2013 – Page 285

President Danilo Medina visited the Valley of San Juan de la Maguana over the weekend of 9-10 March and met with farmers and exporters in Las Matas de Farfan. He stated that the Dominican Republic could become the leading exporter of non-traditional vegetables with a combination of government assistance and the hard work of the …

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Headlines in the weekend newspapers (9-10 March) reported that the IMF is insisting on another tax reform and an electricity rate increase as prerequisites for a new agreement. Economist Arturo Martinez Moya, who heads the opposition PRD party’s Economic Commission, pointed out what he described as contradictions in the International Monetary Fund’s macro-economic recommendations. He …

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At least two politicians and a legislator rejected the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendations issued last Friday, 8 March by the agency’s directors. Marino Collante, the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Hacienda Commission said that the people have not recovered from the last tax reform, and he doubted that President Medina would accept the …

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A report by four commissions with recommendations for a revision of the contract between the Dominican state and the Barrick Gold mining company for the exploitation of the Pueblo Viejo mine will be presented to the session of the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow, Tuesday 12 March. The deputies will hear the report on the Barrick …

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The judges of the Higher Electoral Tribunal (TSE), appointed by the National Council of Magistrates in December 2011, are governed by Law 29-11, which says, on the subject of the salaries of the presiding judge and the titular judges, that they will receive permanent salaries equal to those of the members of the Central Electoral …

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Preventive action and the implementation of specific strategies have led to a reduction in the number of violent deaths in the country during the months of January and February of this year, in comparison to the same period last year, according to the National Police. Statistics reveal that during the months of January and February …

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United States President Barack Obama is preparing to appoint Hispanic official Thomas Perez as the next Secretary of Labor, according to sources close to the discussions in the White House. Perez, 51, born in Buffalo, New York to Dominican parents, has led the Human Rights Division of the Justice Department since 2009 and before that …

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Although he acknowledges that informal markets have been eliminated and that the spaces they occupied have been recovered in Santo Domingo East, the mayor of the municipality, Juan de los Santos, told reporters that it is “hard” to work in public space. He described plans for the formalization of the Los Mina Market, which he …

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National Police investigators have identified one of the men who took part in the Thursday 7 March armed robbery of an armored car in Barahona, which supposedly netted the thieves some RD$16.5 million in cash. However, the authorities recovered the truck and three bags containing over RD$2.7 million in cash and checks. The Police named …

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Bud Selig’s dream of spreading baseball around the world continues to flourish and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela continue to shine. Last night, Sunday 10 March, the Dominican Republic was able to get revenge for its 2006 loss to Puerto Rico by scoring a solid 4-2 victory, and take the honors in Group …

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