1998 – Page 117

President Leonel Fernández will be speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem to be held in New York City, this month. President Fernández joins President Clinton and 28 other chiefs of state that will be present at the meetings. President Fernández is scheduled to speak at 12:30 pm …

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President Leonel Fernández created a government committee to resolve the differences between the Ministry of Public Works and the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidraulicos, the department in charge of river resources. The organizations have different views on extracting construction materials from Dominican rivers. In addition to these two departments, also on the committee is the …

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A small bomb exploded early Monday at the headquarters of the Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas, the government department in charge of combating drug trafficking. The bomb went off at 3:37 am destroying glass windows of the accounting, psychology, logistics and academia departments of the DNCD and those of a vehicle parked near where …

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The President of the Supreme Court Dr. Jorge Subero Isa requested that lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo provide more information that would validate his declarations that members of that court respond to political party interests and serve the interests of international organized crime. More so, Subero Isa asked Castillo to state whether his opinions, rendered on …

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The general manager of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, Radhamés Segura explained that the privatization of the collections aspect of the CDE will come first. He expects private companies to be in charge of this aspect within three months time. He explained that the CDE’s top priority now is to increase its collections. If we …

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Santiago de Chile desisted from competing for the right to host the 2003 Pan American Games. This leaves three cities, including Santo Domingo, vieing for the most important regional sports championships. The cities are Medellín, Colombia, Guadalajara, Mexico and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Twenty-six votes are needed to win the vote that will take place …

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Guillermo Amore, former president of the Dominican Telephone Company, once said: "The most expensive service is the one that is not rendered." Apparently, President Leonel Fernández has made his this philosophy in what regards the electricity service in the Dominican Republic. After decades of deficient service, it seems Dominicans will be getting a reliable electricity …

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The Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, the state electricity utility, signed an agreement with the Police and the District Attorney to eliminate illegal connections to the CDE network and fraudulent practices that affect the income of the state utility. A special unit to enforce this agreement has been created. The agreement was signed by Rhadames Segura, …

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The new Congress that begins work 16 August 1998, has a heavy work burden waiting for it. The present Congress is better known for not working than for working. They are also better known for passing bills to increase their own salaries and benefits and for the passing thousands of pensions, than for studying and …

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Dominican congressmen are the best paid Dominican government officers. The Listín Diario reports that the 149 deputies and 30 senators that will begin work 16 August 1998 will receive RD$77,000 a month per salary, diet and representation expenses. They also have the right to a diplomatic passport and two unlimited vehicle tax exemptions. The Listín …

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