Dolores Vicioso – Page 6875

Judge Doris Ort?z Pujols has summoned Olimpia Gonz?lez, the controversial former president of the Dominican schoolteachers association (ADP), for allegedly embezzling RD$15 million while in that post. The former ADP president has claimed ill health and was given a vice-consular posting in Puerto Rico almost two months ago, although she has not started work there. …

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Walevska Perez Herrera, a Dominican resident of Madrid, Spain, complains that facilities for Dominicans to vote abroad are not available at all Dominican consulates. Responding to a note on the Central Electoral Board?s plan to make voting more accessible to Dominican residents abroad, she called the consulate in Madrid requesting information to renew her c?dula. …

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The United States has decided the Dominican Republic should equally benefit from free trade status such as being considered with Central American nations, according to a communiqu? released from the White House yesterday. The White House statement reads: ?President Bush met today with President Mej?a of the Dominican Republic. They discussed cooperation in the fight …

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The Dominican Republic-U.S. Business Council scheduled its inaugural visit to Washington, D.C. on 19 May to coincide with the high-level working meeting between President Hip?lito Mej?a and President George Bush. The group, put together through the efforts of former US Ambassador in the DR Charles Manatt, is comprised of leaders of the Dominican business community …

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President Hip?lito Mej?a requested assistance from the Inter American Development Bank (IADB) to repair the damage caused by the Baninter fiasco. Heeding the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which suggested the DR seek international assistance to offset the far-reaching effects of the estimated RD$55-billion fraud, President Mej?a appealed to Enrique Iglesias, the head …

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Economist Pedro Silverio, of the PUCMM university?s Cenantillas economic think tank, comments that now that the Central Bank has disclosed what it says has been happening for 14 years, it would be nice if the monetary authorities could review what has happened while they were sleeping, in reference to the Baninter financial scandal ? a …

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Following is a correction of the story that was emailed yesterday regarding the scandal that is affecting the largest loans and savings bank in the Dominican Republic, the Asociaci?n Popular de Ahorros y Pr?stamos (APAP). The story should have read yesterday:  Board of APAP refuses to budge  Four members of the board of directors of …

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The new spokesman for the Asociaci?n Popular de Ahorros y Pr?stamos (APAP), Dr. Hector Mateo, affirmed yesterday that the country?s largest loans and savings bank continues to enjoy extraordinary liquidity and is the envy of all banking institutions. Hoy newspaper reports that Mateo denied Hazoury controls the APAP and said that Hazoury could be displaced …

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The three main figures implicated by state prosecutors in the Baninter calamity will be remanded to the Najayo prison, according to El Caribe. Upon concluding his questioning yesterday afternoon, Judge Eduardo S?nchez Ort?z ordered that the three accused Baninter officers be transferred to the Najayo prison. Nevertheless, the three are still in Santo Domingo. Ram?n …

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In three related stories, the List?n Diario and El Caribe newspapers cover the rise in teenage pregnancies nationwide. According to the List?n, 44,000 adolescents will give birth this year, many of whom have serious iron and folic acid deficiencies, a condition which causes birth defects and is the third largest cause of infant mortality in …

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