2012 – Page 262

Yesterday, Tuesday, 27 March, the PLD-majority Senate showed its support for San Juan de la Maguana Senator Felix Bautista (PLD), who defended the building of 3,000 homes by his companies in Haiti. Bautista said that the work was carried out after winning a public tender when former Haitian President Rene Preval was in power, later …

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The Commonwealth Roundtable in the Dominican Republic has organized presentations by the candidates for the 20 May 2012 presidential election on their proposals and positions on foreign policy, trade, foreign investment and free trade. Leading business representatives in areas of exports, mining, electricity, tourism and free zones will also be taking part. The talks will …

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In an interview with El Caribe, Frente Amplio presidential candidate Julian Serulle says the pillars of his government program will be education, farm production, industry and security. He called for investing in educating men and women so they can integrate into national production. He says the government has to back farm producers and agro-industry. He …

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Reuters is the first to go public on reported advanced negotiations for the sale of the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana (CND), the profitable Presidente Beer brewery. CND is owned by Grupo Leon Jimenes. In an official statement, CND says that as a company policy it does not respond to rumors or speculation about the sale, that …

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As the New York Daily News reported last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat began collecting petition signatures and has set up an exploratory committee to run for Congress representing Harlem. “I’m circulating and validating petitions,” Espaillat said in Albany. “I’m not saying I’m running. I haven’t formally announced anything.” It is important to note that …

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According to the Youth Public Policy Watchdog, juvenile delinquency is one of the biggest social problems facing Dominican society and they believe it is the lack of work that is leading young Dominicans into crime. They warned that 30% of Dominicans between the ages of 15 and 24 neither study nor work which then leads …

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On Tuesday morning, 27 March, the police announced that they had recovered the items that were stolen from the PRD call center earlier in the week. They said that the perpetrators were a group of minors that was operating in the area. The articles recovered include 2 laptops, a television, an e-reader and Internet device. …

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Dozens of residents from the Villa Mercedes area of San Cristobal were shot at and stoned by police during a protest in demand of road repairs. The demonstrators burned tires and tree trunks, threw garbage, broke bottles and said that they would no longer put up with the dust on the streets, the potholes and …

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The police are investigating the murder of a man who was a witness in the case against an official of the Popular Front Party (FALPO) in Navarrete. Braulio Vargas, a former spokesman for Falpo in Navarrete, was accused of killing Rodriguez’ cousin in December 2009, and was subsequently sentenced to 20 years in jail for …

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At 5.30pm yesterday, Tuesday, 27 March, according to Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia, Jose David Figueroa Agosto, also known as Junior Capsula, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. He was taken to the Federal Court in old San Juan from a New York federal jail escorted by heavily armed federal marshals under extreme secrecy and …

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