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2008 – Page 26

2008News

Funds for Metro and Cibao train

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), in charge of the Santo Domingo Metro construction, is going for its second line, and RD$337 million has been assigned to the project in the 2009 budget. Also appearing in the 2009 national budget is an item for RD$371 million for the construction of a train line for freight and …

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2008News

Biometric data is obligatory

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) warned yesterday that as of January, anyone who has not supplied their biometric data will not be able to make any banking transactions or get a firearms permit, for instance. The biometric data is unique to each individual, and includes scans of fingerprints, retinas, iris, facial patterns, veins in the …

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2008News

Municipalities fight for their 10%

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The new president of the Dominican Municipalities Federation (FEDOMU) and mayor of La Romana, Jose Reyes, has asked all the country’s mayors and council members to join him in his fight to secure the fulfillment of the required 10% of the budget as required by Law 166-03 on municipal governments. The president of the Dominican …

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2008News

Archaeological finds in North

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The steep slope did not bother Rafo Sanchez who at 200 meters above sea level, without getting excited or losing a drop of sweat, took long steps along a ridge named after a relative of his. “Before, I used to come up here to plant tobacco” he said, and at nearly 60 years of age …

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2008News

Luperon Highway almost impassible

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The condition of the Luperon Tourist Highway that links Puerto Plata and the north coast with Santiago and the Cibao region is as bad as ever, and local inhabitants are saying that their patience is wearing thin. Travelers to Puerto Plata from Santiago have the option of the Navarrete highway and the highway through Moca-Sabaneta, …

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2008News

Troncoso bridge impassable

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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The poor condition of the Presidente Troncoso Bridge over the River Haina once again halted the normal flow of traffic to and from the southern region of the country. The bridge had to be closed to traffic at 10:15am on Friday. Reporters from Hoy were told that it would be partially re-opened today, Monday. This …

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2008News

The plight of those with HIV

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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For over 15 years the Dominican Republic has had the AIDS Law, a piece of legislation which, like many others, is more real on paper than in actuality. Most of the nearly 60,000 people who live with HIV/AIDS, according to the latest statistics, prove this on a daily basis. Marcos (not his real name) worked …

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2008News

Gun carry ban starts today

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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Although public figures, politicians and associations have complained, the ban on civilians carrying handguns begins today. According to the decree, citizens can still possess licensed weapons, but may not carry them in public. A gun may still be carried inside a handbag or in a vehicle glove compartment. The measure is set out in Resolution …

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2008News

Paya case accused to be extradited

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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A source at the United States Embassy has told El Nuevo Diario reporter Carlos Corporan that former Lt. Colonel Ricardo Guzman Perez and former Major Eduard Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero would be extradited to stand trial in a Federal Court for drug trafficking in the United States. Both former naval officers are accused of killing seven …

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2008News

Police kill two in shootout

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onNov 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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Two men who were being pursued for allegedly committing robberies and assaults were killed by police yesterday when, as reported by the police, they holed up in a house in El Cacique, Haina, and took a woman hostage. The police named one of the men as Tito, aged 42. The woman taken hostage was identified …

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