2007 – Page 325

Yesterday the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) impounded more than 300 vehicles for failing to display their license plates in a visible place. AMET spokesman Major Jose Jaquez says that drivers who don’t have their license plates in a visible place are breaking the law and will be detained. Jaquez says that AMET is working on …

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President Leonel Fernandez has held a 45-minute meeting with South Korean ambassador to the DR, Lin Byung-Taik, and a group of South Korean legislators, who are in the country with the hope of strengthening diplomatic and commercial ties between the two nations. During the meeting, which took place yesterday, the legislators and the President discussed …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced the introduction of a Foreigners’ Register (Libro de Extranjeria), where civil registry officers will record births of children born to foreign mothers who do not have legal residence status in the country. This new procedure is authorized by Art. 28 of the Migration Law. The book will organize …

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The Customs Department has informed that the main parties involved in contraband cases over the last three months are to be charged today. The accused include customs agents Julio Alfredo Rondon and Esteban Baez Corporan, who are charged with smuggling more than 80 large containers into the country in order to avoid paying taxes. Rondon …

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Boca Chica Tourism Police (Politur) have arrested a Frenchman, Login Yuef for the attempted rape of an 11-year old boy who was on the beach with his relatives. According to Colonel Pablo Lugo Adames of Politur, rapid intervention by the police impeded the rape. The authorities said that this was not the pedophile’s first offense, …

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What a week in baseball it has been, and things are sure to intensify as the Winter League Semifinals are going into the home stretch. This has been one of the most exciting playoff seasons in recent memory with the top three teams edging themselves out and the quality of play elevating as each game …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced an austerity plan that will reduce salaries and payroll. The plan will also increase the cost of some documents, including triplicate and quadruplicate copies of the personal identification card, the “cedula”. The decision was adopted during the JCE Administrative chamber’s last session. The move was necessary in the …

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The Santo Domingo Metro System (SDMS) will transport an estimated 250,000 people a day, according to a story in Saturday’s Listin Diario. According to the report, several kilometers of tunnel have now been finished, and reporters visited the tunnel at the intersection of Tunti Caceres and Maximo Gomez, where part of the platform area is …

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President Leonel Fernandez met with his electricity cabinet on Friday to define their plan of action for 2007. After the meeting, which lasted for over three hours, CDEEE executive vice president Radhames Segura reported that the government was not thinking of increasing the electricity rates in 2007. Segura also said that the government was planning …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has announced that businesses can purchase bills with authorized numbers (Numeros de Comprobantes Fiscales) for diverse transactions. The DGII is making these available to small business that did not complete the application procedures for the numbers in time for the 15 December deadline. The 100 bills in each category cost …

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