2005 – Page 60

A group of Haitian refugees called the Committee of Refugees United for their Rights, have called on the United Nations to influence the Dominican government to end alleged violations of their rights. Diario Libre reports that the group’s Vice President, Jean Ederme Blot, complained that children born in the DR do not have birth certificates …

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The Dominican team has won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon Pan-American championship in Argentina, Diario Libre reports. Their trainer Marina Nikiforova classified their performance as “unprecedented” as they have only been training for four years and have already reached Pan-American level. The team is composed of Alex Hernandez, Julio Benjamin and Jose Aquino. …

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The entire Washington Ballet company is coming to the Dominican Republic next week and will be performing Septime Webre’s Carmen, George Balanchine’s Serenade and Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs at the National Theater on 21 and 22 October. Dominican audiences will be able to pay homage to prima ballerina Michelle Jimenez. Tickets can be purchased …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced that the DR will propose exchanging foreign debt in return for fulfilling the millennium objectives during the XV Ibero-American Summit which begins tomorrow in Salamanca, Spain, just before departing on Iberia flight 6500 together with First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, Chief Military Aide Major General Ramon Aquino Garcia, and Presidency …

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During a visit to the President of the Senate yesterday, the president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (REFIDOMSA) asked Congress to revise the contracts signed by SHELL and the Dominican State. Aristides Fernandez Zucco believes that the contract, which was signed 36 years ago, must be revised to adjust it to the present times. He …

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President Leonel Fernandez has appointed Ruben Jimenez Bichara as Director of the Industrial Promotion Corporation, as a replacement for Ramon Rodriguez, who in turn was appointed Assistant General Administrator of Banco de Reservas. Rodriguez replaces Augusto Vargas, who resigned, and is one of the main PLD leaders in Santiago.

EdeNorte electricity distribution company is spending almost one million pesos a month on the salaries of six technicians – five Peruvians and one Dominican. Diario Libre obtained copies of their contracts, according to which Marco Portocarrero Rodriguez earns RD$210,000 per month as the company’s logistics manager. Daniel Ascencio Angulo earns RD$150,000 as commercialization advisor and …

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Assistant Director of the Migration Department, Victor Soto, was arrested last night on suspicion of involvement in the fraudulent passport case, after nine hours of questioning at the Attorney General’s department. He was questioned by assistant AGs Frank Soto and Bolivar Sanchez and joint DA Luis Gonzalez, according to a report in Diario Libre. Hours …

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Temple University professor Rosario Espinal has urged Dominicans to concentrate their energies on demanding substantial changes in the way the country is governed, and better living conditions for all, that instead of playing at politics. Writing in Wednesday’s Hoy newspaper, she says that there is a widespread epidemic of discredit for politicians that bases itself …

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The President of the American Chamber of Commerce’s Legal Committee, Mary Fernandez, explained that several bills must be passed in Congress before DR-CAFTA comes into effect, in order for the country to benefit from the agreement. Diario Libre reports that the bills aim to achieve the most transparent commercial exchange between the nations for the …

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