2010 – Page 219

With just six days to go before the congressional and municipal elections, the political parties have concentrated on getting the “undecided” voter, redoubling their campaigning in all the country’s provinces and municipalities. Leaders, party faithful and sympathizers have been congregating so that, together with the candidates, they can put on a show of strength down …

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The money the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has spent on equipment, materials and services related to the running of the congressional and municipal elections has reached RD$334.559,428.47. The information was supplied by the JCE “in the interest of achieving transparency in the process of contracts and purchases of goods and services” going into the elections. …

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A military contingent interrupted a march led by lawyer Pedro Catrain, the candidate for Dominicans for Change (D x C, No. 26) in the first district on the National District, from the controversial Atiemar Tower to the Funglode headquarters yesterday. The Atiemar Tower was symbolically inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez, most of the financing was …

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The Ministry of Public Works has started repair work on the Duarte Highway, along the Santo Domingo-Santiago section, as part of the VIADOM 2010 program, which is expected to cost US$470 million. The repairs to the highway will include the removal of the damaged sections of asphalt, roadway repairs, and repaving of both lanes. After …

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Despite the fact that the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) told Diario Libre in April that they had still not reached any agreement with any of the companies that were bidding for the contract, in December 2009 they acquired a tunneling machine that will carry out the excavation of the Metro II of Santo Domingo, a …

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The Ministry of Culture has announced that next year’s Santo Domingo International Book Fair would be dedicated to the Vatican. The book fair, the main cultural event organized by the government, takes place in April-May every year.

Risk assessment firm Standard & Poor’s has extolled the administrative strengthening and the leadership that is currently operating in the Dominican electricity sector. They said that this was one of the reasons that they revised the risks associated with the nation to “positive”. The Dominican State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE) described the S & P’s revision …

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The Center for Exports and Investments, CEI-RD reports that farm exports are up 26.5% in the first three months of the year. Exports increased from US$51 million from January to March 2009 to US$64.6 million for the same period in 2010, as reported in Hoy. The CEI-RD says that total exports went from US$1.021 million …

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Writing in today’s Listin Diario, lawyer Vinicio Castillo Seman appeals to the Barrick Gold mining company to publish details of the announced US$1 billion it says it has already invested to exploit the gold mine in Sanchez Ramirez province. The company has said it will invest US$3.8 billion to develop the mine. He wonders outloud …

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The first husband of Angelita Trujillo, daughter of dictator Rafael Trujillo, is suspected of having committed suicide at his apartment at Ave. Nunez de Caceres in Santo Domingo. His body was found on Saturday. The Police said that a telephone and several packed suitcases were found in his room. There are reports that he had …

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