2013 – Page 75

The level of government borrowing in 2013 is ten times what it was in 2003. While in 2003 financing included in the 2003 budget totaled RD$13.48 billion, in the budget the government is sending to Congress the amount is now 14 times that sum. The government is requesting RD$189.26 billion in financing. This is up …

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National Police Chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo confirmed yesterday, Monday 14 October that the country was now a drug-producing nation. He described it as “the biggest drug warehouse in the Caribbean,” adding that it is now more than just a transshipment point for drug smuggling. He said that more than 75% of crimes in …

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In an apparent attempt to murder the deputy mayor of La Romana, Maritza Suero, two people entered the town hall and fired several shots yesterday, Monday 14 October. Suero was appointed Mayor after the elected mayor Tony Adames was suspended by the council for having several outstanding legal cases against him, including issuing checks without …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has discovered two packets weighing 2.4 kilograms and containing a white powder thought to be cocaine or heroin in the bathroom of an Air Canada airplane at Punta Cana International Airport. The drugs were discovered after the pilot reported that a member of the cleaning staff had spent too …

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A court in Bonao has acquitted Alberto Zacarias Cordero, a Roman Catholic priest, of charges of sexual aggression against a young girl. The judges, Nelson Antonio Langumas Guzman, Pedro Julio Cornelio Esquea and Elizabeth Amalia Lopez took into account the evidence from a handwriting expert from the National Institute of Forensic Science (Inacif) in Santiago …

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The Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that a weather system over the north/north west of the country and the wind in from the east/south east will continue to create cloudy conditions and rain over the north east, north west, south east, south west, border area and the central mountain ranges. They said there is a green …

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Mayor Roberto Salcedo has announced that RD$60 million is being spent in the new Parque Iberoamerica (by the National Music Conservatory) to prepare it for Christmas time celebrations, to be known as “A Bright Christmas”. He said that concerts, plays, an almost “monumental” nativity scene and nightly shows would take place in the new public …

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Mexican opinion poll firm Consulta Mitofsky says that President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic holds the number one slot in the evaluation category for 19 American presidents. The study was based on online popularity polls compiled by the firm with the exception of El Salvador and Mexico where actual polling was carried out by …

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Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has announced that the Medina administration has authorized an increase in the wages of agronomists working for the state. He said that the minimum wage would now be RD$20,000 for an agronomist, while others will receive up to RD$35,000. He made the announcement when attending a Higher Institute of …

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The Central Bank says the Consumer Price Index barely edged up 0.49% in September. The Central Bank says that for the nine months through September, it increased by 3.57%, keeping within the forecasted range made by the Central Bank. The Central Bank forecast that inflation would range from 1 to 5% in 2013. The Central …

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