2005 – Page 87

The authorities began the fuel saving plan announced last Sunday by President Leonel Fernandez with a firm hand by sending out military patrols to gasoline stations at 8:00 pm last night to ensure that they respect the new regulation limiting the sale of fuel until that time from Mondays to Fridays, Listin Diario reports. Also …

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The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) instructed judges to enforce the law that punishes electricity fraud. According to Diario Libre, Jorge Subero Isa believes that the time is right to reorganize the country in terms of electricity theft, although he considers that this sort of felony increases in times of scarce supply. …

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Gasoline stations owners said yesterday that the fuel saving measures announced by President Leonel Fernandez will lead to unemployment, as the working hours established for the sale of fuel is insufficient to keep two shifts on the job. The new plan limits the sale of fuel on Mondays through Fridays until 8:00 pm, until noon …

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Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has said he did not issue a personal check in favor of Dominican ambassador Jose Serrulle Ramia. In a note sent to Diario Libre, Latortue explains that the Haitian government, through its Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad, together with the Science and Art Foundation run by Serrulle, was part of …

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The Export and Import Bank (EXIMBANK) is willing to finance renewable energy projects to contribute to a solution to the impact of high prices of oil on the Dominican productive sector. According to a report in El Caribe, this was informed by Heffrey Miller, Vice President of Operations of EXIMBANK during a meeting with the …

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Pilot Leonardo Carrion, who allegedly piloted the airplane that was burned and abandoned after landing on the Autovia del Este near La Romana, was handed over to the police by the Human Rights Committee. Committee chairman Vigilio Almanzar told Diario Libre that Carrion was turned in to General Rinel Lozada at 10:00 am. All that …

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The District Attorney of the Municipality of Higuey has ordered the arrest of two priests and one deacon involved in the child molestation case at the Ciudad de Ninos San Francisco Javier care center, located in San Rafael del Yuma, after the Court of Appeals revoked the case dismissal in their favor. Listin Diario reports …

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Joselito Hernandez Garcia, the boy who was wounded in his left eye by a stray bullet (see DR1 Daily News 23 August 2005) will not recover his sight as determined by the electronic evaluations performed in the US. Dr. Salomon Melgen, a renowned Dominican ophthalmologist residing in Miami, to whom the Ministry of Interior and …

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Thirteen-year-old Miguelito Martinez almost lost his right leg when a stray bullet fractured his bone and injured the femoral artery. According to El Caribe, the boy was on his way to the neighborhood store in Gualey, a barrio in Santo Domingo, at 9:00 pm last Friday in the middle of a power outage when he …

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Young violinist Aisha Sved and Maestro Carlos Piantini are the stars of the opening concert of this year’s symphony season which starts 14 September at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The season is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Fine Arts Department and will consist of five concerts, one of which will …

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