2009 – Page 283

The Weather Department (Onamet) is forecasting scattered rains today. Onamet says that they expect an increase in cloudiness as well as rains in the provinces of Montecristi, Puerto Plata, Samana, Santiago, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Cristobal, Monsignor Nouel, La Vega, Sanchez Ramirez, Duarte and Monte Plata. Santo Domingo and the National …

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President Leonel Fernandez will head to Havana next Monday to attend an economic conference with regional heads of state and eight Nobel Prize winners in economics. Fernandez will take part in discussions about the global financial crisis and will also hold a private meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro and Cuban Foreign Relations Minister Felipe …

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President Leonel Fernandez suspended the 27 of February Independence Day military parade on the Malecon. The parade is a long-time Dominican tradition. The decision comes on the heels of the widespread media coverage on several cases of complicity of active military with crime, and at a time when several others in the military are under …

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The Senate has approved two loans from the World Bank totaling US$122 million. The funds will be used to fund disaster relief and the rehabilitation of electrical networks affected by storms. One of the loans that were approved yesterday, for US$80 million, will be directed towards the National Hydraulic Institute (INDRHI) and the State Run …

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The Spanish government says it is willing to fund the completion of the Santo Domingo Market project and that all the Dominican government has to do is ask for the money. According to Hoy the project will need a final investment of US$45 million. Spanish Ambassador Diego Bermejo said that as soon as the authorities …

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The National District, Santo Domingo East and North municipal authorities, in coordination with the Navy, began cleaning up the banks of the Ozama and Isabela rivers, which in recent years have become major dumping grounds. National District Mayor Roberto Salcedo shoveled the first pieces of trash and said the Ministry of Environment would also be …

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Yesterday, during separate ceremonies, President Leonel Fernandez received the credentials of five new ambassadors to the DR. Manuel Enrique Hinojosa will represent Chile, General Mario Montoya Uribe will represent Colombia, Francisco Domingo Garcia Falco will represent Portugal, Crispina Gomez will represent Cape Verde and Katrina Cooper will represent Australia. The ceremonies were held at the …

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Education Minister Melanio Paredes says it is shameful that more than one million people in the DR are illiterate. Paredes made his statement during an event launching the 1000×1000 initiative, which aims to ensure that schoolchildren get at least 1000 hours of teaching per school year. On previous occasions Paredes has said that on average …

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the DR Prosecutor General’s office and the Santiago District Prosecutor are investigating eight people suspected of involvement in a US$100 million fraud case regarding US income tax returns. Hoy says that eight people have been detained in Santiago in the tax evasion investigation. Prosecutor General Radhames Jimenez stated that …

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Police Chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin has reaffirmed his assurance that under his leadership the National Police will have a zero tolerance policy towards corruption within the ranks. Guzman says he has been given orders by President Leonel Fernandez to “rescue” the moral standing of the National Police so that officers can conduct themselves in …

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