2008News

CRNM educates regional media

The Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) held a workshop last week in Bridgetown, Barbados with regional media personnel to discuss in detail the recently agreed upon Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The CRNM, the Barbadian based negotiating arm of CARIFORUM (CARICOM plus the DR), was represented by Director General Richard Bernal, Senior …
2008News

ANADEGAS backed into corner

Yesterday Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes guaranteed the sale of fuel and has received the support of fuel distributors Shell, Texaco and Esso. Paredes’ comments came after Anadegas, the independent gas station owners association, threatened to shut down most of the country’s gasoline stations if the government did not provide a positive response to …
2008News

German all talk

The deadline Education Minister Alejandrina German gave to journalist Nuria Piera came and went and there was nothing to show for it. Last week German threatened Piera that if she didn’t retract comments made about a house German owns in Jarabacoa, she would take legal action. During a press conference last week at the Hotel …
2008News

Dominicans win gold

The Dominican Republic team didn’t win the champions cup during the XXVII International Independent Boxing Cup tournament, but Dominican boxers Juan Carlos Payano and Claudio Marrero were able to obtain gold medals in individual events during the tournament, which was held in Santiago de los Caballeros. Still it was the Cuban team who stole the …