2005 – Page 274

Given that the Ministry of Labor moved the Three Kings holiday from 6 January for it to be celebrated on Monday, 10 January, DR1 will not be publishing the news update on that day. Instead, weekend news will be compiled for the Tuesday, 11 January issue. For information on forthcoming local holidays, see http://dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml

The Ministry of Superior Education, Sciences and Technology has begun to recruit English as a Second Language teachers for the RD$38.9 million program to improve the working knowledge of English among Dominican workers and professionals. The English Immersion for Competitiveness Program starts with a pilot whereby 4,000 students will receive instruction over a six-month period. …

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Superintendent of Power Francisco Mendez admitted to Diario Libre that since November the government has had a surplus in the fund created to compensate for the high cost of power (FET). He explained that the government is not correctly indexing the power rate and instead is charging consumers more than it should given the present …

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The board of directors of the Shell Refinery published an advertisement today to clarify statements made in Hoy newspaper yesterday regarding payment of past due dividends on earnings. The board of directors of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery indicates that the retained earnings date back to the years before 1995, not just 1994, and are RD$227 …

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Bear Stearns reports in its Central America and Caribbean Monthly Report issued on 6 January that despite remarkable volatility during much of 2004, Dominicans bonds managed to capitalize on the partially restored market confidence in the country to rally late in the year and deliver a strong performance (+23.4%) for the year as a whole. …

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Sociologist and psychiatrist Nelson Moreno Ceballos was sworn in as the new president of the Academy of Sciences replacing Mario Bonetti who had been reelected on countless occasions. His term is until 2007. The new board members in addition to Ceballos are Milciades Mejia, Jose Silie Gaton, Antonio Thomen, Jose Silie Ruiz, Venecia Alvarez, Moises …

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The sister of former Senator Dario Gomez accused the past government of hiding the identity of the intellectual authors of the murder of her brother. Celeste Gomez replaced her brother as senator for the northwestern province of Santiago Rodriguez. She told the Listin Diario that the Police knew whose weapon killed her brother, and that …

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Arrested former captain of the Army, Quirino Paulino Castillo kept a bank account with over RD$100 million in the governmental Banco de Reservas of Tamayo, in the southwest, according to a report in Listin Diario newspaper. Noemi Taveras, the wife of lieutenant colonel of the Police, Arturo Nin Terrero, commander of the jail of Azua …

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District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero confirmed his office is questioning the three that piloted the two Colibri helicopters, property of former army captain Quirino Paulino Castillo to determine where they flew to, who they transported and the destination of the flights. Hernandez Peguero told Hoy newspaper that the information that he has is that …

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The Listin Diario publishes today an extensive report on the wealth and multiple businesses that are traced to Quirino Paulino primarily in the southwestern provinces of Elias Pina and San Juan de la Maguana. These include gasoline stations, propane gas stations, hotels, motels, night clubs, restaurants, rice and soya oil processing factories, cattle and pig …

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