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Architect Guillermo Santoni and structural engineer William Reid argue that with the cost of one kilometer of underground metro they could build an entire 30 km. monorail system for the city of Santo Domingo. As reported in Hoy newspaper, Santoni estimates that the cost of one kilometer of monorail would be around US$900,000. Santoni and …

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Joaquin Geronimo, president of the National Council of Urban Affairs (CONAU) told El Caribe yesterday that it is unconceivable that the government go ahead with the construction of the underground metro while leaving all the misery of the Ozama river environs above ground. He told El Caribe newspaper that the Resure plan calls for relocating …

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First Lady Margarita Cedeno accompanied President Leonel Fernandez to Madrid earlier this month, but had her own agenda. During her stay in Madrid, she signed a donation of EUR600,000 with the Community of Madrid to benefit poor families in Boca Chica and El Seibo. The funds will go to a program to benefit women living …

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The Department for the Prevention of Corruption (Depreco) is studying documents confiscated in a search of the home of deputy minister of Environment, Pedro Escarraman that reveal information on the construction cost of the Jarabacoa mountain home former President Hipolito Mejia built during his administration. At the end of his term, Mejia officially stated that …

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Former supervisor of public works and close aide to former President Hipolito Mejia, today Duarte senator Hernani Salazar is challenging lawyer Marino Vinicio (Vincho) Castillo to come up with the proofs of millionaire fraud during his term in government. “I am responsible for all that was done by my department during the government of former …

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Clave Digital online news service reports that Monsignor Agripino Nunez met with former President Hipolito Mejia to negotiate a new agreement with the Fernandez government. The Fernandez government needs the support of senators loyal to the former President in order to pass several bills that are part of the government’s financial restructuring plan. The rector …

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The Central Bank is advertising the sale of the deluxe glass tower built on Lope de Vega and that would have served as the headquarters for the top echelons of the collapsed Baninter. The building was custom built for then Baninter president, Ramon Baez Figueroa. Baez was released after posting bail as the investigations into …

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In the DR it has always been said that if you are going to steal, steal big. An arrested man who had escaped the Palacio de Justicia jail in Ciudad Nueva on Good Friday died when he dived into the Caribbean Sea fronting the Malecon to escape police persecution. 26-year old Cristian Yorleneypit Gesvaldo King …

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The bargain-priced but very good quality now sold in Dominican clothing stores has an explanation. Listin Diario reports today that once several apparel factory operators were fired in the La Romana free zone in the early 90s these set up shop on their own. Today, the lingerie industry in La Romana is a RD$10 million …

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The Centro Cristiano de Servicios Medicos Dr. Elias Santana in Los Alcarrizos is celebrating its 20 years of public service. The clinic is best known for his ophthalmology services and is popularly referred to as the Hospital de los Americanos. Yesterday, physicians saw patient number two million, 73-year old Isabel de la Rosa, who for …

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