2007 – Page 115

Bautista Rojas Gomez, the Minister of Public Health, has told reporters from El Caribe newspaper that the recent start up of the Family Health Service (SFS), while marked by some glitches, is moving forward, and that the pending issues will be resolved. One issue that apparently confounded the minister was the lack of prescription pads …

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The Dominican Republic and the United States have signed a US$35 million agreement aimed at improving the quality of governance, economic growth, health and education. The sum of US$35 million is for just the first year. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas, the Charge d’Affaires of the …

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The president of the National Council for Private Business (CONEP), Lisandro Macarrulla, warns that the poor quality of public education in the Dominican Republic has contributed to a sort of social segregation that only intensifies the economic differences. As the keynote speaker at the Business Forum for Quality Education, Macarrulla pointed to studies that show …

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The National Council of Securities (CNV) has approved a new bond issue for the AES-Andres electricity company. The issue is for US$25 million. AES is the second energy company to use the securities market and they are also the second to issue bonds in United States currency. The bonds will be placed in minimum values …

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Today’s popular A.M. column in Diario Libre asks the question: Transportation? Editorial commentator Ines Aizpun asks the question because she feels that there is no safety on the streets. The award-winning journalist says that logic dictates that vehicles used for public transportation should be inspected with much more acuity than those used for private use. …

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Exports of scrap iron and steel make up the fourth largest part of all Dominican exports. The increase in the theft of metal, electric cables and bronze items was reflected by the fact that export of these metals nearly doubled in the first half of 2007. As reported by Diario Libre, scrap iron and steel …

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Rafael Abreu, executive vice president of the National Workers Union (CNUS) said that Dominicans would pick up the health costs for an estimated more than a million illegal Haitians who live in the country, because the National Social Security Law establishes that health services cannot be denied. With the new National Health Plan (SFS), the …

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Lawyers representing the accused in the Baninter case, regarded as the fifth largest bank collapse in history, began presenting their closing arguments yesterday. They are expected to continue for another four days. In his opening address, lawyer Juarez Castillo Seman dismissed proof and witnesses on which the prosecutors based their case, especially the validity of …

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The chief of police has reported the confiscation of 197 automobiles and 484 motorcycles due to improper placement of license plate or the total absence of this item. Due to license plate theft, many people have taken to placing the plates inside the rear windows, and, of course, there has been a perennial shortage of …

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The Inspector General of the Army has ordered the detention of several of the men involved in the deaths by shooting of three men in Moca jail. The three men were supposedly attempting to break out of jail during the early hours of last Monday. The District Attorney for Moca, Jacobo Marchena, told reporters from …

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