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12-18-2006, 05:50 PM
The Dominican government has announced a 20% increase in spending on education and public health, according to Temistocles Montas, the Presidential Minister for Technical Affairs. Diario Libre reports that Montas said the President would send the budget proposal to Congress as soon as the tax "correction" has been passed by both houses. The minister said that the legislature and the government's economic team would be working on these issues into the beginning of next week. Reporters welcomed the news that RD$50 billion was allocated to these two important social sectors.
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