2007 – Page 55

DR Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena ordered the temporary transfer of 1,000 prisoners located in the most vulnerable areas of the La Victoria Prison to the Najayo and Monte Plata prison and the Santiago justice courts building. The move of a third of the inmates at La Victoria prison was made for safety reasons, as …

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The repairs of high-tension lines in the country’s southwestern region led to blackouts throughout Wednesday night, according to the State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE). The repair efforts were concentrated in the Bani area, where high-tension lines were knocked down leaving Bani, Azua, Barahona, San Juan de la Maguana and other communities without power. CDEEE vice president …

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Initial estimates of the monetary cost of the damages by Noel are RD$1.2 billion, says Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua. Diaz added that the largest amount of damage occurred in San Cristobal, Bani, Azua and Monsenor Nouel provinces, where 27 bridges were heavily affected, while six collapsed. In San Jose de Ocoa, the Palmar …

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Due to the inconvenience caused by storm Noel, the Tax Department (DGII) has given drivers until 15 November to renew their license plates. The extension will allow renewals without any fines. This is the second time that the DGII has extended the deadline. At first it was just extended until today, Thursday, but Noel has …

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Small businesses have a chance to sell up to US$1 billion in goods and services to the American Federal and state governments as part of DR-CAFTA. Venezuelan economist Laura Rojas says that this a very attractive market considering that most government contracts are worth between US$2,500 and US$25,000 and that only 2% of those contracts …

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Dominican slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz became only the seventh player in Major League Baseball history to receive a perfect score in the annual statistics compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, the company that handles MLB’s record keeping. The formula was decided upon by owners and officials in 1981. Ortiz, who just recently helped the …

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Bulletin No. 8 from the Emergency Operations Center (COE) tells of at least 41 dead, 20 missing, over 50,000 evacuated and over 14,500 people in refugee centers, 39 communities cut off by flood waters, and 12,636 houses affected by the flooding. The COE is maintaining a Red Alert for most of the Dominican territory. Only …

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The president of the Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the head of the weather office have provided explanations for the way in which Noel took the country by complete surprise. COE head Luis Luna Paulino told reporters from Listin Diario that these storms normally form outside the Antilles, and this gives the COE as many …

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The road between Bani and Azua has been reopened after emergency repairs were carried out. According to El Caribe, other main routes are still in bad shape, particularly the road between Las Barias and Pizarrete and the one that connects Pizarrete and Bani. The newspaper also reports that the bridge over the Jura River was …

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Most of the blackouts suffered during Tropical Storm Noel were in the area served by power distributors EdeSur in the south and south west of the country. Damage to power lines and sub-stations was blamed for the outages. The damage has kept 59% of the EdeSur circuits out of service, according to CDEEE vice-president Radhames …

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