2013 – Page 11

Copy Solutions International (CSI), the company that won the tender to issue new IDs (cedulas) in the Dominican Republic, says that it won because it had presented the best security guarantees for the personal identity and voter card. CSI says that the new card will be issued with the same technology and materials that are …

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Former Dominican ambassador in Washington, D.C., Flavio Dario Espinal says that the Organization of American States Inter-American Human Rights Commission is biased against the Dominican Republic after the country issued the Constitutional Court ruling establishing criteria for granting Dominican nationality. He said that the IACHR has not been fair. He criticized their final report on …

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Two analysts, Jose del Castillo and Rafael Nunez (former press director during the Leonel Fernandez administration) share interesting insider information to understand the Dominican stance on the decision to implement long-standing rules on who is Dominican and for legalizing foreigners in the country, after decades of a laissez-faire approach by Dominican governments. Jose del Castillo …

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Diario Libre’s editorial today, Monday 16 December, advises the DR to ignore the voices that want to sit Haiti and the Dominican Republic down at a table again. Last month the DR reached such an agreement with Venezuela as arbiter, but Haiti discarded the agreement. This led the Dominican government to break off talks. Diario …

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The Inter-American Development Bank has announced it will lend US$350,000 to small macadamia producers in the Dominican Republic. The agreement provides knowhow, technical and marketing expertise for farmers investing in the crop. The agreement is to be managed by Comercializadora Los Montones that promotes the products produced by Macadamia La Loma. The agreement will benefit …

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The Police have arrested three men accused of the murder of 37-year old Cuban-born TV host Claudio Nasco on Friday, 13 December. As reported, Nasco had left his home at 8pm that evening and was scheduled to work at the TV station where he anchored a late news program, but he never got there. His …

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National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso says that she cannot accept the deal her predecessor reportedly signed with Sobeida Felix, the lover of Puerto Rican drug capo Jose David Figueroa Agosto as valid, because the original documents are not available in her department. She said she has never seen the original documents. Felix is seeking …

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Casa Cuesta announces that the 11th Arte del Cafe collection is available at their stores starting today. The tableware is illustrated with works of art by Silvio Avila and makes for perfect Christmas gifts. The lovely coffee cups and other tableware are available at Supermercados Nacional in Punta Cana, Bella Vista Mall, Casa Cuesta at …

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Tickets are on sale for the Big Band Nunez III show on 30 December at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo. On 23 November, a documentary on the Big Band Nunez won an Emmy in the Artist/Entertainment Special Program category. The documentary was aired on HBO. For more on upcoming …

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President Danilo Medina is scheduled to travel to Panama at 1pm today, Friday 13 December to attend the 42nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Central American Integration System (SICA). He will fly from the San Isidro Air Base in a private jet and is scheduled to return during the early evening …

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