2012 – Page 150

Yesterday, Tuesday 17 July, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated various public works in Azua and the south, including schools, a sports complex and two aqueducts, costing taxpayers RD$277 million. He was accompanied by the Minister for the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Virgilio Perez Felix, Senator Rafael Calderon, Minister for Women Alejandrina German, Minister for Sport Felipe …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved the Complementary Budget for RD$71.46 billion, which will be distributed amongst the different state institutions to pay the suppliers such as those who were contracted for public works in the work sessions on Tuesday, 17 July. It was approved by a vote of 94 in favor, 22 against and 7 …

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The Ministry of Education is making preparations for the next school year for 2012-2013 that begins on 20 August 20 nationwide. At the same time shops are already advertising sales on uniforms, books, back packs, and other school supplies. The Ministry of Education is pressed to complete the necessary repairs and renovations at schools nationwide. …

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Last night the Central Electoral Board (JCE) rejected a proposal to allow the driving licenses to be used as an official identification document. A JCE spokesman, Felix Reyna, said the JCE was in charge of personal identification as mandated by the Constitution. He said that if the decision was taken to allow the driving license …

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Rafael Velazco, vice president of the Energy Committee of AmCham opened the sessions of the International Congress on Energy of the American Chamber of Commerce yesterday reminding all: “As is known, the Dominican electricity sector is one of the areas awaiting for solutions in the Dominican Republic.” “To achieve a stable, sustainable, quality, and competitively-priced …

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Banco Popular, the biggest private commercial bank in the country has denied the rumors circulating that it is for sale. There have been rumors that a Colombian finance group is interested in the bank. Manuel A. Grullon, the bank president, said that at the end of this period their activities have increased by 8.33% over …

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Consumer organizations that called for yesterday, Tuesday 17 July, to be a day when the country should not eat chicken, say that their call was answered. However, those who sell chicken in the National District say that sales were down around 60% of normal. The director of the Institute of Consumer Rights (Pro-Consumidor) said that …

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In 2009, anti-drug police advisor to President Leonel Fernandez, Marino Vinicio Castillo had alerted that there were around 300,000 Dominicans involved in either trafficking in drugs or consuming drugs. Three years later, he goes public again saying there are more than 300,000 drug consumers in the country. Castillo attributes the increase in drug consumption and …

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The local council of the National District has announced the National Cemetery on Independencia Avenue would be restored to convert it into a tourist attraction. The architect, Diana Martinez, director of Cultural Heritage and the Historic Center said the renovations would enhanced its historic value. The plan includes the identification of those tombs containing the …

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Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 17 July, a court in Monsenor Nouel province sentenced the priest Alberto Zacarias Cordero, aged 40, to three months on remand in Moca jail. He is accused of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl. The judge was Rosa Maria Almonte, the public prosecutor was Jose Luis Farias Moquea and the girl …

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