2007 – Page 4

President Leonel Fernandez made a bid for hosting the seventh PetroCaribe Summit in 2008 when attending the event held last week in Cuba. The summit brings together countries that adhere to the preferential terms for purchasing petroleum from Venezuela. This year the event was held in Cuba. President Fernandez said that in 2006 the petroleum …

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The Executive Branch chose to send the 2008 National Budget to Congress for review and passing around noon on 23 December. The budget was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies first. Dominican law establishes that if the budget is not approved, the government will use the previous year’s budget, and has discretion in the application …

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The Dominican ambassador to the European Union, Federico Alberto Cuello says that the European Partnership Agreement recently signed by the Cariforum nations (Caricom + Dominican Republic) and the European Union resulted in negotiations that are more favorable to the country than those included in the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement with the United States and Central …

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The presidents of the Association of Herrera Industries (AEIH) and the Federation of Industrial Associations (FAI) are encouraging the government to enforce policies that stimulate small business. As reported in Listin Diario, they are calling on the government to implement the recently passed Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness Law to create productive jobs. In a joint …

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The Movimiento Politico Comunitario Dominico-Haitiano has announced that it is organizing to represent Haitian-Dominican interests, as reported in Diario Libre today. Lawyer Ruben Jean-Baptiste Latorti said they seek to become the voice of this important and decisive group. They will campaign to achieve representation at the central government, municipal, legislative and judicial levels.

The director of the Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) Jose Tomas Perez announced that the IDAC will pay for the legal services of Carpio y Asociados, the legal counsel in the case of the death of the aero-navigation department director, Angel Christopher Martinez, shot to death on 12 July 2006 in his vehicle for suspected job-related …

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One of the country’s leading economists, thinkers and mentors who inspired hundreds of people, 79-year old Jesuit priest Jose Luis Aleman, died on Christmas Eve, 24 December, after a long illness. He died of cancer of the pancreas at the Clinica Corominas in Santiago. He was buried in the Manresa Loyola Jesuit private cemetery in …

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Miriam Margarita Brito, who made headlines for being held responsible for the murder of her husband on 26 November 2003, received a pardon from President Leonel Fernandez yesterday. She had been sentenced to 20 years in jail, together with her maid Deydania Gonzalez, who received a 30-year sentence. News coverage at the time carried reports …

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An 82-year old Venezuelan woman died on board the small plane on which she was traveling from Venezuela with family and friends to spend the Christmas holidays in La Romana. The plane was affected by motor failure 32 miles south of La Romana, crashing near Saona Island. The Dominican Navy, Coast Guard service from Puerto …

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The winter baseball semi-finals begin today in the Quisqueya (Santo Domingo) and Julian Javier (San Francisco de Macoris) stadiums. A total of 18 games will be played in the round robin. The two teams that win the most games will pass to the playoffs, where each team will be homeclub for nine games, as reported …

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