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Local October 11, 2011 | 9:57 am

Cronies on payroll snarl Civil Aviation, Telecom agencies

Santo Domingo.- The corrupt practice of ballooning government payrolls with the cronies of senior officials has now affected the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), whose director, Alexander Herrera, ordered a freeze in designations of “employees” known popularly as “botellas” (bottles), so named for being empty and just taking space in a rack.

A few months ago the same oc... Read more