2012 – Page 331

Speaking on the campaign trail, former President Hipolito Mejia promised to comply with the Education Law that stipulates that 4% of the country’s GDP should be assigned to the national education budget. Interviewed on the Uno+Uno TV talk show on TeleAntillas, Mejia also pledged to back the farming sector and maintain macroeconomic stability. He said …

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The controversial mayor of Cabarete Gregorio Antonio Mora (alias Canoa) has been remanded in preventive custody. Mora refuses to comply with a decision by a court of first instance in April 2011, ordering him to deliver information on revenues, spending and contracts signed by his city government. Judge Jakaira Veras set his bail payment at …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) told the press yesterday that it is investigating the individuals who purchased the watches that had been confiscated from Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto to establish the origin of the funds used to purchase the luxury items at the auction held last week, as reported in El …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has announced the seizure of contraband of 204 packages reportedly containing 207 kilos of cocaine that was being shipped to Puerto Rico through the Multimodal Caucedo Port. DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron said that the anti-drug agency arrested a deportee, Nelson Aquino Fernandez, and Waldi Miguel Bueno Almonte, Johnson Ogando …

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Lawyer Remberto Pichardo Juan, who escaped possible murder on Monday night, has told his story to the press. From his hospital bed, he described how he was injured in both legs when he arrived at his home in Calle Primera, Edificio Esperanza, Brisas del Mar in El Cacique neighborhood. He said he was met by …

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InterEnergy Holdings, the owner of the Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana-Macao (CEPM) – the Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium n has announced a joint venture with the BW Gas company to build of a new liquid natural gas terminal in southeastern San Pedro de Macoris. The investment is estimated at over US$350 million and the project is …

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The newly appointed justices of the Supreme Court of Justice have inherited a major backlog of work from their predecessors, the new president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Branch Council (CPJ), Mariano German Mejia told justices and the nation on first first day on the job. German said that 9,533 cases …

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The Ministry of Public Works reported yesterday that it would be closing the section of the Duarte Highway from Kilometer 13 to the intersection with the extension of 27 de Febrero. Beams will be installed on the Manoguayabo overpass from 8pm until 5am every night from 10 January until 27 January, except for Saturdays and …

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President Leonel Fernandez will inaugurate “Education Week” at the Global Democracy and Development Foundation (Funglode) today. The theme of the week is “Transformations and Trends in Education.” The meetings coincide with the Dominican government’s handover of the Henri Christophe campus of the State University of Haiti, in Cap-Haitien to the Haitian government. Discussions will include: …

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In October 2011, the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in the Dominican Republic reached 64, seven points higher than in April, according to a study by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development. The ministry says that this shows a growing confidence in the present and the future. However, any value under 100 in these studies …

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