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The Government will talk with business sectorSANTO DOMINGO. In the face of the pressure mounted by the business sector and the opposition parties who are against the indexing of the fuels and the modification of the law that created Proindustria, the administration convened a dialogue and a meeting to be held this Monday at the Presidential Palace with President Fernandez and his economic team. The information was offered yesterday by...
OAS leaves Honduras "in the air"WASHINGTON. The report by the high-level commission of the OAS regarding Honduras says nothing regarding the future of the country in the organization and while it does recognize advances, it also... Judge remands three into custodySANTIAGO. After accepting the request by the District Attorney for Santiago, the judge for the Court of Instruction, Agueda Garcia, ordered coercive measures consisting of eight months preventive...
 Anti-dengue program begins today in La CienegaSANTO DOMINGO. A new, national anti-dengue campaign for the prevention of the disease gets underway today. It will continue through Sunday, headed by the Ministry of Public Health and other state...
 Colombia's President-elect arrives todaySANTO DOMINGO. President Leonel Fernandez will receive today the President-elect from Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, in the Presidential Palace. Santo will arrive in the Dominican Republic a little...
 AmCham suggests government "weigh" measuresSANTO DOMINGO. The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) suggested yesterday that the Administration "carefully weigh" the tax measures that are being studied, such as the indexation of the...
 Total rejection by industrialists of changes in Pro-industry LawSANTO DOMINGO. The principle industrial associations called on the population yesterday to now allow themselves to be confused by the arguments presented by the Minister of the Hacienda, Vicente...
 Fernandez to initiate construction of Monte Grande todaySANTO DOMINGO. President Leonel Fernandez will travel to Barahona today in order to kick off the construction of the Monte Grande Dam, as well as the refurbishing and complementary works of the...
Morales says PLD and PRSC are negotiating in citiesSANTO DOMINGO. The president of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Carlos Morales Troncoso, reported yesterday that this political organization is discussing with its political ally the... Supreme Court cancels garbage contract in SDESANTO DOMINGO. The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) voided, by means of Sentence 199, the contract for picking up the garbage in the city of East Santo Domingo (SDE) and ordered the mayor Juan de los...
 Judge in Santiago withdraws from fraud caseSANTIAGO. The judge of the Court of Instruction in Santiago withdrew herself from the proceedings on coercive measures against the persons accuses of an alleged embezzlement of RD100 million...
 Hospitals in Santiago strengthened for dengueSANTO DOMINGO. The medical and nursing personnel at the Dr. Arturo Grullon Regional Children's Hospital in Santiago in order to better attend the patients affected with dengue fever that are...
 Alleged del Tiempo partner released on bailSANTO DOMINGO. A judge ordered the release on a bail bond for the Colombian German Eduardo Duque Garcia, an alleged partner of Arturo del Tiempo Marquez, who is implicated in a stash of 1,200 kg of... D.A. reveals mafia in Customs trafficked weaponsSANTIAGO. The embezzlement of more than RD$100 million that was discovered in the regional offices of the Director General of Customs (DGA) has created a major scandal in the city of Santiago,...
 Sobeida left on a speedboat from the East CoastSANTO DOMINGO. Sobeida Feliz Morel arrived in Puerto Rico on a speedboat after escaping through the eastern part of the Dominican Republic. According to reliable sources to which Diario Libre has...