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Deputies add US$80M to finish Palomino Dam
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved 88 votes for and 9 against the amendment to the loan contract to build the Palomino Hydroelectric Dam, raising it US$80 million, from US$50 million to US$130 million.
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The IMF, Dominican Government announce sweeping agreement
WASHINGTON.- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Dominican Government yesterday agreed to bolster the efforts to obtain revenues, contain the electricity subsidy and curtail other expenses.
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Top Dominican anticorruption official paints a somber picture
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Government’s Anticorruption Department (DPCA) affirmed Thursday that the justice system isn’t able punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10 years RD$104.0 billion have been embezzled just in the major cases.
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Fire chars office building, panics upscale sector in downtown Santo Domingo
SANTO DOMINGO.- A fire charred most of the basement parking area of the building MM located in the Mejía Ricart street between Lope de Vega and Lincoln avenues Thursday afternoon, panicking many in the sector upscale Piantini and causing a major traffic jam which hampered the arrival of the Santo Domingo Fire Department.
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Authorities pledge to relaunch Dominican Capital’s tourist spots
Santo Domingo.- The Santo Domingo Hotels Association and the Tourism Ministry announced Wednesday that the streetlights along the seaside boulevard Malecon will be restored, as well as the relaunch of the Colonial Zone and the shopping street Conde Peatonal.
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Puntacana Foundation donates motorcycles to nearby town’s Precinct
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. - The Punta Cana International Airport donated two UM motorcycles to the Police precinct in the town Verón, through the Puntacana Foundation.
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US officers arrest Dominican with false immigration documents
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – An alien from the Dominican Republic will be indicted today in the US District Court, facing charges of fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents.
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Dominican Republic advances trade pacts with Canada, Taiwan
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic advances its negotiations with Canada and Taiwan to reach a Free Trade Agreement, revealed Industry and Commerce Ministry Foreign Trade director Yahaira Sosa on Wednesday.
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The Government earmarks RD$560M yearly for healthy livestock
Santo Domingo.- The Government allocates 560 million pesos yearly in programs to improve and promote the health of farm animals, through the Livestock Agency, whose director Angel Faxas revealed that the entity recently invested RD$1.2 million to clean up the milk production facilities of one of the sub-sector’s top leaders.
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Naval officer killed the 7 Colombians in Bani, witness testifies
Santo Domingo. - Air Force colonel Manuel Peña Labourt testified yesterday that former Navy lieutenant Andres Tapia Balbuena had confessed that the also Navy lieutenant Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero was the one who shot and killed the seven Colombians in Paya, Bani (south) in August, 2008.
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