1996 – Page 44

Hurricane Bertha hit some of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, but missed Hispaniola, although some torrential rains and heavy winds were felt in the country. Bertha, the first major tropical storm in 1996, turned towards the north, just missing the D.R. and heading towards Florida and the other eastern border states of the United …

Read more…

Three weeks after the mayor of Haina authorized the dumping of refuse collected in the capital in his area by the Armed Forces and the city council of Santo Domingo for a period of 15 days, he is now calling for an end to the arrangement. Manolo Mesa Morillo has sent a letter to the …

Read more…

A McDonald’s fast food chain, one of the largest in the world, is set to open its first outlet in the Dominican Republic on 1 November, although the exact location has still to be determined. The restaurant’s mascot, Ronald McDonald, recently paid a visit to the United States Embassy to join in the U.S. Independence …

Read more…

The National Zoological Garden celebrated its 21st anniversary on 5 July by announcing 120 births during the period from February to May 1996. New additions to its population include two white swans, 12 parakeets, 75 ducks, seven black bellied sheep and three goats. The current administration, headed by Anibal Meyreles Torres, has been in charge …

Read more…

All documents relating to the investigation into the possible involvement of the son of the Argentine Ambassador to the D.R. in the murder of 12-year-old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar are in the possession of President Joaquin Balaguer. He is expected to make a decision as to whether he will formally ask the Argentine government to …

Read more…

According to the Listin Diario’s 11 July edition, former Lomé IV director Angel Lockward is currently forbidden to leave the D.R. because of a request made by the current director, Aristides Fernández Zucco. The request was made, according to the director of Immigration Leonardo Duran Fajardo, because of “irregularities” found during an audit of the …

Read more…

According to the United Nations, the Dominican Republic’s population rose from 7.8 million to 8 million during the last year. The study, released on World Population Day (10 July), warned that at the current pace of growth the country will have 11.2 million inhabitants by the year 2025.

Rolando Florian Felix, described by the National Police and the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) as the No.1 drug trafficker in the D.R. over the last few years, will have the services of a public defender in his appeal against his 1994 conviction for international drug trafficking arising out of the seizure of 953 …

Read more…

The accumulated rate of inflation during the first half of this year was below 1%, a mere 0.89% according to a report by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. According to the Bank, “the rate of inflation measured from July, 1995 to June 1996 was 6.24%, which indicates a slower growth rate for domestic …

Read more…

The Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) continued to generate 1,200,000 kws, as announced by their public relations spokesman, Alberto Ramírez. He also said that the reduction in power cuts is due to the fact that the company Destec-Dominican Power Partnership, that operates the gas turbine station at Los Minas, replaced two of its units and …

Read more…