2004 – Page 19

PLD Senator Jose Tomas Perez feels the Law of Primaries could revolutionize politics in the DR. He explained on Orlando Jorge Mera’s talk show “Lideres” on Channel 9 that the law of primaries breaks the traditional closed frameworks of the parties and obliges everyone to use the same voting list of the JCE. The PLD …

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Hoy’s “Que se Dice” column today suggests the next time Moli Alfredo Perez plans to steal public transport vehicles that he think big. The chauffer, who took possession of just one OMSA bus, was sentenced to jail by the judge hearing his case. “Of course many people are thinking that Perez would have fared better …

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Speaking at a gala dinner held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Santo Domingo, President Leonel Fernandez told his audience that this nation would become a model for other nations in the region with regards to the fight against corruption. A plan is being conducted in coordination with the World Bank, which El Caribe …

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President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to travel to New York this afternoon. On Sunday, 5 December, President Fernandez is scheduled for a visit to City College at 2 pm for an event organized by the Global Foundation for Development and Democracy and the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at the City College of New York. The …

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The National Dialogue convened yesterday on the Santo Tomas Campus of the PUCMM in Santo Domingo. Under the coordination of the university’s rector, Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, the Dialogue agreed to effect changes in the laws that govern the primary processes of the various political parties. With representatives of all of the major political parties …

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The military contingents based at Punta Cana and Las Americas airports were removed by the Ministry of the Armed Forces after the filing of complaints of extortion and bribery by passengers. The removal of personnel includes everyone from the lowest recruit to the highest official based in Punta Cana. The order also includes the members …

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In its first two months in office, the PLD government had to spend RD$14.07 billion of a total income of RD$19.55 billion just to pay expenses, providing just an example of what the government is facing. Capital expenditures represented RD$3.62 billion, or 18% of official revenues, while financial services consumed over half of that, or …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that their latest auction of certificates of deposit (Zero Coupon Investment Certificates) was better received than they had forecast for this time of year. The bank said that December usually requires a lot of money to be circulating, but the latest auction was able to place …

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The Central Bank published online its Dominican Republic Investors Presentation for the bonds roadshow it is participating in. Geoffrey Gottlieb of Goldman Sachs questioned the reasoning used to reach conclusions in the document in a release yesterday. He points out that domestic creditors are not pulling their weight, and neither have multilateral creditors come forth …

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The Support Coalition to the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America praised the efforts of the Senate, political parties and the Catholic Church in favor of removing obstacles to the US congressional approval of the DR-CAFTA, as per a release from the American Chamber of Commerce. Salcedo province senator, Alejandro Santos …

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