2005 – Page 231

A special commission of the Dominican Senate handed a list of approximately 2,000 professional people to the government: agronomists, teachers, doctors and nursing personnel, that had been cancelled during the first six months of the PLD government. Government spokespeople promised to study the proposal made by the Senate, and this, in turn, gave hope to …

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Listin Diario reports that snowstorms caused the cancellation of six flights from New York and Miami yesterday. Others from Boston and New York suffered delays of up to five hours.

Cristobal Marte, the man credited with the high world ranking of the Dominican volleyball team and the country’s successful participation in the Athens Olympics, announced plans to prepare the team for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He announced the hiring from Cuba of head coach Francisco (Panchy) Cruz Jimenez and assistant Ismael Ortega Hernandez and …

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The Dominican-Chinese Lin Ju and Jennifer Lian won gold in their individual events in the 15th Latin American Table Tennis Tournament in Uruguay. Yesterday, they had won the gold in mixed doubles. The Latin American tournament is a qualifier for the women’s and men’s world championships of this year, in China and Belgium in October …

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Dominican President Leonel Fernandez attended the opening session of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security in Madrid, Spain. The occasion marked the first year’s anniversary of the bombing of the Madrid train system by Moroccan terrorists. Fernandez, a founding member of the Madrid Club, will be in Spain from 8-11 March. More than …

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Tax collections in February were a record RD$4.57 billion, up from RD$3.30 billion in February 2004. Hoy newspaper highlights that the increase is evidence of the new authorities greater efficiency and productivity in the tax collection process. It points out that the increase is more significant taking into account the appreciation of the peso. In …

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The Interamerican Development Bank and the National Council of Competitiveness held yesterday the first national competitiveness workshop, presenting clusters as a workable strategy and organizational technology for Dominican development and community improvement. Terms such as “coompetivity” were introduced ? cooperation for competitivity. During the event, Michael Fairbanks of On the Frontier Group, spoke on the …

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The Dominican Republic will submit a formal appeal today, Wednesday, to the WTO regarding the decision by the WTO that favors Honduras in a case that involves the cigarette tax stamp on Dominican and other nation’s cigarettes. The decision would also oblige the nation to eliminate the 13% exchange commission that is currently charged on …

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A World Bank loan for US$150 million to cover deficits in the energy sector is in trouble, according to Christina Malmberg Calvo, the local World Bank representative. According to the Listin Diario, if the Dominican Congress does not ratify the project for technical assistance before 28 April, the Executive Board of the bank will not …

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The prosecutor for the Southern District of the State of New York, located in Manhattan, revealed that Quirino Paulino Castillo and the criminal organization that he led, transferred their earnings to bank accounts in the Dominican Republic. David N. Kelly’s statements are included in the indictment placed before the judge on 22 February. The Listin …

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