2007 – Page 143

Businessmen Manuel Arturo Pellerano and Juan Felipe Mendoza have been accused of committing fraud and other crimes relating to the Bancredito collapse in 2003. The Attorney General finally submitted the necessary documents needed to bring the case to trial. Both executives are accused of a long list of irregular activities at the National Credit Bank …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has caught two drug ‘mules’ who were attempting to carry stomach loads of drugs to Madrid. An Ecuadorian and a Dutch national were stopped at Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport as they tried to board an Air Europe flight to the Spanish capital. At the Armed Forces Hospital …

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The program that was conducting research on glaucoma patients who have lost their sight has been suspended due to reports of infections in similar patients involved in the same program in Mexico. The announcement came from the Centro Laser in Santo Domingo. Apparently the equipment that was being used in the research caused infections in …

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The National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) is reporting a low-pressure system just to the north of Puerto Rico and heading our way. The rains in Santo Domingo and most of the Cibao Valley are the result of this low-pressure system. More rain is forecast for the northeast, the southeast, the central highlands and the frontier region. …

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President Leonel Fernandez signed the controversial modifications to the General Electricity Law yesterday. The law criminalizes and penalizes the theft of energy. It was passed by Congress on 23 July. Article 9 of the law explains that there is a 90-day period, once the President signs the bill, before the law takes full effect.

President Leonel Fernandez has signed Law 187-07 that seeks to put a stop to an unfair loophole that was affecting businesses. Law 187-07 establishes that employers who have paid worker severance payments on an annual basis up to 1 January 2005 are no longer liable for this payment. Several companies had been affected by labor …

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Inspectors from the Ministry of Public Health’s Environmental Health Department visited toy-stores in Santo Domingo yesterday to make sure that they had removed Chinese-manufactured Mattel/Fisher Price toys that were found to contain lead in paint from their shelves. Nelson Rodriguez Monegro from the Public Health Ministry met with importers and toy-store owners to discuss the …

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The Attorney General’s office is reducing the cost of document legalization, notary acts and legal translations. This is part of the enactment of Law 173-07 on Collection Efficiency, which is reducing the cost of taxes at many government offices. Notarized documents, as well as permission to take a minor out of the country, which previously …

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Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez has asked President Leonel Fernandez to keep aiming for 1 September as the start-up date for the government’s health plan, the SFS. Pared says that individual interests are trying to impede the plan’s entry into effect. He said that the government has the responsibility to ensure that the SFS goes …

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Yesterday DR1 reported that trade with Haiti has been on the rise and that Haiti is now the DR’s third largest trading partner. The Dominican Republic exports US$147 million in goods to Haiti, and this trade grew by 18.8% in 2006. Today’s Diario Libre provides more details on trade between the two countries. During the …

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