2009 – Page 324

Danny Richar drove in the winning run and pushed the Tigres del Licey closer to qualifying for the final playoffs. The Tigres defeated the Toros del Este by a score of 3-2 at a packed Francisco Micheli Stadium in La Romana. The victory gives the Tigres a one-game advantage over the Toros. Meanwhile, in the …

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The Queen of Spain, Sofia, is expected in Santo Domingo this coming Sunday, 18 January. As reported in Diario Libre, she will be in the country until Tuesday. She will visit Spanish Cooperation Agency projects. As reported, 15 projects are under way, and total Spanish government development cooperation reached EUR19.3 million in 2008.

Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, president of the Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (Finjus) has criticized the fact that while the government has stepped up controls to secure more tax collections, there is no control over the use that government is giving to the money collected. “While we are being controlled, we have a state that …

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Guillermo Moreno Garcia’s Miuca party was the leading minority political party in the 2008 presidential election (18,136 votes or 0.44%). Moreno is a former state prosecutor and Unibe law school dean. As reported in El Nuevo Diario, he is highlighting President Leonel Fernandez’s lack of credibility in the run up to the proposed 28 January …

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President Leonel Fernandez has promised new vehicles to help the security forces in the fight against crime. After a meeting with the Democratic Security Council yesterday, Presidency Secretary Cesar Pina Torribio said the Presidency would step up support for the Armed Forces and the National Police. Police Chief Guillermo Guzman Fermin reported at the meeting …

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There are rumors that the Dominican Senator Alejandro Williams (PLD-San Pedro de Macoris), is being investigated by US authorities for possible Medicaid fraud. Senate President Reinaldo Pared Perez said he is willing to launch an investigation into William’s dealings, while maintaining that he only has limited details on the Williams case. Pared says he’s spoken …

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Dorka Medina, cousin and lawyer of Diomaris Marmolejos Feliz, who is the mother of four of former Army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo’s children, claims that President Leonel Fernandez already has the list of people implicated by Quirino in his office. She added that the list includes military officials and claims that military personnel are …

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Navy Chief Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet admits that it is very difficult to expose Navy members who may be involved in drug trafficking. Ventura said that the Navy is in the process of creating a counter-intelligence agency for investigating suspected drug traffickers within their ranks. He said that many members of the Navy …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is denying reports of fuel price gauging. Members of the public and private sectors want the government to explain why fuel prices in the DR continue to be high in relation to the decreasing price of fuel on the international commodities markets. Oil is currently at US$36 per barrel

Retailers in the Colonial Zone say that sales have dropped by a whopping 80% in recent months and that they have not felt the fruits of the current tourist high season. They claim that fewer tourists are visiting the Zone’s museums and monuments. Some vendors believe that high taxes on small businesses and the high …

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