2008 – Page 334

Despite increased public calls for continuing with fiscal supervision provided by an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the current agreement came to a close on 31 January. According to El Caribe, the key issue is whether the main economic actors will believe that the government can operate a balanced fiscal policy and, during an …

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Plagued with doubts and a lack of public confidence, the Chamber of Accounts is languishing in the shadows. With more than RD$675 billion pesos to track and keep accounts on, the Chamber is woefully short of personnel and equipment. They still work the old-fashioned way: with pencil and paper. According to Hoy newspaper, the Chamber …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced the removal of 90,146 members of the armed forces who were listed as registered voters on the JCE’s voting rolls in preparation for the 16 May presidential election. This concludes a process of cross-referencing the names and identification numbers of citizens who had entered the armed services and …

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The Central Electoral Board has established the order that the political parties will appear on the 2008 Presidential Ballots. The JCE based their decision on the amount of votes garnered by each party in the 2006 municipal and congressional elections. As a result, the PLD party will have the #1 post, the PRD will have …

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The Venezuelan ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Francisco Belisario Landis, said that his country was considering the possibility of exchanging Dominican poultry and eggs for oil. Ambassador Landis said that such a deal would be within the framework of the Petrocaribe Agreement. According to Listin Diario, the ambassador said that he had sent his proposal …

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Although the exact numbers were not given to the press, Ministry of Agriculture officials were back in Higuey and killed several more birds in the training stations for fighting cocks, according to the latest reports. The birds were placed in plastic bags and buried in an eight-foot hole. Meanwhile, Listin Diario reported that in the …

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There will be no market day in Dajabon today, in protest against the Haitian government’s ban on poultry and egg imports from the Dominican Republic. The municipality of Dajabon passed the resolution to halt the Market Day. On Market Days, between 8,000 and 10,000 Haitians cross the border to purchase goods in the open-air market, …

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The National Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad has rescued a man who had been taken from his home in Santo Domingo in December. The victim was found in Santiago and the police arrested Miguel Agustin Cabrera, Albert Andres Gonzalez Reyes and Osiris Lorenzo Mejia Vargas in connection with the case. A spokesman for the Central Cibao Police …

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More than 60 suspected criminals have been killed during exchanges of gunfire, following armed robberies and attacks, according to police sources. Most of the incidents have been registered in Santo Domingo or Santiago. According to Hoy newspaper, last December alone 52 suspected criminals were killed in shootouts with the police. During the same period, a …

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Lawyer Fabio Guzman, who monitors the DR1 Forums legal section, has published a book with inside stories about practicing law in Salcedo and San Francisco based on accounts by his father, Antonio Guzman Lopez (1906-2001). The 360-page book is the first in a series from the Gaceta Judicial legal publications company, recently acquired by the …

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