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900 kilos of cocaine seized at Caucedo SANTO DOMINGO. The National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) seized last night a stash of 935 kilograms of cocaine at the Caucedo Multimodal Port in Boca Chica. This was the third seizure made by the drug agency at the container terminal in the last three years.The seizure was carried out in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Department of Venezuela. The president of the DNCD, Major General...
Foreign debt increases 2.7% with new loans SANTO DOMINGO. With the amount of loans that the government is signing, the foreign debt will increase by 2.7%, going from 15.8% of GDP in 2009 to 18.5% in 2010. The foreign debt is currently at...
 Court will hear appeal on Sobeida's bail SD. With the warning from the District Attorney for the National District, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, who called the fact that Sobeida Felix Morel, one of the persons implicated in the case of... Fernandez inaugurates and oversees projects in Moca MOCA. President Leonel Fernandez looked over several public works projects in the province of Espaillat, inaugurated the new correctional and rehabilitation center at La Isleta, and the highway to...
 Businessmen from DR and Haiti trace a bi-national plan SANTO DOMINGO. Business sectors of the country and Haiti presented yesterday a development plan for both nations that includes a working agreement from the export sector that will take advantage of... Court revokes judge's order on bail for narc SANTO DOMINGO. The Third Chamber of the Penal Chamber of the Court of Appeals for the National District annulled the bail bond and restored the order for remand to custody against Jimmy Oliver... In TSS only 1.1 million workers are registered SANTO DOMINGO. The Economically Active Population (PEA) in the country, which is to say those persons old enough to work, is around 4.2 million Dominicans, but as of 30 September of this year, there...
 New Constitution on December 10thSANTO DOMINGO. The new Constitution already has a date for its proclamation: 10 December 2009, the World Human Rights Day. On that day, during a solemn act at the National Assembly, President Leonel...
Today is Constitution Day SANTO DOMINGO. Today different activities will celebrate the 165 anniversary of the first Dominican Constitution of the Republic, proclaimed in San Cirstobal in 1844. The acts will be held in San... MVM notified to convene PRD Political Committee SANTO DOMINGO. The president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Miguel Vargas Maldonado and thehead of the Organizing Commission Tomas Hernandez Alberto, were ordered yesterday by a process server...
 Public Health thinks deaths are from leptospirosis EL SALADO, Bahoruco. Contaminated food was the possible source of the leptospirosis, confirmed yesterday by the Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez. The contamination caused the deaths of...
 The public debt grows by US$117 million in three months SANTO DOMINGO. The total public sector, non-financial, debt, both internal and external totaled US$11.435 billion, which reflects an increase of US$117.4 million more with respect to June 2009. The... Marranzini calls for agreement to depoliticize electricity SANTO DOMINGO. The executive vice-president of the Dominican Corporation of State-owned Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE) proposed yesterday a great national agreement in which the leaders of industry...
 Breton killed over disagreement in motel SANTO DOMINGO. Jean Luis Valdez Flores (Wey Jam), the confessed killer of the television producer Juan Miguel Breton Mieses (Miky), told the National Police that a disagreement in room 3 of the...
 Dengue toll increases to 43; Health calls for a crusade against the sicknessSANTO DOMINGO. There were 9 fatalities from the dengue fever in a week and this brings the total for the year to 43 deaths and making it one of the most important epidemics of this year. The total of...