2009 – Page 42

Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced plans to install a natural gas processing plant for vehicular and domestic use in Haina. Some 70 natural gas stations would be installed as part of the project. The natural gas plant will be operational in 3 or 4 years. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso made the announcement at …

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The Public Health and Education Ministries have joined forces to involve more than 4,000 students from Santo Domingo East in work to show their communities how to prevent dengue and other epidemics affecting the country. Yesterday, Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez led activities in the Los Mina sector, with the help of 4,334 students …

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The Tax Department (DGII) is gradually installing machines to calculate the taxes that traders should be reporting in their statements. Juan Hernandez, the head of the DGII, told Listin Diario reporters that his inspectors would be going after traders who have not set up the system. He said that fast food chains and supermarkets had …

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Christmas is an important time for family gatherings and the Dominican Customs Department (DGA) always makes these meetings better. Rafael Camilo of the DGA announced that starting at the end of November through 7 January, Dominicans residing abroad are allowed to bring gifts and goods worth US$2,000 duty free. This annual concession is set out …

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Today’s Diario Libre editorial comments on the mixed messages the government is sending in the war against drugs. “There is no doubt that the government wants to cleanse itself of the fiasco of drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto’s escape and Sobeida Felix Morel’s “disappearance”, and of the strong rumors suggesting that military, police and civilian …

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The director of Migration Department, former Chief of the Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez said that his department was never notified that Sobeida Feliz could not leave the country, as reported in El Caribe. The General Prosecutor office replied showing a note dated 19 October at 5pm that it says was sent Migration …

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Bishop Francisco Jose Arnaiz says it is strange how no one investigates military personnel or police officers who have become inexplicably wealthy. He used one example to press his point, describing a seven-floor apartment building belonging to a Police sergeant. He estimates that the building cost RD$70 million. He gave the address at Avenida Sarasota …

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In the face of widespread criticisms of recent judicial decisions in favor of people accused of crimes, many judges have said that “under no circumstances” would they order any other coercive measures except remand to custody (prison). Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Jorge Subero Isa, made the comment in a speech …

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The Baldera family, which just went through the ordeal of having their son kidnapped and rescued amid a storm of speculations and shootings that resulted in two dead and many more questions than answers, is experiencing more problems. The Superintendence of Banks has closed down their money exchange businesses in Nagua and Samana because they …

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A 40-year old Dominican immigrant, Fernando Bermudez has been acquitted of a 1991 conviction for the murder of Raymond Blount, 16, in Greenwich Village. As reported in the New York Daily News, the judge dismissed the indictment against the father of three. Bermudez was serving a 23-years-to-life sentence at Sing Sing. Supreme Court justice John …

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