2004 – Page 26

Work on the dam at Pinalito, Constanza, high in the Central Mountain range, was initiated yesterday, as President Fernandez pushed a button that sent several tons of earth and gravel into the air. The dam is part of an assistance package offered to the DR by Brazil. According to Hoy, the water barrier will have …

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The minister of Environment and Natural Resources has ordered the companies Trans Dominicana de Desarollo and Multigestiones Valenza to immediately collect and remove the substance known as rock ash (or industrial ash) that was deposited illegally along the coastal areas of Arroyo Barril, Samana and Manzanillo, Monte Crist. According to the Listin Diario, this verdict …

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The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development has invited Puerto Plata tourism businessmen to attend the First Regional Funglode Encounter on Human Development and Sustainable Tourism as a Strategy for Progress. One of the foundation’s stated goals is to provide a forum to discuss the DR’s economic, social and democratic development to assist in the …

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One of the top figures ensnared in the Plan Renove debacle, Pedro Franco Badia, agreed to an interview with El Caribe that is published today, in which he says he was “only following orders.” A lawyer by profession and a 48-year veteran on the political scene, Badia says he never wanted to be part of …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito told reporters that Plan Renove “was a vulgar program to steal the people’s property.” At the same time, Elena Brineman, the local USAID director, pointed out that the US Consulate had revoked the travel visas for those connected to the scandal in order to avoid the possibility of extradition, should …

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Police Sergeant Ramon Dario Contreras, known more infamously as “Cabrerita,” was gunned down by at least three assassins yesterday evening as he was pulling into a Shell station on Estrella Sadhala Avenue in the Las Colinas section of Santiago de los Caballeros. The Mitsubishi Lancer showed at least eight bullet holes in its dark blue …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco, stated yesterday that more than 100,000 women are currently being exploited by the sex trade in the DR and that violence against women has ascended to alarming levels. Pacheco was speaking as the Chamber of Deputies prepared for the International Day of Non-Violence Against Women, which …

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The government is spending US$30 million each month to shore up the electricity supply for most of the country. In order to better the energy situation for the DR in 2005, El Caribe newspaper is betting on renewed pressures to collect on the electric bills. This will mean new cuts in power service and perhaps …

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While the red-hot Aguilas Cibaenas continued to win at home and on the road, attendance at the stadiums, especially at Quisqueya Ballpark in Ensanche La Fe, has continued to be nearly non-existent. The homefield for the Leones del Escogido and the Tigres of Licey has averaged a paltry 400 paying attendees so far this season. …

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Beat Siegenthaler of Commerzbank reports that a new IMF program is expected to be announced in Washington later today. He explains that the exchange rate to be used is the final point being negotiated. Technical Minister of the Presidency Temistocles Montas had said in Santo Domingo that the program was based on a rate of …

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