2006 – Page 297

The reason for the many traffic jams in the DR can be found in the growing number of vehicles. According to a report published in Hoy newspaper, based on Tax Department statistics, there are 2,388,543 vehicles circulating, this is up from 2,122,739 in 2004. The list includes 1,317,415 motorcycles, 553,222 private cars, 279,785 cargo vehicles, …

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The foreign exchange rate remained stable over the weekend. According to Listin Diario, the US dollar was being sold yesterday for between RD$34.75 and RD$35.00 and being bought between RD$34.25 and RD$34.60. The euro was being bought for between RD$40.00 and RD$40.70 and sold for between RD$41.20 and RD$42.50.

Yesterday, the Criminal Chamber of the National District Court of Appeals revoked the sentence against the 12 defendants of the past government accused of fraud, prevarication, falsification and criminal association in the Plan Renove case to the tune of RD$1.8 billion. According to a report by Diario Libre, defendants Pedro Franco Badia, Antonio Marte, Milciades …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso hopes that today’s Presidential and Congressional elections in Haiti will take place peacefully and democratically. He stated that the entire international community, including the DR, wants Haitians to start growing in all senses, financially, economically, socially and environmentally. Diario Libre reports that once the elections have passed, Morales will …

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With the appearance of a war camp with more than 400 US military personnel installed on Dominican Army 5th Brigade premises in Barahona, the reserve squadron has come to the DR to perform a humanitarian mission. Operation New Horizons is being executed by the US Southern Command. It aims to build four clinics and hold …

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Colombian Foreign Relations Minister Carolina Barco arrives in the DR today on an official three-day visit. Diario Libre reports that the minister will meet with her counterpart Carlos Morales Troncoso at 3:00pm tomorrow. She is due to meet with President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace at 6:00pm.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations has asked Israel for an explanation regarding an incident in which the wife of the Dominican ambassador, Leonardo Cohen, was beaten by police agents in Hertzelia Pituah. Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has stated that he is waiting for the Israeli Embassy’s reply so the DR can assume an official position …

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A group of Germans arrived in Puerto Plata, not to vacation as do more than 230,000 German nationals who visit the DR each year, but rather to honor their relatives who died tragically 10 years ago when the plane taking them back home crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. German ambassador Karl Koehler said the air …

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Modesto Paniagua (Bony), the 35-year old man arrested for carrying a homemade gun at an event attended by President Leonel Fernandez in Azua was released yesterday. He had been ordered to serve three months in jail. He is obliged to check in with state prosecutors every 20 days. Investigations carried out by state security forces …

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One of the country’s most eminent public servants, Cesar Estrella Sadhala was buried yesterday. A former minister of labor under Balaguer, he was chosen to preside over the Central Electoral Board and was successful in carrying out the 1996 election, the first time a Dominican election result was not contested. He was recognized for the …

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