2009 – Page 134

The InterAmerican Development Bank has offered the DR government US$100 million in loans that can be used to promote educational programs in the country. IDB local representative Manuel Labrado also announced yesterday that the IDB will be disbursing US$50 million next year to help the Ministry of Education build five new schools and improve others …

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The Ministry of Public Works reports that the intersection of Winston Churchill Avenue with 27 February Avenue will be closed to traffic from Friday at 8pm through Saturday. The closure is to remove asphalt for a subsequent repaving of the roads.

The Canadian company Goldquest Mining Corporation has received exploration rights for eight mines in the southern and northern parts of the DR. The company will be looking for gold, zinc, silver and copper. Hoy also reports that Goldquest has allied itself withe Gold Fields Dominican Republic in order to purchase 100% of that company’s exploration …

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A defiant Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa let reporters know that the 49% sale of Refidomsa is a done deal, and there is no changing that. “Be clear. The deal is done, and is irreversible. Don’t fool yourselves. The sale will go through and will be complete shortly,” he said yesterday. The Minister of Hacienda was …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has decided to extend its 9 day strike another five days. Minerva Magdaleno, representing the nation’s nurses, said that the government doesn’t leave them with any choices. Doctors are fighting for increased wages, while the government says the raises will have to wait until next year. CMD president Waldo Ariel …

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Deputy Radhames Castro is challenging his colleague Deputy Radhames Fermin, who he says has not been to a congressional meeting or event for more than two and a half years. He said that Fermin’s driver doesn’t even know where the deputy’s office is. Castro is asking Fermin to make his presence felt at Congress immediately …

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Dominican officials have announced that a 518-kilo shipment of drugs was seized near Playa Moron, in northeastern Samana. The drugs were reportedly dropped from a plane about 3 nautical miles from Samana. Four men, Fausto Andres Mercedes, Pedro Alexander Mota Hilario, Daniel Esteban Alvarez Alvarez and Luciano Calcano have been arrested in connection with the …

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Peravia Senator Wilton Guerrero called Azua District Attorney Rafael Brito Pena “irresponsible”, after Brito Pena left the country, despite a major drug heist scandal in his jurisdiction resulted in the National Police Chief removing all the police stationed in the province. Guerrero described Brito Pena’s taking a “vacation” to NY with his family as “an …

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Senator for Azua Cesar Diaz Filp disputes nearby Peravia province Senator Wilton Guerrero’s description of Azua as a “narco province.” Nevertheless, the PRD legislator recognizes that drug dealers have gained territory in his province. Diaz Filpo said the removal of all the police stationed in Azua was a “correct” measure by the chief of the …

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Santo Domingo’s District Attorney’s Office and Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) transit police have given the owners of abandoned cars in the Greater Santo Domingo a 72-hour grace period to remove the cars or these will be towed to the Duquesa dump sight. The goal is to clear roads and public spaces, which officials have deemed …

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