2006 – Page 5

The report on the Dominican economy released by the Central Bank, for the period of January-September is missing key information. The data provided by the report doesn’t include the numerical value of employees and doesn’t include specifics on payroll. The report in fact only provided the amount of government employees in percentages. Also the report …

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Not all women are happy that the government is subsidizing hair care for women this holiday season. El Caribe comments that some women feel that it is a way for the government to run away from the real problems. The paper writes that many women feel that instead of giving the money in this way, …

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Department for Drug Control (DNCD) Radhames Ramirez Ferreira says that Colombians deported from the DR for drug trafficking manage to return to the country using false documents that they received illegally from the Central Electoral Board (JCE). National Department for Investigation head Sigfrido Pared Perez says that he has concrete evidence that many people, not …

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An arrest warrant has been issued for the person accused of heading the “mafia” at the Pensions Department that was defrauding the government of millions of pesos. A name has not been provided. Octavio Lister, head of the government’s anti-corruption department Depreco, said that the warrant was issued because the former head of the Pensions …

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A network of illegal credit card producers has been dismantled by the National Police after three members of the network were caught trying to pay at McDonalds using a fake credit card. Venezuelans Enzo Buzzoloti, Oswaldo Leon and Jimmy Palomino were caught as they tried to use one of the false credit cards to pay …

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The Robert Reid Children’s Hospital will have a burns unit next year, to be funded by Taiwanese government cooperation. Ambassador Eduardo Chen made the announcement yesterday. Hoy newspaper reports that the First Lady’s Office will oversee the unit that will feature four or five operating rooms, and 10-12 beds. The unit will cost an estimated …

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Jose Garcia, a Dominican accused of murdering Cesar Vazquez in July 1991, has had his sentence annulled by a judge in New York. Garcia, a father of three, had been accused of the murder of the man in the Bronx, but oddly enough Garcia was in the Dominican Republic at the time of the murder …

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Four Dominican firefighters out of a group of five who were sent to the United States for training have not returned to the DR. The firefighting team departed from the Cibao International Airport in Santiago. In the second trip to the US, three firefighters left for training and only one, Pedro Bautista, returned. He has …

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President George Bush signed the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Enhancement (HOPE) bill that offers greater incentives for investment in Haiti yesterday. The president and vice president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones announced that the initiative will help create more than 75,000 jobs in Haiti and another 20,000 in the DR. Luis Manuel …

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Things continue to get interesting in the Dominican Winter Baseball League. With only two days left in the season, the race for the final spot is now down to two teams and anything can happen. Last night the Toros stayed alive as they beat the Escogido 6-1 and mathematically eliminated the team from playoff contention. …

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