2006 – Page 28

Vice president Rafael Alburquerque helped celebrate the Army’s 162nd anniversary with the inauguration the Military Emergency Unit (UME), located on the 25th kilometer of the Duarte highway. Ironically enough the medical center was quickly put to use as an officer who had been standing guard for a long period began to feel woozy almost fainted. …

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Latest reports show that things aren’t likely to improve anytime soon for the energy sector. Today’s Diario Libre reports that the government has yet to give the energy sector a US$45 million credit that would pay off an outstanding loan to private energy producers. This lag in receiving the credit and paying off the loan …

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Although the Presidential palace was as busy as can be yesterday, very few words were spoken in reference to any of the hot button issues that have been grabbing all the headlines. El Caribe newspaper reports that not even Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa spoke to reporters who were waiting for him and other cabinet members …

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Following a two-hour meeting at the Presidential Palace yesterday with four of the country’s main business federations, it was announced that those organizations will stabilize the prices of certain food products, which according to some reports, experienced a rise in cost due to the fear brought on by the announcement of the fiscal reform. Luis …

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The president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic, Lisandro Macarulla was chosen the new president of the National Business Council (Conep). Macarulla will hold the post for a two-year period and will be sworn in on 17 January. He replaces Elena Viyella de Paliza who has served since 2004. During the meeting …

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The energy distributor EdeEste has informed that the power cables on the Mella, San Isidro, San Vicente de Paul and Las Americas highways are still being stolen, and that the rate of theft is increasing. According to Hoy newspaper, last Monday 1,250 meters of cable wire were stolen on Las Americas highway, while on the …

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Dominican Eduardo Julian Maravi was captured and arrested at Lima airport in Peru with 100 capsules of cocaine in his stomach, with an equivalent weight of 1,200 grams. Maravi was also found with two more kilos of the drug in his suitcase. Diario Libre reports that Maravi was on his way to Madrid, Spain when …

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The Hogar Nueva Vida drug rehabilitation center, located on the 4.5th kilometer of the Santiago-Licey al Medio highway was inaugurated yesterday. Rafael Garcia Castellanos, with the help of the Garcia Rodriguez family provided the funds for the center, but also said that aside from the financial help they will work closely with the center in …

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Police have rescued a Swiss citizen and his wife who were being held hostage in Imbert, near Puerto Plata. The couple, according to El Caribe newspaper, was found in a house in Imbert. Police have informed that they have arrested 20-year old Ricardo Brito, and are looking seven other men who are now on the …

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Young people from 20 neighborhoods from around the city of Santo Domingo held a march calling for the prevention of AIDS. The event was organized by the health education charity Profamilia. The youngsters who took part in the walk participate in Profamilia’s “Promoting Health in Dominican Republic,” program where they help inform the public on …

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