2008 – Page 182

The Dominican Corporation of State-owned Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE) announced yesterday that it was going to focus the electricity subsidy on the poorest consumers. For consumers not in this category, this means that their electricity bills, already among the highest in the region, will be going up shortly, to reflect the added expense of rising fuel …

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The National Federation of Dominican Transportation (Fenatrado) will hold a six-hour work stoppage today in protest against the removal of the subsidy given to the transport unions as a way of holding down the cost of freight and passenger services. Ricardo de los Santos, the union vice-president, told reporters that the work stoppage would start …

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After a series of strikes by the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) over the last six months, with hospitals all but shut down across the country, the government has set up a special commission to negotiate with the doctors and sort things out. The dialogue begins today with the government’s economic team, headed by Presidential Minister …

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Eleven filling stations, the old term for gas stations, were closed at the orders of the Specialized Corps for the Control of Fuels (Cecom). The eleven stations also sold LPG (propane) for vehicular use, and the agency, part of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said that this posed a danger to the public. Any …

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The manufacturing sector began to receive the benefits of the Law on Competitiveness and Industrial Innovation as ninety-two companies were released from their obligation to pay the Value Added Tax (ITBIS) levied on ‘anticipated’ sales. This move allows freer use of working capital. So far, 201 requests for this tax relief have been received, and …

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The transport unions, which exert almost total control over the movement of passengers and freight throughout the country, have met with officials from the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), including the chief executive, Diandino Pena. The unions recommended that the government should price diesel fuel at between RD$110 and RD$120 a gallon and LPG (propane gas) …

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Dominican dairy farmers are saying that they can supply the milk needed for the School Breakfast Program. The Dominican Milk Producers Association (Aproleche) and the Cattle Farmers’ Federation are calling on the administration to comply with Law 27-01 and 180 -01. These laws say that the government social programs should be implemented using locally produced …

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Civic group Citizen Participation (PC) has labeled the Central Electoral Board (JCE) decision to issue a memorandum (No. 017) that attempts to limit access to birth certificates in a retroactive manner as illegal. According to the group, nobody can deny citizenship to people who were accepted as Dominicans before the publication of the new Migration …

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The chief justice of the Dominican Supreme Court, Jorge Subero Isa, has told reporters that the appeal process that was filed against the sentences in the BanInter case is nearly complete. The sentences handed down by the Third Penal Chamber of the Court of Appeals were appealed by all the defendants who received prison sentences. …

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The Attorney General’s office has announced the extradition and transfer to the Dominican authorities of an accused murderer by the Spanish courts. Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena told El Nuevo Diario reporters that the person concerned is Alexander Perez Morillo, who is accused of killing Jonny Mateo Valdez in 2006. Perez Morillo fled from the …

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