2007 – Page 101

The prosecutor for Santo Domingo managed to get a magistrate to send Roberto Perez Reyes to Najayo Prison under the accusation of bringing in over half a million dollars hidden inside his vehicle and some furniture last Saturday. The Assistant Prosecutor, Rita Maria Duran, got the magistrate to issue the preventive custody ruling after establishing …

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The leading Dominican Photography Festival is ongoing from 4 September through 6 October with exhibitions at several venues primarily in Santo Domingo and Santiago. Highlight of the week is a Press Photography Exhibition at several venues. These include: Casa de Teatro. 19 and 26 September at 7:30pm. Biblioteca Pedro Mir (UASD), 20 September at 7 …

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President Leonel Fernandez began his two-week US tour with a stopover in Miami where he backed a new program to prepare multimedia journalists to cover Dominican communities outside the main cities. President Fernandez announced an inter-institutional agreement with the university to prepare journalists for the provinces through Community Technological Centers (CTC). Another program would offer …

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President Leonel Fernandez said that the US has diverted resources for patrolling Caribbean waters for drug trafficking to focus on the war in Iraq, as reported in Hoy. “I feel that the displacement of the fight against drugs to fight terrorism in the Middle East is behind the increase in drug trafficking in the region,” …

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The country’s pharmacy owners want to get rid of the Single Prescription Forms (Receta Unica) imposed by the recently launched Family Health Plan (SFS). According to the Pharmacy Union, the group has called on Vice President Rafael Alburquerque to abolish the Single Prescription and allow patients to purchase their medicines from any pharmacy. The Pharmacy …

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Angel Sosa, who made headlines for his pilgrimage on foot carrying a heavy cross to Santo Domingo in a bid for public works for his hometown, Dajabon, is at it again. This time the Police arrested him for disrupting traffic at the Plaza de la Bandera, where he began a hunger strike to protest for …

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A group of youths is organizing “The Other Campaign,” in which they will present proposals that they feel politicians should be making. The youths reject the clientelism that is prevalent in the political campaigns that are underway for the 18 May presidential election. “As youths we do not identify with the present electoral campaigns because …

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The Central Electoral Board and the Ministry of Education announced a program to provide birth certificates to an estimated 17,899 school children that currently lack the document. Adults that do not have cedulas (ID and voting cards) will also benefit from the program. In the DR there are hundreds of thousands of children that cannot …

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A report by the Ministry of Public Health reveals that 50% of the births in hospitals located at the Dominican border are to Haitian women. The Social Security Law obliges public hospitals to provide this service gratis. The report also indicates that 22% of births in Santiago are to foreigners. Overall, 15% of babies born …

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Slain 22-year old Dominican soldier Juan Alcantara has received his US citizenship. He was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb on 6 August. His parents said that Alcantara had always dreamed of becoming a US citizen, but the posthumous citizenship award “just doesn’t make any sense.” He leaves behind his fiancee and the baby …

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