2011 – Page 55

PLD veteran and current Superintendent of Insurance, Euclides Gutierrez Felix, has withdrawn the summons that he filed against Nuria Piera and her advertisers. It is believed that Gutierrez Felix succumbed to the enormous pressure applied by his fellow party members, from Leonel Fernandez downwards. Party secretary general Reinaldo Pared Perez confirmed that the Political Committee …

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The Executive Branch has extended the compensation for fuels used in passenger transportation and urban, inter-city, tourist and freight unions for a further two months. The measure is contained in Decree 523-11, which orders that beginning today, Decree 183-11 is modified with a two-month extension and an additional 150,000 gallons of diesel in compensation for …

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President Leonel Fernandez has authorized the Minister of Hacienda to cut checks for nearly 4,000 creditors of the government whose accounts payable do not go beyond the one million-peso level. According to Hoy reporter Adalberto de la Rosa the government began paying off part of the administrative debt of some RD$7 billion during a visit …

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The Senate has approved, amidst a flurry of voting, a law that guarantees equal rights for people with disabilities. Senators voted to approve the Organic Law on Equal Rights for Disabled Persons after one reading. The legislation was introduced by Senator Felix Bautista, who quoted the 2010 Constitution that says that the State is obliged …

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The Ministry of Education has authorized just 166 of a total of 1,675 private schools to keep their increased tuition rates. These increases range from RD$50 to RD$17,900 and were applied as of this 2011-2012 school year. The authorities also approved the documentation of the investments and expenses that backed up the increases. The Ministry …

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Electricity distribution company Ede-Norte reported yesterday that the power cuts that affected many of its customers were caused by the AES Andres generation plant going offline. In a press release issued on Wednesday, Ede-Norte says that AES Andres has had problems stabilizing the current it produced because of the presence of a massive amount of …

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The District Attorney of Santo Domingo has filed formal charges in the trial against nine alleged contract killers who are accused of working for Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Deputy prosecutors Candida Ramos, Isidro Vasquez and Denny Silvestre delivered the charges of murder, criminal association and illegal possession of firearms. The judges …

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Members of the National Police killed an alleged contract killer in La Otra Banda in Santiago yesterday, during what was described as an “exchange of gunfire” between members of a gang that was led by the deceased and the Police. According to El Caribe, 22-year old Robinson Cabrera Urena, “Pion”, was wanted by the authorities …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) issued a forecast for rain showers with some thunder and lightning this afternoon. The short and heavy showers are expected to fall in the northeast, southeast and the central mountains. Temperatures will remain high as a result of the prevailing southeast winds. Temperatures will be between 73F and 86F (23C …

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At the halfway point of the third quarter of their second game in the qualifying tournament for the London Olympics, the Dominican five was losing by 17 against Venezuela, who were playing with great ball handling, good shooting from distance and an unstoppable Greivis Vasquez. Nonetheless, Al Horford was a giant once again, Jack Michael …

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