2008 – Page 81

As part of the 2×1 exception to the DR-CAFTA treaty, which is part of US Law HR 7222, Dominican manufactured pants will be allowed in the US without paying tariffs. The 2×1 offer stipulates that pants manufactured in the DR with at least two yards of US cloth and one yard of cloth from another …

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“I don’t feel alone, I have the support of the Dominican people, and decent, honest people,” said Senator Wilton Guerrero in an interview with El Caribe. Guerrero has accused high-ranking government sectors of complicity with drug trafficking after the government appointed a commission that has yet to identify the masterminds of the massacre of seven …

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Lidija Rizvanovic and her partner Massimo Dalla Mora have told the local media they were subjected to extortion by a colonel at the International Police (Interpol) office on the third floor of the Police headquarters. The couple says that after a minor traffic accident near their home on Delgado Avenue they were taken to the …

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Organizers are preparing a weeklong celebration of the 516th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in what is now the DR, and therefore the “discovery” of America. The celebrations will conclude at the Columbus Lighthouse monument on 12 October. To mark the celebration, the Columbus’s tomb will be opened for the public to view on Sunday, 12 …

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The Dominican delegation at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships has won two gold and two silver medals. The team won a total of nine medals and came in second place among 37 participating nations. Canada finished first. The DR outperformed nations like the US, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. During the Beijing Olympics, the DR’s Gabriel …

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The Boston Red Sox pulled off a late inning thriller against the Anaheim Angels giving them a ticket to their fourth ALDS since 2003. The Sox held a two-run lead in the eighth, but after key mistakes the Angels took advantage and tied the game at two. The Sox came to bat in the 9th …

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Last week the Ministry of Environment announced the demolition of two hotels under construction in the township of Mano Juan on Saona Island, a protected area within the National Park of the East. One of the structures was a two-floor concrete construction measuring 600 square meters. The other was a 400-meter construction, in an advanced …

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The Ministry of Environment has also ordered the demolition of houses recently built on the banks of the Yaque del Norte River near the Avenida Circunvalacion in Santiago. The houses were located in the New York Chiquito barrio, near the Nibaje neighborhood. Trees and recreational facilities were due to be planted and installed in the …

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The government has removed the propane gas subsidy and propane is now selling for RD$75.95, a reduction from RD$87.13 the previous week. This comes after the government distributed or is in the process of facilitating an announced 800,000 Bonogas cards that provide RD$228 a month in credits for low-income families purchasing propane. The RD$228 will …

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Senator Euclides Sanchez (La Vega-PLD) has reiterated his claim that judges are making lenient decisions in cases involving drug dealers. As reported in Hoy, he said that the judiciary in his province is being complacent with drug dealers. He mentioned the case of prosecutor Carmen Elizabeth Jimenez Frias who did not sit for two appointments …

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