2003 – Page 20

The Diario Libre reported on Saturday that one in five homes in Santo Domingo is not assured its daily sustenance. According to a study conducted by the World Food Program and the IADB, 19.8% of the homes in Santo Domingo run the risk of not eating on a daily basis. The report covers five areas …

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El Caribe newspaper interviewed Julio Cordero, the administrative director of the Education Ministry, for its Sunday edition. Cordero explained that the ministry depends on the disbursements released by the National Budget office and that so far this year they have only received 57% of their allotted resources. 2003’s National Budget 2003 authorized the ministry disbursements …

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A private construction company has already snatched up a part of the Mirador del Sur Park for the construction of parking area for the tenants of a highrise luxury building. Now, according to Hoy newspaper’s Sunday edition, a similar appropriation is planned, this time with the takeover of an even greater area – 6,700 square …

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The president of the PRD party, Hatuey de Camps, received 72% of the vote in the first ruling party primary held, yesterday. With the first bulletin issued at 11pm last night, and 6.8% of the votes counted, De Camps was down for 26,749 of the votes. Next was former PRD senator for Santiago Jose Rafael …

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Anibal de Castro of the Diario Libre newspaper writes today on the power of promises. “Fortunate is the country that has as its President Hipolito Mejia, a man of his word, who has met the exchange rate problem as would a warrior: with the military. Now, he travels the nation like any other PRD Presidential …

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Over the weekend, Tropical Storm Odette left a trail of death and destruction along the Southern Coast of the Dominican Republic. Unlike the torrential rainfall that hit the north of the country just a few days before, Odette affected the south. Reports of several deaths have been attributed to the storm and at least 14 …

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According to Thomas Churchill, who forecasts on weather in the DR1 Weather & Beyond forum, the overcast skies covering the Dominican Republic are due to large areas of low clouds across the West Atlantic and North Caribbean. The presence of the low clouds and rain is due to a mass of cold air following a …

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Following yesterday’s DR1 report that certain quarters are advocating the removal of the government’s subsidy on liquid propane gas. Reports in this morning’s papers are quoting Presidential Office Secretary Sergio Grullon (who is also the President’s brother-in-law) as saying that the President is thinking on those lines as well. A Presidential decree is expected imminently, …

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The Dominican Republic will adopt measures aimed at standardizing cell-phone charges, in conjunction with European and Latin American countries. This, along with other measures, was agreed at this week’s meeting between telecommunications regulators from Latin America and Europe, held in Santo Domingo and hosted by INDOTEL (Dominican telecommunications institute). The meeting concluded that development of …

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The military compound housing the Dominican army’s reconstruction contingent in Diwaniya, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, suffered a mortar attack early Thursday morning, although no injuries have been reported. The news that five mortars had been fired at the base reached the Dominican Republic yesterday morning, as family members anxiously awaited phone calls from …

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