2006 – Page 284

One billion pesos will be invested by the Ministry of Education in the completion of 1,600 and the refurbishment of 2,000 classrooms around the country this year, according to Director of Schools Infrastructure Walid Chami Isa, as reported by Listin Diario. They also plan to add 4,000 classrooms to the system, 500 of which are …

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The Central Bank has announced that RD$10 nickel coins with a bronze center, and RD$25 copper-nickel coins will be available soon. These coins are being produced by Royal Canadian Mint. The RD$10 coin will eventually replace the RD$10 bill that is not being re-ordered. The government will also not reorder the RD$20 bill. The new …

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Cariforum, the economic partnership of Caribbean states that includes the Dominican Republic and the 14 Caricom members, is negotiating the first official round of talks in Brussels aimed at the refinement of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. Twelve official delegates and five private sector representatives took part in this round of negotiations …

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Yesterday, the US Drug Enforcement Agency representative in the DR, Elias Lopez, expressed his concern about the amount of drugs that stay in this country as a result of trafficking, which shows there is a local client base. A report in Diario Libre says that Lopez is worried that heroin trafficking to the DR might …

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Department for the Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) Director, Osvaldo Lister expects the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) to correct the “mistake” made by the Criminal Chamber of the National District Court of Appeals, which he believes emitted a “political” ruling in the Plan Renove fraud case. Diario Libre reports that he …

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US$10 million in certificates of deposit formerly with Baninter, now in the care of the Central Bank, in the name of TV’s Aeromundo talk show host, Guillermo Gomez have been frozen, according to press reports. Judge Natividad Ramona Santos, of the Fifth Instruction Court, ordered that the TV producer present a RD$5 million guarantee and …

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Yesterday, the president of Aeronaves Dominicanas, Rafael Escoto said that the airlines are not opposed to moving to the new airport at El Higuero. What they do not want to do, according to Escoto is to be forced to operate in a place where adequate conditions do not exist, as reported in Listin Diario. According …

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The Deputy Minister for Protected Areas and Biodiversity of the Ministry of Environment, Angel Daneris Santana said that his department is ordering an investigation into construction works at the Cayo Levantado out island in Samana Bay. He said that the Grupo Pineiro has not received permission from the Ministry of Environment to increase the number …

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Patricia Lamelas, director of the Center for the Conservation and Eco-development of the Bay of Samana (CEBSE) has complained that the Navy has been lax in enforcing the agreed-upon ruling for whale observation in Samana Bay. The ruling is in place in order to avoid harassment of the thousands of whales that come from the …

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According to Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez, the municipalities of Boca Chica, Haina, and Villa Altagracia lead the list of towns with the highest crime rates. Because of this, protection programs and operations have been increased in these locations. According to Listin Diario, the Police Chief says that the crime rate in the DR is …

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