2003 – Page 274

The Central Bank announced yesterday that it will cost US$60 million to replace all defaced currency in the Dominican Republic, once the final deadline has passed. According to an article in the Listin Diario, it costs the Central Bank US$0.20 for each bill of paper money in the RD$10, RD$20, and RD$50 denominations. The press …

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The PopularGroup and the Banco Progreso/BBVA Group opened their offices for the new pension fund management services that go into effect on 1 February, with President Mejia on hand for the inaugural ceremony of the Popular Group AFP. According to the AFP Popular?s administrator, Eduardo Grullon, the savings plan will handle a portfolio of about …

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Today?s Hoy newspaper carries the story of the closure of two orphanages in the San Cristobal province. Dr. Luis Veras Jimenez, the head of the Office of Boys, Girls and Adolescents, told reporters that centers in Madre Vieja Norte and La Suiza were to be closed because they did not meet security standards. Several children, …

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Fernando Rainieri, president of the Dominican-American Chamber of Commerce, said that nearly 100 people have registered for the First Canada-Dominican Republic Workshop set to open on the morning of Tuesday, 4 February in Santo Domingo at the Hotel Melia on the Malecon. The event is being organized by the Dominican-Canadian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration …

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Headlines in today?s El Caribe newspaper feature the report that people are increasingly worried for their safety. The recent deaths of two women in their own homes have shaken the residents of the quieter neighborhoods of Santo Domingo. Gladys Tavares de Macarrulla, the mother of a prominent businessman, was killed in her residence the day …

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According to front-page news in El Caribe newspaper, a group of four drug traffickers, including Mexicans and Dominicans, were arrested in New York City in what police are calling the largest drug bust in New York history. 1,800 kilos of pure cocaine were seized in a bodega in Queens, N.Y. The street value of the …

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The police officer who publicly beat an accused man in his custody has been sent to the Police Tribunal of the First Instance in the office of the National Police in Santo Domingo. A commission of high-ranking officers recommended this action against Second Lieutenant Arias Arias for his mistreatment of Kelvin Amad?s Soto in a …

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A man who had been wounded in a shootout six years ago received medical attention yesterday for the stomach pains that had kept him from working for the past two years. Upon opening the man?s stomach, doctors discovered a set of eight-inch forceps that had been there since doctors removed the bullet from his stomach …

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A 79-year-old man accused of a 16-year-old crime has been found languishing in the Dajabon jail. According to the Dominican Committee for Human Rights, he was arrested and accused of murder two decades ago but has never been tried. The man is being held in Dajabon as a ?preventive? measure to await his court date. …

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Aguilas and friends will send a powerful lineup to Carolina, Puerto Rico to compete for the 2003 Caribbean World Series which kicks off this Sunday. In addition to the already powerful lineup that swept Escogido in 4 games to win the Dominican Championship on Monday (featuring the reigning American League MVP Miguel Tejada and everyday …

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