Dolores Vicioso – Page 7138

Sanitary engineer Julio Santos-Cayado alerts that the governmental Corporacion del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (CAASD) may be billing consumers for air in addition to water. The CAASD has installed 35,000 water meters to date and has announced plans to install 105,000 more to discourage the wasteful consumption of water. Santos-Cayado says that while …

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Superintendent of Power Julio Cross alerts of the problems Edesur and Edenorte power distributors are creating with their delayed payments to the power generators. As reported in Hoy newspaper, Cross said the arrears are bringing instability to the electrical distribution system.  Furthermore, he warned that the management of Edesur and Edenorte, the two Union Fenosa …

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The San Pedro de Macoris-based generation company Cogentrix will have to demonstrate that it is willing to renegotiate its contract for power generation before the Dominican government will pay the US$50 million debt owed. According to a source inside the presidential commission in charge of negotiating electricity contracts, President Mejia is adamant about renegotiating the …

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In a front-page article in El Caribe newspaper, US congressmen Charlie Rangel and Sander Levin have requested that President George W. Bush include the Dominican Republic, and any other Caribbean countries that wish to participate, in the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The congressmen argue that the Dominican Republic is a leading recipient of US …

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?The National Police killed 40 percent less under (General) Marte? reads the Diario Libre headline in connection to a report on the drop in police-related deaths over the past year. During the first 365 days of General Jaime Marte Martinez?s tenure as head of the National Police, the police have been responsible for 70 fewer …

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Six flights to Puerto Plata?s international airport were diverted to other airports due to inclement weather and flooding of the landing strip. A flight from Newark to Santiago was redirected to Santo Domingo because of the poor visibility caused by torrential downpours in the area.  Ellis Perez told El Caribe newspaper that operations were suspended …

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Miguel Tejada (A’s) hit a 3 run homer in the first inning and ?guilas added two unearned runs in the 5th to put Escogido away and maintain a first place tie with Estrellas. Julian Tavarez (1-1) gave up 5 hits over 7 innings to get the win. Estrellas maintaned the fight for first with a …

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President Hipolito Mejia would meet today with bankers, moneychangers and remittance companies to discuss the current scarcity of dollars. Freddy Ortiz, the head of the Association of Remittance Companies, said that 45 percent of their clients are requesting that monies sent from abroad be paid to the recipients in dollars. This obliges the remittance companies …

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President Hipolito Mejia announced yesterday that the economic team of the government is reviewing the RD$83-billion national budget in order to increase the allotments to certain institutions and whittle down the budgets of other governmental departments.  Among those called upon yesterday to make the modifications were: Jose Lois Malkum, Minister of Finance; Vicente Sanchez Baret, …

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The Center for Economic Research in the Antilles, Cenantillas, says in its most recent newsletter that the 2003 budget threatens the economic stability of the nation and is an obstacle that will severely limit the capacity of the government to seek investments from the private sector.  The newsletter says that the government must start a …

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