2004 – Page 291

According to the company that leases the pontoon bridge across the Ozama River, the bridge might have to be closed because the government has not paid its rent on the equipment. According to former navy admiral and owner of the company Francisco Reynoso, the Public Works Ministry owes RD$2 million for the equipment rental. A …

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Forty years ago, in 1964, 100-meter dash runner Alberto

A group of 13 deputies partial to the PRD factions of President Mejia, Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch and former Tourism Minister Rafael Subervi Bonilla presented the Chamber of Deputies with a new bill, a takeoff of the initial, and highly contentious, Ley de Lemas proposal presented in January by PRD Deputy Henry Sarraff. Sarraff …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco (PRD), postponed a study of the changes sought by the PRD deputies in the Electoral Law 275-95 until Thursday, despite the fact that on Monday, Eligio Jaquez, the coordinator of the PPH faction of the PRD promoting President Mejia’s re-election, along with bill author Tirso Mejia …

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Former Attorney General Virgilio Bello Rosa urged that legislators ignore the bill to reform the electoral law. In an interview with Hoy newspaper, the PRD leader said that the presentation and approval of the bill would be “to pull the hair of the citizenry”, given the proximity of the elections at less than 85 days …

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Diario Libre points out that President Hipolito Mejia seems to be losing popularity among his closest aides. The newspaper points out that, contrary to what has been the custom during his presidency, only four key government officials attended his recent farewell ceremony at the San Isidro Air Base. Those present were Sergio Grullon, Mejia’s brother-in-law …

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One month after President Hipolito Mejia, in the presence of the economic team of his administration and also of the nation’s security forces, ordered that the exchange rate drop to RD$30-US$1, the value of the Dominican peso has plummeted to a new record low. After the rate stagnated at around RD$34-US$1, with dollars becoming scarcer …

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The first round of negotiations leading to a possible bilateral free trade agreement between the Dominican Republic and United States took place yesterday behind closed doors. Trade negotiations are government-to-government dealings, to which the authorities should bring to the table a previously agreed upon position of the private sector. In the Dominican Republic, while the …

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United States President George W Bush’s new proposal to legalize the status of illegal immigrants working in that country will benefit thousands of undocumented Dominican workers, according to Dominican ambassador to Washington, Hugo Guiliani Cury. The new proposal announced by President G W Bush earlier this week will enable illegal workers to register and pay …

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In a move considered by many to be a big step backwards, the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill to introduce changes in the police system. The bill moves to the Presidency for signing into law. Among the changes is a return of the traffic police to the national force. During the Fernandez administration (1996-2000), …

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