2010 – Page 248

Lawyer Pedro Catrain was on the campaign trail yesterday for a seat in Congress – on bicycle. He aspires to represent the National District. He is running for the Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio in Santo Domingo. He said he would promote the use of bicycles and is carrying out a campaign without noise, pollution …

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The army has confiscated four quintals of lobsters from two people at the Santa Elena checkpoint in Barahona. Lobster trapping is banned on a seasonal basis in order to permit the lobsters to reproduce. Dr. Bolivar de Oleo Montero, assistant prosecutor for the Ministry of Environment reported the confiscation of the lobsters. The two men …

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Thousands of clients of several leading banks were unable to withdraw cash from ATM machines on Thursday and Friday. Codetel admitted a technical problem caused the problem and said it was resolved by Friday. The Commercial Banks Association issued an official statement explaining that the problem was caused by a failure in service by the …

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The Central Bank has announced that an increase in fuel prices, including propane gas, and the price of sugar to the consumer led to a 0.86% increase in the consumer price index during March compared to February. This brings accumulated inflation for the year to 2.33%. On an annual basis, inflation from March 2009 to …

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The Commercial Banks Association says there will be no extension of the 30 April date for the use of new checks in the DR. All checks need to be replaced as of 1 May 2010. The new check format is part of the Project for the Reform of the System of Payments (SIPARD) that establishes …

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Former Central Bank operations director, economist Apolinar Veloz is advising the government to reduce the value added tax (ITBIS), one of the highest in the world, instead of eliminating exemptions taking up the recommendation by the International Monetary Fund. He also rejected the idea of increasing the cost of electricity to paying clients, as also …

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The crew members of “Nuria en el 9” investigative journalism program were arrested and taken to the Police Headquarters when they were filming the front of the home of Police Chief Rafael Guzman Fermin from a distance. Guzman Fermin has been one of the first to submit his financial statement, as is now required of …

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The National District Prosecutor Office has ordered the arrest of Faustino Perozo, involved in the drug trafficking case of former army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. The US judiciary had requested his extradition, but later desisted. The DR judiciary did not press charges against him because it was thought his role within drug trafficking operations …

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Two young boys said to be “playing around”, made the hoax bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the Cibao International Airport last week. The two, aged 14 and 17, have been taken to the Juvenile Court in La Vega. The police revealed that an investigation by the Dominican authorities found that the call …

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An Air Force first lieutenant who worked as a paid watchman at a private property is suspected of shooting to death two young men who had entered the property, east of Santo Domingo. A Santo Domingo court ordered 43-year old Rafael Sierra Perez to La Victoria jail for a year while his case is heard. …

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