2004 – Page 4

Listin Diario economic section’s carries today a report on the profitability of the telecommunications industry in the DR. It also says that local consumers want the phone companies to reduce the cost of their services, given that they were raised when the peso’s value was at a peak low compared to the US dollar at …

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The Dominican Association of Free Zones and the National Federation Free Zone Laborers (Fenatrazona) have agreed on a 25% raise for free zone workers. The wage increase will go into effect in two parts, 15% to be given on 3 January and 10% on 4 April. The free zone monthly minimum wage will rise from …

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The National Commission of Emergencies (CNE) is reporting the deaths of 33 people and 350 injuries in the Dominican Republic from 12pm on 23 December to 6am on 26 December. Of the total, 18 died in traffic accidents and 12 in gun or knife confrontations. Of the 350 injuries, 132 were sustained in traffic accidents, …

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Two agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration paid former Captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo a five-minute visit to his cell at the Direccion Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD), where they expressed that the US government will seek his extradition. This information is according to his lawyer Carlos Balcacer, who demanded that his client be …

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Morning newspapers inform that “The Don,” the very prosperous former army Captain Quirino Paulino Castillo, now implicated in the largest drug bust of the past 14 years, lived in the Julieta neighborhood, right behind the popular Bravo supermarket. Newspapers say his city address is Virgilio Diaz Ordonez 64. Diario Libre reports that a lady once …

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Newspapers over the Christmas holidays published statements and documents involving former army chief Radhames Zorrilla Ozuna, former chief of the Armed Forces, retired Major General Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, and as high up as President Hipolito Mejia, in the irregular military career of former army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. Paulino Castillo is being singled …

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Listin Diario political analyst Orlando Gil writes: “The political responsibility was that of President Mejia, but the institutional responsibility belonged to the military chiefs who were unable to resist the evident degrading of the armed forces. In his analysis today, Gil contrasts the collapse of institutionalism within the military under Mejia and his armed forces …

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Hoy newspaper pointed out in a report on Wednesday, 22 December that approximately 100 military were readmitted to the forces during the Mejia administration, despite their having been previously removed for justifiable reasons, such as theft and drug smuggling. The Armed Forces minister, the now-retired Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, was aware of the …

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With their loss to the Aguilas over the weekend, the Escogido is unlikely to make it to the round robin tournament that defines who will play in the playoffs. The round robin starts the winter series all over again and is played in January. So far, it looks like the playoffs will center around the …

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DR1 Daily News will not be updated again until next Monday, 27 December. The DR1 Daily News staff is taking its Christmas holiday as of tomorrow, 23 December. Top headlines occurring over the 23-26 December period will be compiled for the Monday, 27 December news digest. Important breaking news may appear on the DR1 Forums, …

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