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11-28-2007, 02:40 PM
President Leonel Fernandez ordered the suspension of all Christmas parties in state agencies due to the national tragedy of Tropical Storm Noel. President's Administrative Minister, Luis Manuel Bonetti issued the instructions in Resolution #24. Nevertheless, the government did not prohibit the practice of the government funding the delivery of traditional Christmas baskets, usually containing costly alcoholic beverages and sweets, to friends and associates. According to Bonetti, the funds normally used for the annual Christmas parties will be used to help people displaced and made homeless as a result of TS Noel.

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