2009 – Page 115

The National Constitutional Assembly will reconsider the idea of a Constitutional Chamber during the second reading of the new Constitution bill. The proposal has strong opposition of the chief justice of the Supreme Court (SCJ), Jorge Subero Isa. Yesterday, the president of the Assembly, Reinaldo Pared Perez told Diario Libre that “apparently this is the …

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Greater Santo Domingo is not the same. The city is suffering from an accelerated visual contamination that has forced the authorities to redesign their policy of municipal clean up. Diario Libre reports how informal merchants of clothes, food, fruits and other stuff, as well as scraped vehicles frequently takeover sidewalks, streets and avenues of the …

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Not only the project to reform the Constitution but also the pact signed between Miguel Vargas Maldonado and President Leonel Fernandez are at stake because of the lack of approval for the Law on Political Parties and Groups. The situation has reached such a point that the PRD members have warned, in public, that they …

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The mayor of Santiago, Jose Enrique Sued allegedly distributed contracts for RD$26 million among his brothers, cousins, nephews, and husbands of relatives and other favorites. The revelations are part of a book by journalist Esteban Rosario called “Corruption in the Municipal Government of Santiago: An executive summary”. The contracts were for infrastructure and services. When …

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The Center of Emergency Operations (COE) revoked the Green Alert for small craft along the Atlantic Coast due to possible high seas caused by the passing of a tropical wave. The COE says weather reports are that maritime conditions are back to normal. The Weather Department (Onamet) is monitoring a tropical wave that should being …

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The Dominican Republic men’s basketball team defeated Panama in their game 2 of the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship taking place in Puerto Rico. The game ended 100-87 in favor of the Dominicans. The DR had lost game 1 to Brazil, 68-86. The DR squad has yet to play Venezuela and Argentina to move on to …

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The National Theater presents a memorable piano concert with Richard Clayderman and Raul Di Blasio. This Friday, 28 August and Saturday 29 August. A Cesar Suarez production. Tickets: RD$3,000, RD$2,500, RD$1,800 and RD$1,500 at the theater box office. For more on upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar  

President Leonel Fernandez will travel to Tripoli, capital of Libya to attend the 13th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government from 30 to 31 August. Fernandez would speak on the Latin America and Caribbean region. In recent years, the DR has strengthened its ties with Africa. On his agenda are also meetings …

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President Leonel Fernandez favors the US stepping up the pressure and imposing trade sanctions on the Honduras coup regime. He proposes Honduras be suspended from the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement to pressure for the reinstatement of the government of Manuel Zelaya. Fernandez made the recommendation at the XVIII Central American and Caribbean Political Parties Conference …

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Minister of Economics, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas, says that according to the International Monetary Fund, public spending should be increased to stimulate the Dominican economy. He explained that according to the IMF the DR’s deficit could increase by 0.5%. Currently the DR’s budget deficit in the 2009 budget is of 3%. “The IMF has …

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