2004 – Page 65

2004 News

Forceful stop to departure of a businessman

Air Force swat teams combed an Iberia flight that was bound for Madrid, after an anonymous call indicated there was a bomb was on board. Accompanied by trained dogs, the investigators revised the plane but did not find anything unusual. It was later discovered that the anonymous call was placed by a businessman who did …

2004 News

Boquechivo, the movie

Harold Priego, the political cartoonist who imbues his characters with what everyone thinks but dares not say, announced that his popular Boquechivo cartoon character will be made into a movie titled “Boquechivo, Presidente.” The film will be released in time for the 2006 congressional and municipal elections, he told Diario Libre, the newspaper in which …

2004 News

Sox vs Yankees

Eyes in the DR are on Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, third and fourth bat and pitcher Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox, and Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees as they fight to represent the American League in the Major League baseball playoffs. Channel 37 is transmitting the first game of the …

Dominicus is Blue Flag certified

La Laguna Beach (Dominicus) in Bayahibe, located in the province of La Altagracia, has been awarded the prestigious European Blue Flag International certification. Local hotels participating in the Blue Flag certification program are the Coral Canoa, Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus, Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and Palace, and Venta Club Gran Dominicus. The Blue Flag designation is …

Xiomara Desimone to promote Sosua & Cabarete

On 1 October Xiomara Desimone, well-known for her efforts to promote tourism along the North Coast, became the new director of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca). A 28-year-old Argentinean, she has studied business, strategic marketing and advertising. Prior to settling in the DR, she worked for three years in …

Luperon’s turn

President Leonel Fernandez was on hand for the Santo Domingo official launching of the Atlantica residential and touristic project at Luperon on the North Coast. Luperon is a beach and natural harbor area located 15 kilometers west of the city of Puerto Plata. Elena Viyella de Paliza, as the executive director of the project, made …

2004 News

President Fernandez in Miami

President Leonel Fernandez traveled to Miami yesterday. During a meeting with Dominicans living in Miami, he addressed the recent wave of violence in the DR and attributed this to an increase in drug trafficking following the relaxing of law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking. He said that his government will confront crime without respite …

2004 News

Armed Forces Minister, a man of his own mind

Diario Libre pointed out on Saturday that Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Perez has made comments that contradict statements made by other high-ranking civilian government offices. For instance, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had spoken that he backs a project to purge the Armed Forces. Pared Parez would respond in a press interview that reform …

2004 News

Deputy secretaries issue

Political commentator Orlando Gil writes on Saturday in the Listin Diario that the issue of the government appointing more deputy ministers than those established by law per ministry is hurting the government’s image. Gil emphasizes that President Leonel Fernandez had pointed out that his government would only appoint those established by law, but in practice …

2004 News

Money for politics, less for health or education

Former Central Electoral Board judge Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman considered abusive that the government disbursed RD$412 million to the political parties when public hospitals do not have medicines, there are not enough schools for children, as reported in Hoy today. He says politicians are a privileged class in the DR. Castanos Guzman spoke during the …

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2004 – Page 65

Forceful stop to departure of a businessman

Boquechivo, the movie

Sox vs Yankees

Dominicus is Blue Flag certified

Xiomara Desimone to promote Sosua & Cabarete

Luperon’s turn

President Fernandez in Miami

Armed Forces Minister, a man of his own mind

Deputy secretaries issue

Money for politics, less for health or education