2009 – Page 120

The Administrative Chamber of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) requested the full electoral board annul a death certificate that was issued in an irregular manner to a naturalized US citizen of Cuban extraction who disappeared in a small plane that fell into the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Bani. It was said that the …

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The Executive Branch continued yesterday, Sunday, with appointments and dismissals in the Armed Forces and the National Police. In Decree 616-09 President Fernandez confirmed Pedro Antonio Caceres Chestaro of the Army, Gilverto Delgado Valdez of the Air Force and Vinicio Hernandez Mendez of the National Police in their rank of major general. Previously, these ranks …

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As a result of dragnets in Santo Domingo, La Romana, Bani, Puerto Plata, Higuey, San Francisco de Macoris and other places, the National Department For Drug Control now under a new head, jailed 170 person that are allegedly linked to drugs and drug trafficking. Thousands of doses of drugs were also seized. One of those …

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The cries of Juan Payano are heard outside the waiting room of the small health center in Monte Plata. He cannot overcome the reality of the death of his wife Atalia Frias Alcala, 60, who died yesterday afternoon one of 7 victims and 19 were injured in a fatal road accident. The deaths happened when …

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The Ministry of Public Health (PH) reported yesterday that over the weekend 75 additional water bottling plants in San Pedro de Macoris, La Vega, and Santiago that operated without fulfilling the health standards required were ordered to close. The authorities said that during the campaign of follow-up and control, 29 bottling plants were closed, and …

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Stefania Fernandez, 18, won the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in Nassau, Bahamas last night. Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee de la Cruz, 23, “another stunning beauty” was chosen First Finalist. This is the highest position achieved in the contest by a Dominican, second to that of Amelia Vega, who won the contest in 2003. This …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Vicente Noble, Barahona yesterday to inaugurate a 6-building 36-apartment complex built at a cost of RD$79 million. During the event, the government announced it would build 15,000 more homes by 2010 if a financing program with Colombia is approved.

Homes that have a value of RD$1.5 million or less will not have to pay the 16% ITBIS tax, according to a new decree issued by President Leonel Fernandez. Decree 611-09 creates a RD$200 million fund so that these homes can be purchased without paying the ITBIS tax. The decision seeks to stimulate the construction …

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It’s RD$9,915 million or RD$9.9 billion and not RD$915 million, Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa clarified yesterday. News reports had carried the erroneous figure. Hacienda has published online figures indicating that the government received RD$113.08 billion and spent RD$109.56 billion, for a surplus of RD$3.5 billion. But economists corroborate the deficit is at RD$10 billion, as …

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President Leonel Fernandez led a discussion at the Presidential Palace yesterday on quality in education in the DR yesterday. Fernandez called the meeting “historic.” “When in the history of the Dominican Republic has the Presidential Palace been the site of such an enlightening discussion?” he wondered. Fernandez said he is counting on financing from the …

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