President Joaquín Balaguer has appointed Dr Vitelio Mejía Ortíz, general director of the Civil Aviation Board. He replaces Brigadier General Hector Román Torres, who had been in the position for over five years. The change came a week after the press dedicated a large share of its front page headlines to the Civil Aviation Board. Dr Mejía Ortíz, at the time of his appointment was director of the Department of Immigration. He is replaced by lawyer Jose Leonardo Duran Fajardo.