2009 – Page 271

The Tourist Boulevard of the East, the essential highway linking tourism developments along the east coast was declared a high priority for the Leonel Fernandez government in 2005. Hoteliers provided RD$600 million in advances on taxes. But three years later, the avenue has at most advanced on its first phase. Investigative reporter Alicia Ortega, on …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the bonanza of raises in the decentralized government organizations continues with the city councilors in the National District. They have voted in favor of increasing their wages to RD$130,000 or RD$150,000 depending on the month. They gave themselves a wage adjustment of RD$45,000. The basic wage of a city councilor, whose …

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Consumers keep waiting for prices to go down, but all they seem to get are price increases. Producers, millers, traders and importers have left the Dominican people waiting and have not kept their promise to lower prices. A month and a half ago these sectors promised President Fernandez that they would not increase their prices …

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Santo Domingo province prosecutor Perfecto Acosta confirmed on Monday that a Lieutenant Colonel from the National Police was arrested for alleged ties to the Parmalat case. Tomas Garcia Lebron was detained last Saturday while trying to escape to Haiti, according to official reports. Perfecto Acosta says that the officer, who was already subject to an …

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National Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin has fired and then arrested the officers in command of the police force in La Vega, “for negligent behavior in the pursuit of crime,” according to a press release from the Police. Meantime, in Cotui he ordered the 30-day arrest of the commander of that jurisdiction for not …

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Four people were killed and three wounded during a shoot-out between the National Police and two assailants in the community of Cambita Garabito in the province of San Cristobal. According to reports by local eyewitnesses, the shooting started after the assailants held up a man, Sergio Vega at about 2:30 in the afternoon on Francisco …

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Two members of the armed forces attached to the Specialized Corps of Airport Security (CESA) K-9 Unit have been arrested at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) with 27 packages of cocaine that they were trying to put on a flight to Europe. According to investigators, Corporal Victor Alvarez Almonte and Private Santiago Torres Calzado were …

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The American Chamber of Commerce is promoting an upcoming talk by community development expert Lawrence Harrison. Harrison is the author of the bestseller “The Central Liberal Truth.” In Santo Domingo, Harrison will speak on “Culture, Competitiveness and Development” at the Salon La Mancha of the Gran Hotel Lina on Sunday, 22 March. For more information, …

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The Dominican Republic is the favorite to win against the Netherlands today in the World Baseball Classic first round being played in Puerto Rico. But after the Dutch team’s strong performance in the first match against the DR, and yesterday against Puerto Rico, nothing can be taken for granted. The Netherlands was winning the game …

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The Dominican Republic has officially bid to become a host city for the World Baseball Classic in 2013. Sports Minister Felipe Payano, Dominican Baseball League president Leonardo Matos Berrido and Hector Pereyra delivered the request to Paul Archey, senior vice president for international business operations of the World Baseball Classic in San Juan, Puerto Rico.