2012 – Page 3

The Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES) said that the overall income forecast in the National Budget for 2013 contains an overestimate approaching 5%, according to an article in Listin Diario. Their “General Analysis of the 2013 Budget” states that the government income estimates for next year are more than the money that will …

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Manuel Labrado, the country representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) notes that he has seen an improvement in the international issues over the last few months, and he added that there have been improvements in terms of austerity, transparency and fulfilling the law. He told Mayelin Acosta of Hoy newspaper that in the five …

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The crisis affecting the economies of the European Union is having an effect on the flow of tourists from the Old Continent to the Dominican Republic. According to Hoy, between January and November of 2012, some 35,000 fewer Europeans visited the country. Most of this reduction came from lower passenger numbers from the UK, Spain, …

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Between noon on Sunday, 23 December and the early hours of yesterday, Tuesday 25 December, 17 people lost their lives in several incidents that took place over the Christmas holidays. The Emergency Operations Center (COE), in its Bulletin #2, noted that a total of 216 people were involved in incidents that were covered by the …

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If one compares the salary of police officers in the Dominican Republic with their counterparts in Central America, the country occupies one of the last places at US$153 per month. This is more than Nicaragua with US$120 but much less than Honduras (US$232), El Salvador, (US$370), Panama (US$450), Belize (US$500) and Costa Rica (US$584). A …

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Najayo inmate Sobeida Felix Morel, former lover of the Puerto Rican capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto, is asking a judge to grant her parole today, Wednesday 26 December. She is accused of drug trafficking and money laundering. The judge for the Execution of the Sentence for San Cristobal, Jose Ignacio Medrano, will hear the petition …

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Over the past few days, two women have been rescued by observant police at checkpoints in Santo Domingo East and in San Cristobal. In the first case which happened over the weekend, Wanda Martinez, the 20 year old former mistress of 56-year old Carlos Porfirio Nolasco was discovered bound hand and foot, with duct tape …

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While family members told reporters from several newspapers their versions of the events, the end result, the death of the owner of the Solano Money Exchange was a fact. He was killed by his 74-year old uncle in retaliation for his alleged role in the death of Julio Cesar Solano Bautista (Julito). Family members told …

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The Dominican Winter League Championship finished its regular series with a single game play-off between the surging Leones del Escogido and the fading Gigantes del Cibao. Thanks in part to the Aguilas Cibaenas who defeated the Gigantes in their last game of the season on Friday night, 21 December, and in part by their victory, …

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For starters, Roberto Olea on trombone and vocals, Sly de Moya, drums, July Monte on bass and vocals, Angel Pillier on piano and Ramon “Papatin” de Castro on percussion for the last Sunset Jazz Fiesta event of the year, on Friday, 28 December. Next comes dancing merengue, son, salsa and more to this popular quintet. …

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