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The Coalition for the Defense of Protected Areas has accused Public Works Minister Manuel (Freddy) Perez of violating the law by facilitating the use of Ministry of Public Works equipment to open up a more than two kilometer by fifty meter road into the Park of the East protected areas. Ivonne Arias, speaking for the …

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The decision by the Court of Appeal to free the accused in the RENOVE corruption case has generated widespread reaction in most of today’s press. El Caribe says that the release of the ten members of the former government has unleashed a series of criticisms, especially after the group had been found guilty of swindling …

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Temple University professor Rosario Espinal criticizes the fact that those running for the Congressional and municipal positions in the 16 May election have no ideology nor action plans, let alone a national strategy. She calls them candidates of political associations for profit, alias parties, without doctrines, programs or rules, which operate like sports betting shops. …

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The coordinators of the National Plan for Democratic Security agreed to place 100 additional agents and 25 vehicles in 14 neighborhoods in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. The operation is scheduled to begin on 15 February. The meeting of VOSES, the local watchdog group, included National Police boss Santana Paez, Attorney General Francisco …

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Jeffrey Alejandro Pena Bencosme was urinating in public when Sergeant Santiago Fortuna Sanchez reprimanded the young man for public indecency. Allegedly, Pena Bencosme then shot and killed the sergeant. All of this took place on 25 October, 2004 near a well known gathering place called Daiqui-Loco on Juan Pablo Duarte Avenue in Santiago de los …

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In two armed robberies in broad daylight, thieves made off with over RD$23 million and left one dead. The robbers killed the guard at the branch office of the National Savings and Loan Association on Mella Highway. They took over RD$1.0 million in cash. The same afternoon a well-organized group of heavily armed thieves robbed …

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The Dominican Republic came oh-so-close to forcing a seventh and deciding game in the Caribbean World Series, but poor defense crushed their hopes. Series hosts Venezuela won the series for the first time in 17 years. The Jose Perez Colmenares Stadium in Maracay was the scenario for the improbable victory, 5-4, by the Caracas Leones …

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The government announced there are plans to invest more than US$1 billion in tourism infrastructure and other tourism-related projects in 2006. Speaking from the Presidential Palace press room, Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez announced his work plan that had earlier received the support of the government council. He said that the work plan includes 16 actions …

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The Executive Branch is submitting an addendum to Congress at noon today with modifications to the 2006 National Budget and Public Expense Bill, according to a report in Diario Libre. In addition to the allocations made in the original bill, the government is now including RD$800 million for distribution to government institutions and other very …

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Over the last nine years, Spaniards have invested over US$1.364 billion in the Dominican Republic, according to the Center for Exports and Investment Executive Director Eddy Martinez. Listin Diario reports that Spanish investment has concentrated on energy, construction, tourism, free zones, and finance, commerce, service, health and other sectors. Martinez was speaking during a luncheon …

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