1998 – Page 181

Residents in Santo Domingo continue to bear the brunt of 12 hour blackouts on most circuits, as the country endures the worse electricity crisis since 1990. Problems with the operation at private generators, aging and badly maintained government plants have worsened the situation. The Listín Diario reported that generation is only about 720,000 kilowatts when …

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Authorities from the Ministry of Public Health ordered the closing of the newborn baby ward at the Centro Materno Infantil San Lorenzo de los Minas after determining three newborn babies, two of which were underweight, died following an infection.

This week, Santo Domingo commuters will be able to tune into the news broadcasts of Radio Mil, Radio Popular, Radio Comercial and Cadena de Noticias and other stations to hear which areas of the city should be avoided. The National Police, in coordination with the radio stations, will be broadcasting traffic reports from the force’s …

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The Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) is making it easy for people to pay their taxes. The DGII has habilitated 450 offices throughout the country to obtain these payments for the right to transit. By the end of February, all cargo vehicles, trucks, pick-ups, trailers and heavy equipment vehicles must have their RD$150 tax …

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Dominicans were shocked by the tragic death of English professor, 27 year old Roberto Antonio González, who was assassinated in front of his students while teaching at a small English school in Higuey, La Altagracia province. The crime took place at around 7:30 pm on Monday, 16 February, when the teacher reprimanded Hernández, a resident …

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The Ministry of Health asked for quotations from a U.S. company for the purchase of thousands of Breathalyzers, an apparatus that measures the amount of alcohol in drivers. Dr. Nazaret Hasbun, deputy minister in charge of the Program for the Prevention of Deaths due to Traffic Accidents, said that the apparatus will be given to …

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Students of the Universidad Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (UFHEC) and the Universidad Eugenio María de Hostos (UNIREMHOS) may have to repeat up to 50% of the courses already taken. The med schools were closed by presidential degree last week. The measure affects 2% of the total number of students at medical schools here, some 10,596. …

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The Attorney General Abel Rodríguez del Orbe has recommended that the Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior close most of the law schools in the country because "they are producing lawyers incapable of practicing law." He said that schools are graduating more lawyers than needed. He recommended that newly graduated lawyers be required to complete two-year …

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The acting president of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), Donald Reid Cabral, told Hoy newspaper that the PRSC could ally with the government party, the Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD). Reid Cabral said that the party is carrying out polls among members to determine with whom to ally for the May 16, 1998 …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre will meet tomorrow in Washington, D. C. with U.S. Secretary of State, Madeline Albright. On the agenda is the discussion of drug trafficking and money laundering in the Caribbean. The D.R. is center point in the Caribbean connection. Reportedly, drugs enter the D.R. by way of Haiti and then …

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