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Ambassadors from five countries, Bolivia, Jamaica, Peru, Taiwan and the Ukraine presented their credentials to President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, 4 April. The new ambassadors met with the President for between 5 to 15 minutes at the Hall of Ambassadors. Also attending were Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and Minister of Foreign …

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The Fernandez government has entrusted a team of Santiago women with the responsibility of administering justice in the capital city and province of Santo Domingo. On Tuesday, 3 April, just before the country went for its annual Easter Week vacation period, lawyer Olga Dolores Dina Llaverias was sworn in as prosecutor for the Province of …

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An estimated 200,000 people flocked the newly remodeled Guibia Plaza for people-watching, a stroll by the sea, or a plunge in the pools set up on the Malecon by the Municipality of Santo Domingo over the Easter Week vacation, as reported in El Dia. To prepare the beach-like ambience, the city government hauled truckloads of …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) says it has reports of 38 deaths from 2pm on Thursday, 5 April to 8pm on Sunday, 8 April. The total is eight higher than in 2011. 31 people were killed in traffic accidents involving 687 persons, four drowned, and three died due to excess alcohol consumption, of 264 attended. …

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Easter vacation travelers driving along the country’s main highways met with large groups of PLD and PRD supporters lining the roads on Sunday, causing major bottlenecks. The PLD and PRD campaigners on both sides of the highways turned the return of vacationers to the city “hell”, reported El Dia. Dominicans reacted with collective indignation on …

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In his Resurrection Sunday mass, Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez called for an end to the murders of women that have been occurring nationwide and asked for God to have pity on the Dominican people, as reported in Listin Diario. He expressed his concern for the quality of life of people whose disabilities prevent them from …

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Father Antonio Mendez of the parish of Ozama described politicians as “the country’s main problem” in his traditional Easter sermon. “Crime cannot end because if the head doesn’t work, the body won’t either,” he said, as quoted in El Caribe. In the traditional Good Friday Seven Last Words sermon at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, …

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Last week the Newlink Research group published the results of its poll carried out on 31 March and 1 April, with a margin of error of 3%. The telephone poll of 1,106 eligible voters revealed that PLD candidate Danilo Medina would win with 49.1%, followed by Hipolito Mejia with 44%, if the election were held …

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The Association of Commercial Banks in the Dominican Republic (ABA) has issued a notice reconfirming how checks should be filled in the Dominican Republic. ABA stresses that the date must be written in numerical format, using the order of day (09), month (04), year (2012). On the front of the check, only a minimal space …

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The Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) has announced US$205 million in organic exports in 2011. Exports in 2010 totaled US$200 million. Of total exports, cacao exports represent about half. CEI-RD reported that organic exports had risen from US$74 million in 2006 to US$200 million in 2010, of which organic cacao was 50%. CEI-RD says …

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