2009 – Page 196

National relief organizations are once again on alert with the start of the hurricane season. The hurricane season began 1 June and ends on 30 November. The organizations say that residents in vulnerable zones continue to be at the risk of major storms. Civil Defense and the other institutions say they are prepared to assist …

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The director general of prisons, Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez attributed yesterday the recent series of bloody incidents in the nation’s prisons to the overcrowded conditions in which the inmates are forced to live as well as the heat wave that is currently affecting the nation. The official said that during the summer …

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Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the conference and workshop “French Law 2009” at the Magistrate’s School, Supreme Court chief justice Jorge Subero Isa said contract murders are on the rise in the Dominican Republic. He said that this reality is sending a bad signal. However, he applauded the bravery and dedication of the magistrates, …

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Fashion Week is set for the convention hall at the Port of Sans Souci, 3-6 June 2009 on the east bank of Ozama River. Organized by Tita Hasbun, Jorge Diep and Alex Macia, the event is bringing global fashion to city shores. For three days, there will be fashion shows and a fashion mall open …

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The Superintendence of Electricity has authorized a 6.4% increase in power rates this month. As reported in Listin Diario, this is the first of two hikes that will increase the rate by 12% by July. This means that as of June power will cost: 0-200 kilowatts from RD$3.12 to RD$3.32 201-300 kilowatts from RD$4.71 to …

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He didn’t say anything new, but the fact that it came from Jose Miguel Bonetti of Mercasid, one of the leading companies and a long-time supporter of the Fernandez administration, and that the comment was made in the presence of President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno on occasion of the 47th anniversary of …

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Minister of the Environment Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal accuses business interests of being behind the opposition to the construction of a cement factory on the outskirts of the Los Haitises National Park. Fernandez argued that those same people who are defending the National Park today should have done so four years ago when the government …

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The government needs more money, new taxes have been suggested, but opposition parties like the PRD, PRI and MIUCA have a better suggestion. According to Orlando Jorge Mera, Secretary General of the PRD, it is time for government to do its bit. “Citizens have fulfilled their quota, now it’s the government’s turn to make a …

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Claudio Acosta, a page two columnist in Hoy newspaper, has criticized the government’s stated intention to increase taxes in order to fulfill the law that calls for the government to make available 4% of the National Budget for educational needs. He speculates that the new tax money would be used for informal payrolls in government …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) is asking for an extension of the period for converting Dominican companies to the business structures established in the new Corporate Law 479-08 (Ley de Sociedades Comerciales y Empresas Individuales de Responsabilidad Limitada). Companies with assets of RD$30 million and more need to be restructured by 11 June 2009. Conep …

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