2009 – Page 290

The United States authorities repatriated on Wednesday a group of 93 former Dominican convicts after they had served their sentences in the U.S. Most of those repatriated had served sentences for drug related offenses and homicide. With the arrival of these 93, the former convicts returned just this year reached 412. The latest group arrived …

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The Spanish authorities in the Dominican Republic handed over the first passport to the first person of Dominican nationality to receive the benefit of the Law of Historic Memory that could well benefit 40,000 or 60,000 persons in the DR. The first person to receive a Spanish Passport was Liliam del Carmen Rosello, the daughter …

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The Spanish ambassador to the Dominican Republic reported that the economic situation that his country is going through since last year is causing a loss in jobs. This, in turn, has led the government to take measures such as urging the voluntary return of foreign workers that have been laid off or fired. Diego Bermejo …

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The Dominican Republic is found at the same level as Thailand, Brazil and Colombia, countries long considered the nations with the highest percentage of human trafficking. This was the result of three studies that were released yesterday by the Ministry of Women which referred to trafficking of women and gender killings. With respect to the …

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The Shell Company reported yesterday that it has still not closed any negotiations with the Dominican government for the distribution of fuels, and that it is keeping its options open regarding the sale of its gasoline stations to the public and private sectors. Rafael Maradiaga, the Shell representative in the Dominican Republic, said that, meanwhile, …

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29 countries have confirmed their participation in the Archery World Cup 2009. For the second successive year, Santo Domingo will host the event from 31 March to 5 April 2009. The event is organized following the International Archery Federation (FITA) rules for the World Cup for 2009, in both divisions: recurve and compound. For more …

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Santiago’s best carnival event will be staged at the main hall of the Gran Teatro del Cibao, on Sunday 8 March at 6pm. Those who want to see some of the best of carnival costumes and merry-making in the central Cibao region of the country should purchase their tickets to the event. Victor Erarte is …

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President Leonel Fernandez yesterday was at the groundbreaking ceremonies for two wind power parks that will generate an estimated 50 MW of energy each. The parks will be built with initial investments of EU180.8 million by the Spanish company Inveravante. The parks will be built in the communities of Matafongo and Granadillos in the provinces …

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The Monetary Board is open to modifying various prudential regulations for banking institutions and the Banking Rules for Asset Evaluation. The latter require banks and other financial entities to regularly classify their assets according to their risk and to calculate and create allowances or reserves against those risks. The Monetary Board sent banking institutions the …

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Ruling PLD party spokesmen in government confirm it is true that party members that have jobs in government are making monthly contributions to the party’s treasury. Minister of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio said that the contributions are “voluntary.” He says these have to be authorized by the government employee. He said that the party …

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