2004 – Page 59

2004 News

Politics, the best business in the DR

The Listin Diario’s political commentator Orlando Gil writes today that, while the law obliges the JCE to organize the political parties’ primaries this year, it will “not help their institutionalism in any way, and will only serve to change the scenario of their internal fights.” He continues: “If they do not respect the decisions of …

2004 News

More names of officers who used stolen cars

The National Police (NP) has identified 10 brigadier generals and 31 military officers who were assigned vehicles that had been stolen and recovered by the police but not returned to their legal owners, as reported in the Listin Diario. The investigation of the case has now put forward the names of Generals Alejandro Deno Brioso, …

2004 News

David Ortiz does it again

Dominican slugger David Ortiz has done it again, keeping the Boston Red Sox full of hope in baseball’s American League playoffs. The Sox came back from a 3-0 start in the best-of-seven series to win the next two games. Ortiz’s hit in the 14th inning of yesterday’s game against the New York Yankees turned him …

Features on Punta Cana win prizes

Two feature stories on Punta Cana won awards during the 2nd Annual Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards Contest sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. CTO announced the winners today during the 27th Caribbean Tourism Conference held in Aruba. Ron Cobb of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the ?Best Feature Article in a Consumer Publication? for his …

Traffic back over Chavon River

The construction of a provisional causeway over the Chavon River represents good news for drivers and signifies the return to normalcy in the eastern region of the country. The bridge that originally spanned the Chavon River crossing collapsed on 16 September due to the excess waters delivered by Hurricane Jeanne. Since that time the easterly …

Baseball starts 22 October

It’s baseball time in the Dominican Republic with the start of the Professional Baseball League Winter Championship on Friday, 22 October in Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macoris and San Pedro de Macoris stadiums. The opening game for Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Ball Park has the Licey facing Escogido. In San Pedro de Macoris, it is …

Jazz Festival in Puerto Plata

The Dominican Republic Jazz Festival runs Friday, 22 October through 24 October in the towns of Puerto Plata, Cabarete and Sosua. Puerto Rican flautist Nestor Torres will be playing in Puerto Plata this year, as well as the US?s Steve Khan and Dominicans Guarionex Aquino, Sandy Gabriel, Felle Vega and Patricia Pereyra. The festival?s program …

DR1 Hotel Directory Pages

The importance of the DR1 Directory Pages became even more apparent in recent days, as tourists tried to contact hotels directly to check the status of their bookings following September?s Hurricane Jeanne. Likewise, the hotel directory pages are of the utmost use to those tourists who need to verify their reservations this fall. Readers do …

2004 News

New Youth Code

President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno were present yesterday at the Presidential Palace ceremony to mark the implementation of Law 136-03, which establishes the Code for the Protection of the Fundamental Rights of Boys, Girls and Adolescents and supplants Law 14-94. Diario Libre reports that as of today, the regular courts will no …

2004 News

RD$150 billion budgeted for 2005?

The director of the National Budget Office, Ruben Pena Pichardo, said that the government expects to submit a RD$150-billion budget to Congress for 2005. As reported in the Listin Diario on Saturday, Pena said that the budget includes a 20-30% wage increase for public employees. By year’s end, he said, the 2004 budget, which was …

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2004 – Page 59

Politics, the best business in the DR

More names of officers who used stolen cars

David Ortiz does it again

Features on Punta Cana win prizes

Traffic back over Chavon River

Baseball starts 22 October

Jazz Festival in Puerto Plata

DR1 Hotel Directory Pages

New Youth Code

RD$150 billion budgeted for 2005?