2004 – Page 52

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has put in a request for RD$747.2 million for the organization of the political parties’ primaries, as reported in Hoy newspaper. This amount has risen from the original RD$487.2 million originally requested. Both amounts, however, are being viewed as outrageous, given the current economic difficulties in the DR. The PRD-majority …

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President Leonel Fernandez has appointed eight new ambassadors. These are Hector Galvan, Korea; Pablo Arturo Marinez Alvarez, Mexico; Teresita Migdalia Torres Garcia, Guatemala; Alejandro Gonzalez Pons, Spain; Victor Manuel Sanchez Pena, Taiwan; Nestor Juan Ceron Suero, Ecuador and Rafael Antonio Julian Cedano, Uruguay.

Poverty in the Dominican Republic increased significantly from 2002-2004. Niki Fabiancic, the resident coordinator for the United Nations Development Program in the Dominican Republic, said that those going hungry in the Dominican Republic account for 25% of the population, as reported in the Listin Diario. This information is part of a study carried out by …

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Two-way traffic is flowing normally through Chavon after a temporary bridge was erected earlier this month. Engineer Alberto Pagan, who has overseen the building of the bridge, said that the structure has the capacity to carry any type of vehicle and that it may remain open on a permanent basis. According to Pagan, once the …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced that it has restored the bridge on the main route that connects Nagua and San Francisco de Macoris by way of El Factor. Tropical Storm Jeanne damaged the bridge, necessitating the construction of a temporary structure. A permanent solution is expected to be ready by January. The Ministry of …

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True to its word, the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) began cracking down on vehicles with tinted front windows last weekend. On 8 October, the traffic police had given all drivers 15 days to have these features removed. While AMET has started taking these shady drivers to task, as pointed out in El Caribe today, the …

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The National District’s Court of Appeals has repealed a judge’s order that had confined certain ex-police officers to their residential areas for the duration of the investigation into the illicit distribution of recovered stolen vehicles, as reported in Hoy. The order of Judge Daira Medina also impeded the officers from leaving the country, a decision …

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Bishop Nicanor Pena rushed home from a trip to the United States to address the newest scandal involving the girls’ orphanage La Ciudad de los Ninos San Francisco Javier, which operates under the World Solidarity Missions and the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of La Altagracia. The scandal revolves around 13 minors who were allegedly raped …

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Expect traffic to come to a full stop in Santo Domingo tonight at around 8pm, when the Major League Baseball championship teams meet for Game 3 at St Louis’s Busch Stadium. Dominican Pedro Martinez will pitch for the Boston Red Sox against former teammate Jeff Suppan, who had been on Boston’s roster for last year’s …

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