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Education will suspend milk in schoolsSANTO DOMINGO. The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, announced yesterday that milk would be suspended in the school breakfast programs at the schools that registered cases of intoxication until the cause of the incidents is determined. Melanio made the announcement after meeting for several hours with representatives of the companies that supply the food products for the School Food...
Political corruption threatens rights in DRWASHINGTON. The corruption of the security forces is the great shared evil that threatens the respect for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, according to a report from the government...
 Deputies approve US$1.0 billion bondsSANTO DOMINGO. The Chamber of Deputies declared yesterday that the legislative proposal authorizing the emission by the President of US$1. 0 billion in bonds was urgent and approved it after two...
 Behind the scenes of the failed dialogue with Hugo ChavezThe dialogue between Venezuela and Colombia had reached a stalemate possibly because they did not read the signals that Venezuela was sending out. This is the story of the participation of the...
 More than 60% of IDSS affiliates die waiting for pensionsSANTO DOMINGO. The National Association of Pensioners of the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) complained yesterday that more than 60% of the affiliated die waiting for the government to... "Mystery" flight investigated at HigueroSANTO DOMINGO. The state security apparatus is investigating the ‘mysterious' manner in which an airplane left the Joaquin Balaguer International Airport (El Higuero) with a fake registration and...
 Customs prohibits export of copperSANTO DOMINGO. The Director General of Customs (DGA) issued a temporary prohibition of all copper exports as a way to put a halt to the constant theft of cables and other copper materials. These...
 DR excuses itself with VenezuelaSANTO DOMINGO. The Dominican government said it deeply regretted any worry or bother the mediation agenda carried out by President Leonel Fernandez might have caused the government of Venezuela....
Judge orders seizure of Atiemar Tower; DA clears up purchasesSANTO DOMINGO. The coordinating judge for Instruction for the National District, Rosalba Garib Holguin, validated yesterday the seizure of the Atiemar Tower, that belongs to Arturo del Tiempo, who...
 CODETEL has 5.6 million linesSANTO DOMINGO. During the last 80 years, the Dominican Telephone Company (CODETEL) has been the principle support of the development of the telecommunications in the Dominican Republic. They have... Owner of Atiemar apartment tower was a fugitiveSANTO DOMINGO. Arturo del Tiempo, one of the owners of the lavish Atiemar Tower, located on Pedro Henriquez Ureña Street in the exclusive Ls Esperilla section, is listed on a judicial file as a...
 JCE judges have divided opinions on CC auditSANTO DOMINGO. The president of the Administrative Chamber of the Central Electoral Board, Roberto Rosario, said that he considered the fact that the Chamber of Accounts (CC) wants to start an audit... Number of motor vehicles in DR over 2.5 millionSANTO DOMINGO. The total number of motor vehicles in the Dominican Republic reached 2,570,220 at the end of 2009. This represents a 5. 1% increase in spite of the drop in the number of vehicles...
 Two elderly arrested selling drugsSANTO DOMINGO. Two old people, of 70 and 65 years of age were arrested yesterday by the National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) as they were caught red-handed selling drugs in Capotillo and Villa... Searches of apartments looking for proof of cocaine consignmentSANTO DOMINGO. The District Attorney of the National District and the National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) carried out at least 6 searches, including one in the Torre Atiemar, located in the...