2005 – Page 241

A fake decree was used by former chief of the Air Force General Virgilio Sierra Perez to expropriate 200 tareas of an Elias Pina family for the construction of a landing field for alleged drug smuggler Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. Tirsa Alcantara and her daughter Maritza visited the National District prosecutor office to place a …

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Aventura bachata group accepted to pay a RD$1 million fine to compensate for excesses in a presentation here. The Comision Nacional de Espectaculos Publicos y Radiofonia banned the group’s presentations in the country. The donation would go to support performing arts and cultural programs implemented by the Ministry of Culture youths division. “Aventura reaffirms its …

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The annual Sancocho Festival organized by Raul Perez Pena will climax this Saturday, 26 February at 5 pm with judges seeking to choose the best sancocho, as reported in El Nacional newspaper. The award for the best sancocho is RD$10,000 and a weekend at a resort. Raul Perez Pena highlighted the cultural importance of the …

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Thousands of public school students participated in a government-organized event yesterday at Plaza de la Bandera to celebrate the Dominican flag, on occasion of Independence Day, this coming Sunday, 27 February. President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno, Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and Education Minister Alejandrina German were present at the flagday event. German …

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-sun Chen said yesterday in Santo Domingo that Taiwan would spur its businessman to invest in the DR, especially in the area of technology. Chen, Taiwan ambassador John Feng and the visiting mission members, met with the president of the Senate, Andres Bautista Garcia yesterday. Bautista spoke of the communication lines that …

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President Leonel Fernandez signed the Electoral Law yesterday. The President had said he would veto the bill, but revoked his decision. Electoral Law 78-05 (modifying Law 275-97) sets new guidelines for distributing taxpayer money to support political parties and establishes that funds will be allotted equally to all parties obtaining at least 5% of the …

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The Supreme Court of Justice rejected the petition placed by Hatuey de Camps, the ousted president of the PRD against a resolution of the chamber of disputes of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The resolution had accepted the forced removal of De Camps from the presidency of the PRD. De Camps had opposed the bid …

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City barrios gathered under the umbrella of the Committee for the Defense of Barrio Rights (Copadeba) announced their opposition to the construction of the metro. Agustina Piron, speaking for several largely populated Santo Domingo slum neighborhoods (including Simon Bolivar, Los Guandules, Gualey, Guachupita, La Cienaga and 27 de Febrero) told Diario Libre newspaper that her …

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Structural engineer and seismological expert, Rafael Corominas Pepin alerted in an interview in Hoy newspaper that first floor garages could be major safety concerns for high rise condominium buildings. Corominas says that the first floor parking area must be designed to support itself and the building in the case of an earthquake. He said that …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Bonao for the groundbreaking of the free zone that calls for a US$72 million investment by the Us manufacturing company. Lee Chaden, chief executive officer of the Sara Lee Branded Apparel Management ? Americas division, said that the investment shows the company’s confidence in the Dominican authorities and the country. …

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