2007 – Page 340

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is installing a program to monitor all of the nation’s civil registry offices. According to JCE chief magistrate Cesar Castanos Guzman, the modernization process should “vaccinate” the offices against corruption and the practice of issuing false documents. According to the voting czar, the justice department and the JCE will join …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has announced that the taxes included in the tax package approved by Congress will go into effect this August. Bill 495-05 (the tax “correction” bill) stipulates that the new stickers for circulation or road tax will have to be acquired between August and October 2007. Vehicles entering the country before …

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A report by the World Bank estimates that the level of electricity delivered by privately owned, small generators totaled 2.71 giga-watts in 2001. This represents 22% of all electricity generated in the Dominican Republic at a time when electricity provision was considered to be “stable”. The majority of the electricity came from “emergency” generators or …

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The emergency authorities report that the death toll for the New Year’s holidays has been placed at ten. Over 300 people were reported injured. This total is a significant reduction from the 17 deaths reported in 2005. The injured, however, were more numerous than in 2005, 300 in 2006 versus 234 in 2005. Of the …

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Most of today’s newspapers print pictures of patients lying on the floor while receiving primary care at hospitals in Santo Domingo. The Dario Contreras Hospital, one of the nation’s busiest, does not have enough beds to treat all the emergency patients who were admitted over the holidays. Staff even had to use the neurosurgery unit …

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The Ministry of Interior and Police has announced the creation of a new hotline for people who wish to report violations of the decrees on the sale of alcoholic beverages (Decrees 308-06 and 316-06). Residents of the National District, and the provinces of Santo Domingo and Santiago can just dial *788 to report any breaches …

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Anyone entering a public entertainment venue with a weapon is running the risk of having it confiscated by the police, and losing the license to carry a weapon. This warning was issued by the chief of police, General Bernardo Santana Paez. Santana Paez said that it would no longer be permitted to store weapons upon …

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The Dominican Baseball League has entered the semi-final stage of the yearly winter baseball tournament. The round robin phase includes four teams, the Gigantes, the Aguilas, the Azucareros and the Tigres. Two teams, the Leones del Escogido and the Estrellas Orientales were eliminated during the first phase. So far, the Gigantes del Cibao, from San …

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