1997 – Page 18

The Dominican government announced it will be investing RD$900 million (about US$64 million) to expand the John F. Kennedy, Máximo Gómez and Independencia avenues in Santo Domingo to make way for the new busses that will be introduced in January. The bus routes are part of a major re-organization of transport presently underway in the …

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The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano convention, where the candidates to municipal and congressional positions would have been chosen on Sunday, 7 December, was postponed for the fifth time. The new date is Sunday, 14 December. Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez explained that discrepancies among the candidates and technical errors forced the postponement.The internal election is a …

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The Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence which granted a bail of RD$3 million to former banker Leonel Almonte. His bail requirement was increased to $20 million. Almonte was freed on 8 October when his case reached the Court of Appeals in Santiago. Almonte’s case is pursued by a group that gathers hundreds of …

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Jose Francisco Peña Gómez said that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano will not participate in the Dialogo Nacional, a two day event called by the President in January where politicians and civic society sectors would discuss the principal problems of the nation and their solutions.

The Supreme Court of Justice declined having jurisdiction over the libel case by the director of Revista Rumbo ,Anibal de Castro, against the controversial and outspoken lawyer, Marino Vinicio Castillo, alias "Vincho." The lawyer, by way of his television program on Channel 4, and Rumbo, the newsweekly magazine, have a long running confrontation. Castillo is …

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The U.S. based Smith-Enron power generating corporation warned the CDE that it would disconnect from the system if the government does not pay US$14 million in arrears per the electricity contract. The Listin Diario reported on the differences between the CDE authorities and the firm. The CDE denies Smith-Enron’s claim. The government is in a …

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Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox expects to sign a five year contract for US$10 million a year, or US$50 million. The Boston Globe reported that this would make the Cy Young winner of the National League the second best paid player in the Major Leagues, only behind Greg Maddux, who recently signed a …

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Antinarcotics chiefs from the Caribbean are in Santo Domingo today for the Second Regional Meeting on Coordination and Cooperation for the Fiscalization of Drugs in the Caribbean. The event is organized by the Program of the United Nations for the International Fiscalization of Drugs and seeks to design a Caribbean plan to combat drug traffic. …

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Australian capitals are interested in investing in the Dominican Republic, according to Roger Frankel, the Australian ambassador recently accredited before the Dominican government. He said the Australian companies are principally interested in mining ventures here.

Maximo Reyes, 38, who was extradited by the Dominican government in August of this year, could be sentenced to 30 years in prison and US$500 thousand in fines. In New York City, Reyes declared himself guilty of the death of Dwayne Gaymon and brothers Roberto, Francisco and Rafael Lugo, and admitted his participation in the …

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