1999 – Page 200

The Chamber of Deputies approved in first reading yesterday a bill that would prohibit the littering of streets, sidewalks, parks, public places and empty lots. The bill would apply to both ordinary people and "judicial persons," i.e., legally incorporated entities such as stores. The bill would impose a RD$500 fine or six days imprisonment or …

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Professor Juan Bosch, ex-President and founder of the ruling PLD, flew yesterday to Cuba for unspecified medical treatment. On March 10th Bosch had been admitted to the Central University of the East Medical Center (Centro Medico UCE) in Santo Domingo for tests after experiencing what was characterized at the time as "a bad nose bleed." …

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The Second Annual International Trade Fair was officially opened last night with a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez Mirabal. Sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (CARD), the Fair will run through Sunday at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel near the Mirador Sur Park in Santo Domingo. …

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The head of Civil Defense, General Jos? de los Santos S?nchez, announced that 48 bathing spots and 23 beaches will be closed to the public during Holy Week as a preventive measure to avoid drownings. He stressed that this still means 96 bathing spots and 76 beaches will remain open to the public during the …

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The new chief of the National Police (PN), Major General Pedro de Jes?s Candelier Tejada, continues to shake things up at the PN. Yesterday he ordered all PN investigators to wear uniforms when working at night, rather go plainclothes as is often the case now. The step, he explained, was to put a stop to …

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The Public Health Ministry (SESPAS) has reached an agreement with the water bottling industry here to stop the sale of drinking water in plastic bags, but not before closing seven bottlers and ordering several others to suspend operations until they can meet minimum safety and quality standards. The agreement also calls for toughening the quality …

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President Fern?ndez officially inaugurated yesterday a new high-tech Center for Diagnosis, Advanced Medicine, Medical Conferences and Tele-medicine (CEDIMET) at the Plaza de la Salud in Santo Domingo. Under a pact between the CEDIMET and Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, Dominican doctors will be able to routinely consult American specialists on cases through a teleconferencing line that …

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Customs officials at the Las Am?ricas International Airport (AILA) this week have caught three people authorized to use the "VIP and Ambassadorial" facilities at the airport trying to sneak in large quantities of merchandise without declaring it. The three cases all occurred within 24 hours of each other, beginning Monday evening. Each involve primarily large …

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The Vice President for Latin America for the Allegro Resorts hotel chain announced yesterday that starting on May 10th weekly charter flights will come from Brazil for stays exclusively within their DR hotels. Each week 180 Brazilians will come to stay on "all-included" visits at the Decameron, Allegro B?varo, B?varo Grand, Playa Grande, Club on …

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The news daily Hoy points out in today’s edition that three of the broadcast news nominees this year for the Emmy Awards are Dominicans. One of them, Univisi?n’s chief editor Alejandro Guerrero, has been previously nominated for an Emmy (in 1997, for the coverage of local elections in September 1997). This time he and his …

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