2006 – Page 76

The Director of the National Planning Department (ONAPLAN), Guarocuya Feliz Paniagua, is not a typical public official, according to Clave weekly newspaper. He does not travel in an SUV because he is aware that they use up a lot of gasoline. He travels coach “even if it is paid by the government” and doesn’t stay …

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The President of the Dominican Bishops Conference, Msgr. Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, and Health Minister Bautista Rojas, expressed support for the donation of human organs. In a speech titled, “Life, donating love,” de la Rosa urged the Dominican public to donate organs to fellow citizens as a gesture of love and humanity …

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The police have announced the recovery of stolen vehicles worth RD$15 million over the last five days. Diario Libre reports that among the vehicles recovered is the 2006 Toyota Prado SUV belonging to PRSC leader Angel Lockward, which was stolen about two months ago by three armed individuals. Also recovered by the police were a …

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Ex Central Electoral Board (JCE) president, Manuel Ramon Morel Cerda has harshly criticized the current group of JCE judges, who he said have done a terrible job. In comments to Diario Libre, Morel said that their tenure has been an unprecedented disaster, and criticized the way the JCE handled the budget, favoritism in choosing government …

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First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez has inaugurated a seminar on “Gender and sustainable rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean at Santo Domingo’s Jaragua Hotel. The conference aims to analyze the situation of rural women in the context of globalization and hopes to exchange ideas and experiences to combat extreme poverty. The conference …

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Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa came out in the Caribe newspaper and said that reports that the recent oil shortage in the country were caused by cancellation of oil shipments from Venezuela aren’t true. Bengoa also informed the public that 85,000 barrels of petroleum would be arriving in the country today, bringing an end to the …

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Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo spoke yesterday at the Foundation for Global Development and Democracy (Funglode) and expressed his concerns about poverty and social inequalities that are plaguing Latin America. He declared that governments should spend more money on education, health, and nutrition programs. Toledo, accompanied by President Leonel Fernandez made his comments during a …

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The Listin Diario is reporting that in a telephone call made from jail, former First Lieutenant of the National Police Emil Miguel Reyes Reyes admitted that he killed Air Force Major Jose Manuel Herran Mancebo, supposedly on the orders of Colonel Pablo Leonel Velazquez Taveras. The warrant for the phone tap was legally issued, meaning …

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United States Ambassador, Hans Hertell, held a dinner with representatives of the Muslim community in the Dominican Republic to celebrate the Iftar, a traditional dinner that breaks the daily fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, which this year coincides with October and part of November. According to the custom, the diplomat received his guests …

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The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany / Union Church of Santo Domingo is inviting the public to a gala concert on its tracker direct-action pipe organ “Tellers Opus No. 1”, the only one of its kind in the Dominican Republic. Canadian organist Raymond Rickard, who is visiting Santo Domingo from Switzerland specifically for this event, …

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