2008 – Page 346

Dominican deputies are taking home about RD$350,000 each month. Over the current legislative period – 2006-2010 – the legislators have done pretty much what they pleased, and their income has risen considerably. In 1990, deputies received RD$6,000, but by the end of 2006 this figure had reached RD$350,000, as a result of seven different incomes, …

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Now they do it. Representatives from the Committee for the Tavera Watershed, the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Civil Defense and the National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) all got together to announce that they are currently releasing 200 cubic meters of water per second from the Tavera Dam. Octavio Rodriguez told reporters that 100 cubic meters was …

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Santiago’s city center certainly has a new look these days. There are 1,600 newly painted houses from the Republican Period (around the turn of the century), and 1,800 old-style street lamps aglow to illuminate the new sidewalks. While some sidewalks are still undergoing the makeover, most of the people who use the streets at different …

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The government has announced a new program called the Humanitarian Flour Subsidy Program which will pay out RD$350 for every 120 pound bag of flour. This is an attempt to reduce the current five peso price for the most popular type of bread to RD$3.00. This move was a result of the major price increases …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), magistrate Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, announced that his organization would pay the political parties the sum of RD$1.06 billion pesos at the beginning of March as part of funding for political campaigns in the run-up to the 16 May Presidential Elections. The chief magistrate of the JCE …

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Strike action by employees of the Airport Services Division (DASA) at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) has caused delays for at least four American Airlines flights. The ground staff staged a work stoppage in demand of the US$800 dollar pay incentives that they had been promised. When the company paid them just US$200, the workers …

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Representatives from the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are visiting the Dominican Republic to look at security arrangements at Las Americas International Airport, the leading airport in Santo Domingo, and second in traffic volume after Punta Cana International. The TSA team will also study the operations of the commercial airlines that use the airport, …

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Al Gore, the Nobel Prize winner and recipient of an Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth”, the film he made on global warming, got the cold shoulder after his people told the organizers of the XVI Environmental Ministers Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean that his fee for speaking at the forum would be US$250,000. …

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SuperPola supermarkets have sales of 35% off on fruits and vegetables. La Cadena supermarket have sales on cabbage ($13.95unit), garlic ($19.95 package), Grapes ($56.95lb), salad tomatoes ($14.95lb), onions ($14.95lb), apples ($26.95lb). El Nacional supermarkets are advertising sales of pineapples for 40% off, plus 20% off on all other fruits and vegetables. Plaza Lama supermarket is …

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Last night there was no activity in the final series between the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaenas. Currently, the Aguilas have seen their 3-0 lead in the series slip to 3-2 after the Tigres took the last two games. Tonight the Tigres travel to Santiago to face the Aguilas. Steve Lundberg will be …

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