2007 – Page 332

The Department for Prevention of Corruption (Depreco), has formally requested that the coordinating magistrate at the Santo Domingo courts of instruction authorize an order to remand Ministry of Finance Pensions Department director Servio Tulio Suncar Liriano, and sub-director Isabel Soto Santana into preventive custody. Both are accused of being part of the ring that collected …

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The 34 containers involved in one of the major contraband scandals of 2006 are part of a group of 284 that the Customs Department has considered “suspicious” since March 2006. Even though customs authorities have not revealed the names and companies involved in the case, Diario Libre newspaper reporters have discovered, through legal sources, that …

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Writing in today’s Hoy newspaper, Raimundo Tirado says that President Leonel Fernandez has chosen PRD pre-candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado as his contender for the 2008 presidential election because he is a vulnerable candidate. Tirado comments that the PLD knows that former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch could attract the hundreds of thousands of voters that …

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Randy Leek was a maestro last night and held the very strong Aguilas Cibaenas to just four hits and one earned run as the Tigres del Licey defeated the Aguilas 5-1 in Santo Domingo. Leek was the star of the evening as he pitched a complete game that lasted just two hours and 23 minutes. …

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President Leonel Fernandez sets off for Nicaragua at 10am tomorrow to attend the 4pm inauguration of Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega Saavedra. Fernandez will depart from the Air Base at San Isidro. He is traveling with Environment Minister Max Puig, Insurance Superintendent Euclides Gutierrez, Minister without Portfolio Miguel Mejia, and Pro-Comunidad director Jose Gonzalez Espinosa.

Last night President Leonel Fernandez met with members of his economic team and others to discuss the current state of the Dominican economy. During the 2-1/2 hour meeting that began at 7pm Fernandez discussed the country’s economic growth, the exchange rate and inflation, among other key economic issues of national importance. Present at the meeting …

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Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado says that everything is ready for the last of the Public Consultations for the modification of the Constitution, which will be headed by President Leonel Fernandez. The discussions begin at 9am today at the PUCMM University campus. Along with Collado, representatives from the Dominican Journalists Association (CDP), the Lawyers Association of …

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A total of 2,256 people in the northeast of the country are to receive birth certificates through the Solidarity Program for Dominicans with Names and Last Names (Dona). Solidarity is working in conjunction with the Salcedo Women’s program in order to carry out the task. Salcedo is the first province in which the project will …

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The Dominican government’s case against the AES Corporation is set to go to trial in a Virginian federal court on 5 March 2007. The case will be heard by Judge Gerald Bruce Lee. However, an out-of-court settlement could be reached tomorrow during a meeting scheduled by the judge. Quoted in Diario Libre, Environment Minister Max …

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In 2006 the National Export Free Trade Council (CNZFE) approved permits for 83 new businesses in the free trade zones, of which 62 are operating in the various free trade parks and 21 operate as individual free trade zones. CNZFE estimates that these companies provide a direct investment of RD$4.9 billion into the country and …

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