2012 – Page 271

The Central Electoral Board has installed 13 information centers in different parts of the country and urges voters to verify where they are supposed to go and vote on Sunday, 20 May. The booths are operational at sites such as APEC, Unphu, and Tercera Edad universities. In the province of Santo Domingo there is a …

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Election talk in the DR is skirting the issues. While the candidates of the leading two parties, the Dominican Liberation and the Dominican Revolutionary, have centered their debates on the issue of corruption, the population is now calling for a change. Different sectors argue the politicians need to focus on their future government programs, proposals …

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Former district attorney in a first government of Leonel Fernandez and dean of the Unibe law school, Guillermo Moreno continues to address the need for change in government. In an interview in El Caribe, the presidential candidate of the minority party Alianza Pais addresses the issues of corruption, crime, judicial security, education and reforming democracy …

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The price increases for all fuels except LPG have caused prices to go up across the board for most items, bringing complaints from housewives and even the sales people. This is because the vast majority of the trucks that haul the produce from the farms to the markets are fueled with diesel, and diesel has …

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The Gold Quest Mining Corporation is carrying out explorations in San Juan de la Maguana and Jarabacoa, areas where they have found gold, copper, silver and zinc, using Dominican labor. The Diario Libre says that the company has invested over US$4 million up until now in San Juan de la Maguana and over US$5 million …

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Judge Miguel Angel Diaz Castillo of Peravia sent Julio Aquiles Arias (Bocho) to three months preventive custody. Bocho is accused of the death of Claudio Francisco Caamano Velez at a colmadon (cornershop/liquor store) on Sunday, 11 March. The same court granted bail of RD$100,000 to Jose Ramon Puello (Pitaka) who accompanied Bocho on the day …

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The District Attorney for the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso said that lawyers for the defense of the persons accused of being part of the network of the accused drug trafficker Jose David Figueroa Agosto are delaying the trial. El Caribe reports that the District Attorney complained that the delays that have been granted up …

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The International Police (Interpol) issued an arrest warrant on Monday against the former Prime Minister of the Turks & Caicos Islands Michael Misick who is under investigation by British authorities for corruption. He is thought to be hiding in the Dominican Republic. Misick resigned in 2009 as a result of a corruption scandal. He is …

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The Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce has organized a business and culture four-day event (22-25 March) at Altos de Chavon in La Romana. While many events require paid admission, there are many that are open to the general public gratis or for a reasonable fee. On the program is a polo tournament, art exhibit by Michel …

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President Leonel Fernandez is challenging “anyone” to compete with him when it comes to roads built in the Dominican Republic. On a tour of the progress made on the Coral Expressway that will link San Pedro de Macoris and Punta Cana, Fernandez mentioned that the accomplishments of his three terms in government included the Bani-San …

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