2003 – Page 35

A delegation of church, community and trade union leaders met with Technical Secretary to the Presidential Office Sergio Grullon yesterday, to beseech President Hipolito Mejia to abandon his alleged initiative to have radical priest Father Rogelio Cruz transferred to the Vatican. They claimed that Father Rogelio, who is an outspoken civil rights activist, has not …

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Yesterday’s papers published a paid full-page advertisement consisting of a letter from prominent PRSC member and president of the municipal league (LMD) Amable Aristy Castro. The letter was addressed to Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, who has distinguished himself as a mediator in several national platforms, such as the Dialogo Nacional. Aristy Castro sought to have …

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The Yaque and Yuna river basins in the north of the country are still on red alert following the heavy rains and flooding of the last few days. The emergency zone stretches from Cotui to Samana Bay in the northeast and from Santiago to Monte Cristi in the northwest. The authorities say they have rescued …

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As reports continue to trickle in, the persistence of torrential downpours steals all the headlines today. El Caribe reports five deaths attributed to the flooding, while the Listin Diario lists just three. Hoy reports on the multimillion-peso loss in property and crops. According to El Nacional, an evening paper, in the area around San Francisco …

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El Caribe newspaper reports that government imports crowd the country’s main port, Haina Oriental. The newspaper says that government imports make up 80% of the cargo at Haina. The Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda, a governmental housing agency is responsible for most of the cargo that has overstayed its time at the port. Engineer Juan …

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The Superintendence of Power has finally clarified why Dominicans continue to get high power bills regardless of receiving only a few hours of the service. As reported by Cadena de Noticias in its online news service yesterday, Superintendent of Power George Reynoso denied that the power distributors (now under state administration) are scamming Dominicans. “What …

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The Supreme Court presented the Senate with a proposal to modify access to the annulment process (also called “cessation”), whereby lawyers argue for the dismissal of charges against their clients. According to the reasoning of Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa, these appeals only tie up the court system and are a principle cause for the …

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General Radhames Zorilla Ozuna, the Army Chief of Staff, has been reprimanded for his actions last week. The general has been an outspoken promoter of the re-election of President Mejia. A video footage of the general doling out money from an envelope carrying the PRD party emblem has been widely circulated on national television and …

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Robert Zoellick, the United States Trade Representative, announced in Miami yesterday that the Dominican Republic and the US would start talks on a bilateral free trade agreement that would possibly be tied into the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Zoellick is in Miami to attend the 8th Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) ministerial …

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For many years, teams of geologists have studied the southern part of the island, fueling the dream that there may be a rich deposit of oil under the southern part of the island. In the economic section of today’s Listin Diario, the dream is revisited. According to the report filed by Jairon Severino, the Dominican …

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