2008 – Page 9

In recent weeks the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has increased its promotion of the new biometric cedula identity card and has set up a website with information on the new registration process. But there was an interesting coincidence to their campaign. The JCE’s website promoting the new cedula curiously included the signature of Zimbabwean President …

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Although the Gigantes have qualified for this year’s Round Robin post-season tournament, they haven’t turned off their engines just yet. In fact, the Gigantes are looking to play spoiler to anyone’s post-season hopes and last night the Tigres were in their sights. The Tigres are two games back in the playoff race and sorely needed …

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President Leonel Fernandez said at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Integration and Development in Brazil that all those at the summit should demand that international finance organizations and the Federal Reserve of the United States say all the truth on the extent of the crisis so that small economies can adapt policies to …

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Congress approved a bill for the private concession for the construction of the road linking the new Santo Domingo-Samana road with Las Terrenas, a beach enclave. This west-east road would be an alternate route to the present winding road that crosses the peninsula south to north. The concession would be for US$160 million. The company …

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For former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez, now the current Minister of the Environment (SEMARENA), his obligation as minister is founded on four basic ‘pillars’: More forests; compliance with Law 64-00; simplify the bureaucratic and legal processes and bring the community into these processes. During his comments at yesterday’s weekly luncheon of Multimedios del Caribe, …

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As of 5 December of this year, the government had transferred more than RD$80 billion to pay subsidies to the electricity sector, for the propane subsidy, for diesel fuel for truckers and bus drivers, and for the labor subsidy in the free zones at RD$2000 per worker per month. According to a report from the …

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Congress passed a bill that authorizes the payment of the school bonus check. This would benefit municipal employees, those with government pensions. Workers would receive a bonus equal to the salary they receive. The bill is only pending the President’s signature and publication. The money from what is being called the 14th wage is to …

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The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and the State University of the Republic of Haiti (UH) agreed yesterday to carry out a census on Haitian immigration in the Dominican Republic over a two-year period. The information would be used to draft state policies. Franklin Garcia Fermin and Jean Vernet Henry, rectors of the UASD …

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Powdered milk prices could go up in January, Juan Ignacio Caraballo, president of the Federation of Retail Merchants (Fenacodep) told El Caribe. Beginning on 1 January 2009, the 12% deduction that the Customs Department (DGA) has allowed to importers of powdered milk will be rescinded. DGA instructed its inspectors to now charge 20% tariff on …

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The Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks (SISALRIL), Fernando Caamano, presented the National Council on Social Security (CNSS) a proposal for provisional financing that would allow an extension of the National Fund for Medical Attention for Traffic Accidents (FONAMAT) that is scheduled to end on 31 December. According to the proposal, the FONAMAT can be …

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