2012 – Page 93

President Danilo Medina has issued Decree 569-12 that authorizes the Bolsa Agroempresarial (farmer produce exchange or bourse) of the Agribusiness Board (JAD) to emit tenders for contracting importers of farm products. He said that the decision complied with requests from producers and traders who complained that the permits for the imports of farm products covered …

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Administrative Presidency Minister Jose Ramon Peralta Fernandez has announced that the Dominican government does not have the cash requested to sponsor the Miss Universe 2012 contest. As reported in the Washington Post, a delegation of the organizers headed by their vice president Andrea Berner visited the Presidential Palace and asked for US$6 million towards the …

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The Monetary Board issued a proposal for regulating credit cards yesterday, Wednesday 12 September. It establishes that card issuers need to calculate and charge interest rates only on the pending balance. It also establishes that card issuers can only charge interest on services that have been agreed upon and delivered, and can only charge for …

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Resident doctors at Luis Eduardo Aybar hospital in the capital stopped work yesterday, Wednesday 12 September and called on the Minister of Public Health to resolve the problems the hospital is experiencing. They said that the doctors could not do their work due to the lack of basic supplies like latex gloves, saline solution, medicines, …

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In his column today, Thursday 13 September, Diario Libre technology commentator Hiddekel Morrison confirms recent reports that the service Orange Telecom was marketing as 4G LTE was misnamed. He said that the service was only 3G or 3.5G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and not LTE-Advanced or 4G as promoted to Dominican consumers. Last week, the …

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President Danilo Medina has ordered the creation of a new border security force, to be known as the Border Security Task Force (FSTF), to work together with the Special Border Protection Corps (Cesfront). Yesterday, Wednesday 12 September army chief General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem began a reconnaissance mission along the border in Montecristi in the …

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Senator Wilton Guerrero has asked the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) to explain why it did not stop a recent drug consignment that was coming in by boat to Peravia province. It appears that an operation headed by DNCD chief Major General Rolando Rosado Mateo, involving a helicopter and two Super Tucano planes, was suddenly …

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In the last 24 hours, the police have killed six people suspected of committing crimes. One was in Santiago, Jose Joel Garcia Rodriguez who was in possession of a gun, and who already has several convictions for drugs, robbery and illegal weapons possession. They also killed Walys Garcia Lopez and Johanser Arias Martinez who were …

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Lawyer Joaquin Perez, representing Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente, alias Tono Lena, who was extradited to Puerto Rico for drug trafficking, has denied that he is negotiating with the authorities there and has described a statement from the Dominican Attorney General’s office as both premature and unfounded. He said that he does not understand why …

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Following the murder of the US ambassador in Libya earlier this week, security has been stepped up around the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic on the orders of President Barack Obama. An additional 20 police officers have been posted in front of the embassy on Leopoldo Navarro Avenue and on the corner of Cesar …

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