2005 – Page 101

The authorities and the hotel sector are preparing a plan to protect foreign and Dominican visitors on Boca Chica beach. According to a report in Listin Diario, they are devising strategies to fight the crime and insecurity in this area. Boca Chica is one of the most popular destinations for local tourists. It is also …

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Twelve-year-old Joselito Hernandez Garcia, the boy who was wounded by a stray bullet in his left eye (see DR1 Daily News 23 August 2005) may lose his sight as a result of the injury. The boy lost the sight of his right eye three years ago in an accident in the countryside. His mother Maribel …

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Jose Rafael Taveras Grullon, a 27 year old resident of Villa Mella who was the driver of a pick up used to transport money in the East Coast for the La Confianza securities distribution company, turned himself in to the police yesterday. Taveras reportedly ran off with RD$16 million that he was transporting when his …

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Arturo Rodriguez Fernandez, director of the Muestra Internacional de Cine de Santo Domingo has announced that 50 high quality films from 16 countries and the Dominican Republic will be part of the upcoming film festival that opens at the Diamond Mall cinemas in Arroyo Hondo this coming Wednesday, 7 September. During the press conference announcing …

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The Transport Department (OTTT) is increasing bus fares RD$2 for urban (National District) routes, RD$3 for suburban (National District – Santo Domingo Province) routes and RD$5 for inter-urban or inter-provincial routes, according to a report in Diario Libre. Public cars or “conchos” in Greater Santo Domingo will continue to charge RD$10 since more than 60% …

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The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Francisco Javier Castillo, has said that DR would formalize its integration into the Petro-Caribbean Agreement on 5 September 2005. According to a report in El Caribe, the agreement seeks to double the amount of crude oil entering the country to 100,000 barrels. The ratification of this agreement with Venezuela …

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The director of the Department of Energy of the UASD, Jose Luis Moreno San Juan said that the numbers being used to figure the cost of fuel used to generate power are excessively padded in regards to the real costs, as reported in Hoy newspaper. He said that fuel for power generation is at US$30 …

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Listin Diario political commentator Orlando Gil comments today that there are many that say that everyday President Leonel Fernandez speaks more like his predecessor, former President Hipolito Mejia. He mentions Fernandez’s comments accusing the rich of stealing power, the public work contracts scamming the people and government with poor quality works. Gil counters: “While the …

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PLD has said that the evaluation the PRD made of their first year in government lacks credibility and responsibility. A statement issued by the PLD Political Committee and presented by Temistocles Montas during a press conference, says that a political team responsible for the bankruptcy of the economy and destroying the national productive system, causing …

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The Participacion Ciudadana (PC) civic movement warned yesterday that President Leonel Fernandez has caused his anti-corruption policy to be questioned by appointing lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) – who is also main defense attorney for Ramon Baez Figueroa, responsible for the greatest banking fraud in all Dominican history – as Anti-Narcotics Advisor to the Executive …

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