2007 – Page 105

Physician Lilliam Fondeur has called on Congress to disregard strong demands from the Roman Catholic Church, which seeks to maintain the total ban on abortion in the DR. Dr. Fondeur says that physicians should exercise the previous flexibility to allow abortion in the case of rape, incest or fetal abnormalities. She says that removing the …

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The Dominican government is issuing a warning to credit card users who make on-line purchases to be on the lookout for fraud committed with cloned cards. According to Listin Diario, some companies are offering equipment that will clone credit cards with web pages on the Internet. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce warned about the …

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The Dominican police have begun to apply a new tactic, one of mapping out the areas where most crimes occur, as a way of stepping up the fight against crime. At the same time there will be more frequent motorized patrols in the 20 barrios that make up the northern sector of Santo Domingo. New …

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Dominican 9-10 year olds have won the XI Pan American Infantil A (9-10 years old) youth baseball competition. The event was held in Santo Domingo on 1-12 September, and is part of the youth tournament organized by the Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE), under the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). The Dominican children came from behind …

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President Leonel Fernandez has announced that in the next few days he will implement some new measures aimed at strengthening new opportunities available in the textile sector, with the intention of creating jobs in the country’s free trade zones. Fernandez, as reported in Diario Libre, said that ways of making the most of new opportunities …

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According to US International Trade Commission statistics on trade between the US and the DR for the first half of the year, the United States is the big winner in the start of the implementation of the free trade agreement, DR-CAFTA. US exports to the DR are up 12.67%, from US$2,487.5 million from Jan-June 2006 …

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The president of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs(ANJE), Joel Santos is calling on the government to involve private business in the preparation of the ruling for the application of the recently modified General Electricity Law. El Nuevo Diario reports that Santos also called on the government to fulfill the Freedom to Public Information Law …

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Treasury Minister Vicente Bengoa has denied the Dominican Association of Industries (AIRD) claim that there has been an increase in public costs and spending and that this violates the Austerity Law. Bengoa, quoted in Listin Diario, said that instead of increasing public costs the government has reduced costs and is below the benchmarks set by …

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On Monday, 14 September, the Tax Department (DGII) will begin the process of refunding RD$40 million to about 36,000 vehicle owners who paid for their license plate renewal prior to the President’s decision to revoke the 2007 sticker price increase. Drivers who have already paid will be able to go to the BanReservas and get …

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Dominican Civil Aviation Authority director Jose Tomas Perez says that within one month the radar at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) will be back in service. Perez says that the radar is 15 years old and was damaged by lightning. Perez added that communications equipment valued at US$18 million has been purchased and will be …

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