2010 – Page 315

Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose Ramon Fadul has cast doubt upon the abilities of the Dominican negotiators during the lead-up to the DR-CAFTA agreement. He said that the free trade treaty has done nothing to benefit local producers, and that for every ten items from Central America, Dominican producers sell just one in Central …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu has held a long meeting with some of the nation’s leading economists, headed by Bernardo Vega and including Carlos Despradel, Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, Porfirio Garcia, Jose Luis de Ramon and Henri Hebrard. During the talks the governor analyzed the fundamental aspects of the GDP growth over the last two …

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50% of all births at the leading maternity hospitals in the country in 2009 were Caesarian section deliveries, as reported in El Dia. Dr. Justo Jose Nicasio said that the large number of C-sections increases the maternal maternity rate. He said that at the Hospital de la Mujer Dominicana, of 2,053 births in 2009, 1,022 …

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The bodies of a Dominican woman, Laura Ricart and a Spaniard, Jorge Javier have been recovered by the Navy and the Naval Auxiliary Volunteers Corps. The authorities have pledged to continue searching for two other people, Plinio Jacobo (Laura Ricart’s husband) and an American, Robert Wagner, who went missing at sea off the south coast …

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The Revolutionary Movement 14 June (1 J 4) celebrated its 50th anniversary yesterday with ceremonies in Santo Domingo and Mao, Valverde province. A mass was celebrated in the New World’s first cathedral in Santo Domingo. Leandro Guzman, one of the founders of the group talked about how the 14 June provided an internal resistance to …

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Former National District prosecutor Juan Esteban Olivero Feliz, who represents Noe Martin Sterling Villalon, accused of participation in the murder of 7 Colombian drug traffickers in Paya, Bani on 4 August 2008, is questioning the actions of state prosecutors. As reported in El Caribe on 9 January, he said that several people are being protected …

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State prosecutors suspect Juan Jose Fernandez Ibarra of being a front for fugitive Puerto Rican drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto. Fernandez Ibarra, who is believed to be the owner of Figueroa Agosto’s getaway vehicle, has been sent to Najayo jail for 3 months as investigations continue into the case. He is accused of asset laundering, …

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The General who arrested Manuel Emilio Mesa Beltre “El Gringo” has been removed from his post as Coordinator of the Barrio Seguro Program. General Miguel de la Cruz Reyna’s dismissal was made on the grounds that he has not been efficient in combating crime. Colonel Julian Zapata Marinez has been appointed to replace him. Beltre …

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President Leonel Fernandez’s narcotics adviser, lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) is asking the authorities to look further into the case against suspended Major Bienvenido Antonio Savinon Aybar. The license plate on the vehicle from which the shots that killed former Police colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez were fired was assigned to the suspended army major. …

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La Altagracia province prosecutor Lucas Perez Jose says that of 1,970 criminal processes heard last year in his province, 1,383 were related to drug trafficking. He said that the authorities confiscated 1,250 kilos of drugs, including 1,200 kilos of cocaine. “Before there was talk here of one kilo, but now 300, 200 or 100 kilos …

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