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Perez to CAASD; Rivas to Port Authority and Peña Guaba, "assistant" to LFSANTO DOMINGO. President Leonel Fernandez yesterday appointed Freddy Perez as the executive director of the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD), in substitution of Ramon Rivas, who was sent to the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) as director general in substitution of Jose Francisco Peña Guaba. The officials were designated in their new posts by means of Decree 512-10, which...
Trapped Chilean miners listen to Juan Luis GuerraSANTO DOMINGO. A new video of the trapped miners in Chile, showed yesterday that they were in good spirits, shaved, using new clothes and sleeping in beds. The images, transmitted by CNN, and which...
 The new trauma hospital in Villa Mella begins operationsSANTO DOMINGO. "My God, why did this happen to me? That motorcycle hit me!" cried Jose Calcaño yesterday, as he became one of the first trauma patients that received emergency assistance in...
 Jarabacoa capo turns himself inSANTIAGO. The drug trafficker Belarminio Tavarez Sanchez, known as "Chon", who is accused of operating a network of drug dealers in the town of Jarabacoa, turned himself in yesterday to the...
 Hurricane "Earl" leaves the country and rains diminish in the EastSANTO DOMINGO. The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) issued a forecast last night in its 10:00 p. m. bulletin, that called for a reduction in the rains due to the distancing of Hurricane Earl... A tractor trailer causes the death of three personsSANTO DOMINGO. Tragedy blanketed Villas Agricolas yesterday when a tractor trailer filled with solid waste, whose driver apparently lost control on the Respaldo Moca Street, killed three persons,...
 Earl reaches Cat 4; COE issues Red Alert for coastal areas of the countrySANTO DOMINGO. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) activated its Contingency Plan at the provincial and municipal levels due to the effects that the passing of hurricane Earl to the Northeast....
 The economy grew by 7.5% in first halfSANTO DOMINGO. The Dominican economy grew by 7. 5% in the first half of the year, which represents an important recovery in relation to the same period last year, when the Gross Domestic Product...
An attempt to stop the theft and sale of auto partsSANTO DOMINGO. The District Attorney of the National District and the National Association of Retailers of Parts and Accessories for Motor Vehicles (Anaderavem) agreed to establish control...
 Attorney General earns first place in transparencySANTO DOMINGO. The Attorney General of the Republic obtained a score of 99 out of 100 with regards to the fulfillment of the norms that promote transparency in the public administration in the year...
 Foreign debt increased 23.9% in the first semesterSANTO DOMINGO. The foreign debt increased by 23. 9% in the first semester of the year with relation to the same period of the year before because of the emission of US$750 million in sovereign...
 Doctors get their 15% raiseSANTO DOMINGO. Doctors and other health workers began to collect their paychecks, which includes the 15% pay raise ordered by the government. The payment was delayed because of the adjustments to... Cost of Coral Expressway increases by US$88 millionSANTO DOMINGO. President Leonel Fernandez sent the Senate two amendments to the construction and financial contracts for the Coral Expressway. They will increase the cost of the project from...
 Eight month old baby is latest dengue fatalitySANTO DOMINGO. The dengue once again interrupted a family's happiness. During the dawn hours of Monday, in the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, the baby girl of eight months, Nicole... Listin Diario is sold for US$38.5 millionSANTO DOMINGO. A group of local businessmen with native capital purchased the Listin Diario newspaper for the amount of US$38. 5 million. The new media is 121 years old, and was founded on 1 August...