2008 – Page 36

The number of security businesses in the DR has increased considerably over the last four years, with the National District at the center of this growth. Hoy writes that there were 143 such businesses in 2004, increasing to 228 in 2008. According to Private Security Superintendent Major General Luis Ramon Payan Areche, an estimated 30,000 …

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For the second time in as many weeks a security official has been killed in a violent act. Unknown assailants shot 27-year old Sergeant Roberto Jaquez Angomas yesterday. He was a parachutist with the Army and was also assigned to the Tactical Reaction Unit at the National Drug Control Department. Few details have surfaced, but …

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Miguel Angel Encinas, coordinator of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency for Development (AECID) Technical Office says that Dominicans have lost confidence in political parties and the parties have lost credibility because they haven’t been able to tailor their programs to the realities of the public. Encinas says that the public, especially women and young people, …

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Diario Libre reports that the US$60 million plane purchased by Air Dominicana (AD) has not been moved from the airport in Santo Domingo because the company hasn’t secured the necessary flight permits and clearance. Diario Libre writes that the Turks & Caicos and Venezuela have not cleared the flights. Reports indicate that internal squabbles and …

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There has been a noticeable drop in temperatures in recent days, marking the arrival of the Christmas season for Dominicans. Strong breezes have made once-smoldering hot afternoons more pleasant. Residents of Santo Domingo can be seen walking around at night with light sweaters to keep them warm. Meteorologists say temperatures will oscillate between 21 C …

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A timely walk by Jake Fox was all the Tigres needed for a 6-5 victory over the Gigantes. The Tigres have come roaring back into the playoff picture and are now in first place in the Winter League standings. The Aguilas also kept pace last night with a 7-2 smashing of the Estrellas. Though the …

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As usual there are a dozen very worthy events happening in Santo Domingo, the cultural capital of the Caribbean. The II Global Film Festival is taking place in Santo Domingo (and also in movie halls in Santiago, Puerto Plata, Higuey and Nagua), Haitian legendary painter Sacha Tebo is exhibiting at Arawak Art Gallery, the Museum …

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President Leonel Fernandez will be hosting a world-class economic summit at Casa de Campo, La Romana this weekend, 22-23 November. The workshop, which is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Dominican government, will be inaugurated at 4pm Saturday with a keynote speech by President Fernandez and another …

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President Leonel Fernandez will head up a meeting of the National Development Council (CND) to start discussing the budget law for 2009. The meeting will examine and analyze budget requests from the Ministries, autonomous organizations and decentralized government entities. The meeting between the Ministers, administrators and director generals of all state dependencies was set for …

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Hundreds of people marched against domestic violence yesterday in an event organized by the Attorney General’s office. On the theme “Zero Tolerance for Violence against Women”, the march started at 4 in the afternoon, and left from Kilometer 0 of Mirador Sur Park, and went down Winston Churchill Avenue ending in front of the Justice …

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