2007 – Page 280

The Dominican Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the United States Department of State have exchanged diplomatic notes, officially confirming the Dominican Republic’s entry into DR-CAFTA on 1 March at 9:30am. The agreement reduces tariffs on 77% of goods imported from the United States. As reported in Listin Diario, the cost of food and other consumer …

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The president of the National Council of Free Zones, Luisa Fernandez is optimistic that the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement signed with the United States will end the Fenatrado transport union’s monopoly on the transport of cargo, which is currently enforced by coercive measures. Fernandez is optimistic that the treaty will oblige the country …

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The Dominican Republic will have a sugar quota in the European market, thanks to ongoing Dominican diplomatic efforts. The DR had to give up exporting to Europe after becoming a signatory of the Lome Agreement in 1989. The Dominican ambassador in Brussels, Federico Cuello Camilo said that the concession is the result of Foreign Relations …

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The government and the First Lady’s Office launched the National Plan for the Elimination of the Worse Forms of Child Labor yesterday. The plan calls for annual programs that will help reduce the number of children who are obliged to work by 2015. First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, US ambassador to the DR Hans …

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The Dominican and Haitian education ministers are meeting today to exchange impressions about the situation of the education systems in each country. Dominican Education Minister Alejandrina German and her Haitian counterpart Gabriel Bien Aime are scheduled to meet at German’s office at 4pm. Hoy writes that this meeting is exactly two weeks before an official …

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The Executive Branch has sent three international agreements to the Senate. The agreements deal with the penalization of illegal acts against maritime navigation security, the taking of hostages, and terrorist attacks using bombs. The agreements also include a modification to the protocol for the repression of illegal acts against fixed platforms. Listin Diario explains that …

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President Leonel Fernandez has appointed architect Eduardo Selman Hasbun as Dominican consul in New York. In his previous post, he worked as the government’s liaison with the Dominican community abroad. Selman will be replacing Marcos Montilla who served as consul in New York since 13 September 2006. Also, Fernandez replaced alternate ambassador to the United …

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The mayor of Santo Domingo Norte, Jesus Feliz has announced plans to convert the city’s solid waste to methane gas at the Duquesa landfill. Plans are to burn methane to generate 20 megawatts of power. Corporacion La Jun was awarded the contract for the management of the landfill site and its commercial use for a …

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National District prosecutor Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero Hernandez announced yesterday that a man wanted for extradition to the United States was found to have a fake cedula identity card in his name, with the same date of birth and cedula identity number. Hernandez commented that this particular document is very vulnerable and said that the …

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President of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber Roberto Rosario announced yesterday that the JCE has centralized the 32 civil registries in Santo Domingo. In the past, the JCE allowed the registries to be run by a corresponding civil official who had private control of the revenues. Rosario said that during the course of …

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