2005 – Page 30

The Listin-Hamilton poll shows that 79% of Dominicans believe that there is corruption in the current administration. The breakdown is as follows: a lot of corruption, 44%; some corruption, 39%, not much corruption, 17%, no corruption, 4%, does not know 1%. When comparing Leonel Fernandez’s administration to Hipolito Mejia’s, 47% said there is less corruption …

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PRD President Ramon Alburquerque defended Deputy Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia’s candidacy yesterday, as reported in El Caribe. Ramos Garcia, who served 18 months in prison for smuggling illegal Asian immigrants across the Haitian border, wants to run for Senator of La Vega Province. According to Alburquerque, Ramos served time in a correctional matter and neither …

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The National Police is to receive modern vehicles equipped with computers and integrated UPSs, according to Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, as reported in Listin Diario. Almeyda said that 45 vehicles would be delivered by the end of this year, and would be used for patrolling against crime. Next February, another 250 vehicles will …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Criminal Chamber has rejected the abrogation recourse presented by Ramon Baez Figueroa, Luis Alvarez Renta, Vivian Lubrano de Castillo and Marcos Antonio Baez Cocco, against the ruling that sends them to a criminal court. Listin Diario reports that, in the same sentence, the SCJ accepted the abrogation recourse presented …

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The Dominican Republic Academy of Sciences, in its capacity as advisor to the National Congress, is opposing the approval of the planned Novo Mundo XXI artificial island project, to be built off the coast of Santo Domingo by Canadian company Santo Domingo Re-Development Ltd. The academy has analyzed legal, economic, geological, climatic, architectural, urban, sanitary …

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Yesterday, a road design specialist, engineer Jose Angel Bello presented an alternative solution to the proposed overpass at the intersection of Ortega y Gasset and 27 de Febrero avenues, that would not affect residents and businesses in the El Vergel neighborhood, as reported in Diario Libre. His proposal uses the avenues themselves and part of …

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The 300 MW AES Andres generator will go back into operation as from 25 November, and will receive 111,000 cubic meters of Natural Liquid Gas, which will ensure a greater supply of electricity during the Christmas holiday season. The generator, which was stopped on 18 October 2005, will stay in operation for two months, according …

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The Customs Department has announced the discovery of a consignment of varied smuggled goods in 86 containers, and an unprecedented agreement with the company that imported the material, which has accepted to pay RD$817 million in unpaid taxes and penalties, as reported in Listin Diario. Speaking at a press conference, Customs Director Miguel Cocco stated …

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The Customs Department has seized three containers full of whiskey which had been smuggled into the country by Juan Caslos Genao Torrejos, a businessman whom the institution has indicted four times for the same reason, according to Diario Libre. Notwithstanding the fact that he has been sentenced to home imprisonment, Genao moves about freely, to …

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The First Lady, the Cardinal and the Mayor of Santo Domingo are the public figures gaining the highest scores in the Listin Hamilton public opinion poll carried out recently, according to the lead story in Listin Diario. The President, Leonel Fernandez was placed fifth. Those polled were asked to rate a number of public figures. …

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