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NewsWhore
03-10-2008, 02:30 PM
With the approach of Easter week, 16-22 March, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) plans to launch a campaign targeting alcohol consumption. Last year, more than 500 traffic accidents were recorded during the week, so this year a campaign called Guardian Angel will be implemented starting on 17 March. The program was created by Diageo, a leading liquor company, and will be focused on highway toll areas and beaches across the country. Similar programs stressing the dangers of drinking and driving have been introduced in seven other Latin American countries since 2005. COE director Luis Luna Paulino told reporters from Diario Libre that his staff would work with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET) in order to reduce the number of tragic accidents.

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