2013 – Page 68

Roberto Rosario, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has admitted major institutional weaknesses at the country’s civil registry, saying that it operated like a business for civil registry officials until 2007. He made the comments when meeting a group of 18 lawyers who visited the JCE yesterday, Monday 21 October to request information and …

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Dominican ambassador to the United States, Anibal de Castro has explained the 23 September decision on Dominican nationality by the Constitutional Court, in his answers to questions by Inter-American Dialogue, the Washington, D.C.-based center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on Western Hemisphere affairs. De Castro challenged speculation that hundreds of thousands of people will …

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The Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) paid out RD$69.78 billion (US$1.5 billion) to the private generating companies for energy, power, connection rights, interest and debt during the first nine months of 2013. The CDEEE highlights that payments are made for the current and past debt. As of 30 September the outstanding debt stood at US$568.26 million. …

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Seaborne Airlines is already accepting bookings for flights on its La Romana-San Juan route set to start 15 December 2013 in time for the high Christmas season. Gary Foss, CEO for the airline met with President Danilo Medina at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 21 October. The airline wants to carry passengers who previously traveled …

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The Banco Hipotecario Dominicano (BHD) will be promoting its 9% fixed interest rate for six years plan for Dominicans living in New York to purchase homes in the Dominican Republic. The promotion seeks to reach out to more than a million Dominicans who live in the New York area. Several companies are offering the property, …

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With the largest aging warehouse for rum in the Caribbean, with capacity for 250,000 barrels, Brugal produces 4.4 million boxes a year and exports 30%. Brugal contributes 25% of all taxes paid in the alcoholic beverage sector. As reported in El Dia, the company has invested more than RD$800 million in the past four years. …

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A committee that is investigating the money Senator Felix Bautista handed over to Alejandro Toledo’s presidential campaign will travel to Peru next week to continue the investigations. Committee chairman Senator Prim Pujals said that he would be traveling with other senators and deputies who will interview members of the Peru Possible campaign about allegations that …

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Yesterday, Monday 21 October, the Head of the National Police intervened in the municipality of Higuey and ordered the arrest of 24 police officers, including two lieutenants and five sergeants, for complicity with drug dealers. Police spokesman, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete said that those arrested had been taken to the capital for investigation by the …

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The Army and Police arrested 13 Haitians on board a truck on Sunday 20 October. They were making their way to Bavaro where they planned to board a boat to Puerto Rico, as reported in El Dia. Haitians benefit from the provision that has allowed people reaching US territory (Puerto Rico) to be admitted to …

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The three surviving babies of a set of quintuplets born in early September left the Reynaldo Almanzar maternity hospital yesterday, Monday 21 October. The babies, each weighing around one and a half kilos, were handed over to their parents Noelia Duarte and Julio Paniagua who will have a nurse to help them take care of …

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