2007 – Page 321

PRD party leaders, along with 40 of 53 PRD members, have decided to support Amable Aristy Castro’s (PRSC) bid for re-election as head of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). PRD party President Ramon Alburquerque and PRD party Secretary General Orlando Jorge Mera both explained that by choosing to support Aristy Castro the PRD is fulfilling …

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It seems like the LTP Verband S.A. trash collection company has just upped and disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind no clues. The refuse collection company’s business address is nowhere to be found and it appears that the phone number they gave the Tax Department (DGII) isn’t real either. When a call is …

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The Dominican Republic will hold a summit this coming March to prepare a stronger regional action plan for combating the consumption and trafficking of illegal drugs. Attending the summit will be Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti and the United States – some of the countries in the region with the strongest ties to the illegal drug trade. …

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Doctors say that Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez is in high spirits after Wednesday’s triple bypass heart surgery, and that he is making a satisfactory recovery. The Cardinal walked around a bit, spoke a few words and has begun a special diet. The medical team at Cedimat at Plaza de la Salud informed the …

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For the 18th time in the history of the Dominican Professional Winter League the Aguilas and Licey teams will meet in the finals, adding another chapter to this historic rivalry. Of the 18 meetings in the post-season between these two teams Licey has won 10 titles and has 63 wins while the Aguilas have 51 …

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The Central Electoral Board will make it a priority to resolve the problem created by the deterioration of the civil registry books, JCE president Dr. Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman told the press yesterday. Castanos says that of every 100 books in the civil registry 17 need to be restored. Taxpayers over the years have paid …

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In today’s Clave newspaper, editor Fausto Rosario Adames writes that there is a “curious coincidence between increases in the public payroll and the tax code modifications pushed through by governments over the years”. He mentions that when Leonel Fernandez first became President in 1996, 281,844 people were on the central government payroll, according to the …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has announced that the DR will take on the presidency of the Rio Group on a temporary basis at the end of February. The Rio Group, founded in 1986, is a Latin American organization created as an alternative to the Organization of American States. The Dominican Republic became a …

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Though some steps still need to be taken in order to finalize the process, United States Ambassador Hans H. Hertell is assuring that President George Bush will, in the next few weeks, give the go-ahead for the Dominican Republic to officially enter the DR-CAFTA agreement. Hertell, speaking in Hoy, explained that the country has fulfilled …

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will donate US$27 million to various projects throughout the country in 2007. USAID director Richard Goughnour said that this sum would increase to US$32 million in 2008. Goughnour explained that most USAID funds are directed towards health, education, democracy, civil and judicial matters, and business, but did …

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