2006 – Page 347

The Attorney General’s office announced yesterday that between 60 and 70 parents are subjected to arrest each and every day for non-payment of child support. The assistant prosecutor for children’s affairs, Marisol Tobal, told reporters from the El Caribe that together with General Crecencio Jaquez Hernandez, her office was pursuing these dead beats and that …

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Labor Minister Ramon (Monchy) Fadul told the editors of El Caribe that the Dominican Republic does not have pending issues with the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding treatment of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic. He clarified this by stating that there are no complaints with concrete evidence that can prejudice the country’s reputation. Fadul …

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Congressman Lee Terry, (R. Nebraska) is currently visiting the Dominican Republic with the aim of assisting the development of some of the frontier provinces. Terry met with the editors of the Listin to explain his visit. He talked about the interest of investors to place their money in the frontier provinces under the protection of …

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The Altos de Chavon School of Design this year has again invited several world famous arts professors to be part of the 15 specialized one-week courses that make up Interin 2006 that started on 3 January and continue through 27 January. This year there will be courses on graphic arts with Italian graphic designers Massimo …

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In 2006 only two of the year’s 13 holidays are being moved and both fall this month. Law 139-97 set forth the rules, and if a holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, it is being moved to the following Monday. This year only Three Kings Day, which falls on a Friday (6 …

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President Leonel Fernandez is bullish on 2006. “This year 2006, it is obvious that we are starting out in a better position compared to 2005. You will remember that in 2005 the IMF forecast a growth rate of 2.5% and we are ending the year way above that initial forecast,” he said, speaking at the …

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The Central Bank reports that preliminary data on the outcome of the second half of 2005 shows that economic growth for that period could have reached 12%, making for a 9% growth throughout the year. The IMF’s revised Gross Domestic Product forecasts had set the year’s growth at 4.5%, and the Central Bank authorities had …

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The government plans to invest RD$75 billion in 1,375 infrastructural works during the two and a half years left for this administration. This was reported by the President of the Presidential Commission for Provincial Development, Mariano German, who stated that RD$19 billion would be invested in 2006, according to Diario Libre. German pointed out that …

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The Santiago Chamber of Commerce and Production has voiced concerns that the cost of the Santo Domingo Metro will be US$750 million, at a time when there are thousands of important public works required for the development of different provinces that are stopped due to a lack of resources. According to a press release, the …

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Economist Arturo Martinez Moya forecasts that the DR should be prepared for absorbing what he describes as an enormous subsidy in order to pay for the metro the government has undertaken to build. He says the metro will become the second big subsidy, inheritance of PLD governments of President Fernandez, in an article in Hoy …

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