2010 – Page 44

Vehicle owners who have left it to the last minute are going to face long lines at the Tax Department (DGII) when going to renew their vehicle registration. Vehicles without the new stickers will be impounded, according to a report in today’s El Caribe. Virginia Gomez, who is in charge of the process told reporters …

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Case investigators have discovered that the recently dismantled gang that took videos of couples in motel rooms forged court orders in order to place hidden cameras in the cabanas. According to a Diario Libre source, the gang members would approach the administration of the establishment and tell them that their mission was to install equipment …

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The Natural History Museum at Plaza de la Cultura is holding a photo exhibition, Fauna Dominicana, to celebrate the first year of “The Last Survivors” project as part of the International Year of Biodiversity. The project seeks to raise awareness of the last surviving Caribbean endemic land mammals and focuses conservation attention on these valuable …

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The Dominican Winter Baseball League saw an amazing thing this morning: The Estrellas Orientales in first place. This is something that has not happened in decades. Last night the Estrellas visited the city of Santiago, where they played the Aguilas Cibaenas, a team that used to be considered the odds-on favorite as champion. When the …

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President Leonel Fernandez has chaired a meeting with security chiefs assembled for the Democratic Security Council to hear proposals for new measures to enhance security, the Presidency reported. Again, the issue of police officers serving as private security guards came up and once more the President ordered them to be sent back to the force …

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Legislators and city council members who hold more than one job need to resign from one. Public Administration Minister Ramon Ventura Camejo says that the second wage would be retained in the National Treasury. He said that Law 41-08 prohibits public employees from holding two jobs in government. On Monday, media reports focused on several …

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The Ministry of Public Works has announced that the Dr. Defillo overpass is now in service. If you are traveling from east to west on Av. JFK, you can make a U-turn under the overpass to take Av. Winston Churchill, or turn left to enter the Av. Dr. Defillo. You can also turn right from …

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Altagracia Paulino, director of Pro Consumidor, the government department in charge of consumer protection, says that she is helping tourists who have submitted complaints of fraud. She said that some 1,000 tourists presented claims last year, mostly related to a company that sold them fake tourism packages. Speaking in Samana yesterday, she announced that the …

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Photographs published in Diario Libre showing rooftop satellite dishes in the poorest slums on the banks of the Ozama River in Santo Domingo have led the executive vice president of the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) Celso Marranzini to call on residents to pay for the electricity service. He said the satellite TV service costs over …

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The provincial governor of Dajabon, Esther Ramirez has announced that the Haitian authorities now accept that the bi-national market, held on Monday and Friday, can operate from the installations of the Fundacion Solidaridad Fronteriza, as reported in Diario Libre. The facility was built by the Dominican government with funds from the European Union. She said …

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