundaries to install the Jardin Memorial …

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