2010 – Page 5

In its preliminary year’s end report, the Central Bank forecasts that growth for 2011 will be between 5.5% and 6%, inflation from 5-6%, given constraints of the US economy, higher petroleum prices in 2011. The Central Bank mentions the government seeks to raise 12.2% more in taxes in 2011, and foresees its current spending will …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced the suspension of 36,000 ‘cedulas’ or the ID cards that belong to foreigners with permanent residence in the country. Foreigners are required to renew their cedulas every two years. Hoy newspaper says that the head of the JCE, Roberto Rosario, said that the foreigners owe the JCE a total …

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In Diario Libre newspaper’s page two editorial, executive editor Adriano Miguel Tejada reports on democracy in the DR. He describes the way that Dominicans are under the illusion that we live in a democracy because we celebrate elections every once in a while and people can speak out through the media. “That concept of minimalist …

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The Ministry of Public Health is advising the population not to use the waters of the San Juan River. They are concerned that the river could carry the cholera bacteria. The waters of the Artibonite River, on the border with Haiti, have also been declared unfit for human use, as reported in Listin Diario. Public …

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Between July and November of this year, small companies were the commercial entities that gave their employees the most generous pay raises, according to a report by Macros Consulting, which said that the raises were 10.7% above 2009 salaries. Listin Diario said that this was 1.3% more than the medium-sized businesses and 1.2 points higher …

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The higher cost of the traditional Dominican Christmas bread known as ‘telera’ is not tied to the cost of wheat flour. According to Listin Diario, the average cost of a large bag of flour has been RD$1,024 for the whole year. During the last three months of 2009 the prices of that same bag was …

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DHL has announced that it is expanding its service to the eastern region of the Dominican Republic. Olman Castillo from DHL told Listin Diario that the company has expanded into Bavaro, Higuey, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, Bayahibe, Casa de Campo, La Altagracia, Punta Cana, El Cortecito, Cabeza de Toro, Cap Cana and Arena …

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Yuber Enrique Mendez Mendez (Oreganito), believed to be Puerto Rican Jose Figueroa Agosto’s right-hand man, became just another prisoner wanted in extradition by the United States authorities. Mendez was arrested while traveling in a Toyota Hilux pickup truck on Sunday. Diario Libre says that the prisoner was named in an organizational chart of the Figueroa …

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Three federal agents from the United States interrogated Eddy Brito for more than two hours yesterday. Sobeida Felix Morel’s ex-husband was questioned about his alleged ties with Puerto Rican drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto. One of the agents is a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), another is a member of the Drug …

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A commission of prosecutors is investigating the messages that were sent and received by Sobeida Felix Morel in her cell in the Najayo Women’s Jail. Last week two BlackBerry devices and an iPod were confiscated. She used two hands-free attachments to listen to music and control her accounts in a notebook and a telephone agenda, …

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