2007 – Page 268

Chaos seems to be the only word to describe the situation at the Palacio de la Justicia in Ciudad Nueva. Citizens who go to that office to get a certification of good conduct have been met with increase in prices, long lines, disorganization and few results. The document costs RD$250, a 200% increase, and is …

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Although tourist arrivals by air increased by 3.45% in the first two months of the year, Hoy reports that this is a significant decline compared to the same period last year. In January-February 2006 the arrival of non-resident tourists on planes increased by 8.17% and increased by 6.50% for the same period in 2005. The …

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Businessman and engineer Jose Miguel Subero was taken to a hospital in Miami, Florida yesterday morning and was checked into Cedar Medical Center. Doctors say that Subero’s condition is stable and he is in Miami to receive more medical supervision. Diario Libre writes that Dr. Johnny Aquino says that Subero is well and that the …

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Thirty-eight-year old slugger Sammy Sosa continued his monstrous spring training yesterday by belting his third homerun in the Cactus league and stretching his hit streak to 10 consecutive games. Sosa, who is in the middle of a career resurgence, is batting .452 this spring and has seven total runs batted in (RBI). His continued success …

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Government employees will not be removed from their posts based on the presidential candidate they support. Felix Bautista, organization secretary of the ruling PLD party, announced after a meeting with President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace that those that had been fired for political reasons would be reinstated. Cesar Pina Torribio, coordinator of the …

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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will be arriving in the DR today for the Drugs, Security and Cooperation Summit to be held in Santo Domingo. He will join Haiti President Rene Preval, Prime Ministers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and Grenada who will be attending the Summit, together with representatives from the United States, …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) Judge Aura Celeste Fernandez is explaining why on two occasions she voted for the exclusion of Judge Roberto Rosario in the investigations regarding the corruption scandal of the Soluciones Modernas (SOMO) civil registry system contracts. Judge Fernandez says that the SOMO case is being handled by the Department for the Prevention …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the Ministry of Public Health have inaugurated the civil registry department at a maternity ward in a hospital. For the first time in the history of the Dominican Republic a newborn child received his birth certificate when released from the Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia Maternity Hospital, the largest …

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Today, the Dominican government and representatives from the private sector will present at least 17 different infrastructure projects at the 5th International Infrastructure Forum with the hopes of attracting more investments to the country. The Viadom 2007 project announced by President Leonel Fernandez will be presented as well as the Santo Domingo Metro. Viadom2007 is …

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of February was at 0.31% compared to January. This brings the cumulative inflation for the first two months of the year to 1.24%. According to the Central Bank the inflation for February wasn’t even a third of the inflation of January when inflation reached 0.93%. The report …

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