2005 – Page 177

Santo Domingo Deputy Pelegrin Castillo warned that the only way to avoid a continuation of the conflicts between Dominicans and Haitians, leading to a repeat of the Balkan crisis, is for the government to energetically apply the Migration Law 285-04 and establish controls on migration, imported labor and the border. He says the law has …

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The president of the Agribusiness Council (JAD), Jose Antonio Martinez Rojas, wrote in Hoy newspaper that the DR could be seeing a repeat of cultural and ethnic clashes that happened in Ivory Coast and Albania due to governmental laissez faire in dealing with mass immigration from Haiti. He alerts to the civil unrest situation that …

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El Caribe newspaper carries in its Saturday edition the explanation for the steep hikes in the bills consumers in many areas of Santo Domingo have received after days of very few power outages. The newspaper explains that apparently the power distribution company Edesur has wised up and is providing almost zero blackouts to upscale areas …

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The Commission of Public Spending of the Congress of Costa Rica is investigating whether President Abel Pacheco of Costa Rica accepted that the Hazoury family pay for his travel expenditures to the Dominican Republic to attend the opening of Cap Cana’s beach club on the beach of Caleton, part of the luxury residential development, Cap …

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Guillermo Moreno, dean of law of UNIBE university, and former district attorney from 16 August 1996 to September 1997 of the first Fernandez government, shares his vision of what the DR should be in an interview in the Listin Diario on Saturday. Moreno was cancelled amidst his firm stance against corruption at the time. In …

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The tracking of the mobile phone has led to the solving of the murder of a young couple on 5 February of which a Catholic Church deacon was suspect. When presented with evidence and unable to explain how he had the mobile (he had changed the telephone number), army sargeant Valentin Vicioso confessed to the …

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He said he had nothing to say and would not comply with the judge’s summons, but former President Hipolito Mejia sat for 13 hours waiting for his turn to testify in the libel suit his former supervisor of public works and today Duarte province senator Hernani Salazar has placed against lawyer Marino Vinicio (Vincho) Castillo. …

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Danilo Vicioso, 41 years, a resident in La Romana, swimming in the 40-44 years group for the Dominican Republic in the United States Masters Short Course Swimming Championships in Florida, a preparatory event for the world swimming masters, won bronze in the 100 back with a time of 56.62. He also placed 4th in the …

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President Leonel Fernandez revoked the ruling that would have restricted news and information broadcast by radio and TV that he had signed on 7 May. President Fernandez, prior to leaving for California for the unveiling of a statue to baseball hall of famer Juan Marichal, issued Decree 312-05 that revokes the Comision de Espectaculos Publicos …

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The government department that issues driving licenses and driving learning permits announced that services would be supended for nine days starting Monday. The government is installing a new system that would offer more security. The new system incorporates digital finger imprints in the card. The new system would be interconnected with the security services of …

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