2001 – Page 103

Two construction workers, 46-year old Arsenio Sanchez and 24-year old Adonis Turbi, died at the site of a 14-story building going up at Pedro Henriquez Avenue at Tiradentes when a prefabricated construction structure fell on them. A Dominican Engineering & Architects College spokesman said the construction site was violating regulations as there was no resident …

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A project to prevent teenage pregnancies is being implemented by the non-governmental agency Pro Joven Dominicano in the province of Bahoruco. The plan, which is getting assistance from a municipality in Spain, hopes to reach out to 12,000 area residents, aged 10-24 years, in its first year. Municipal Youth Councils will train 300 teenagers who …

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Yesterday the nation witnessed a national protest day. Those who didn’t have to go to work didn’t. The rest did without facing problems. The Dominican Free Zone Association and Santo Domingo industrial park spokesmen said workers showed up as usual. Many shops in the barrios and towns remained closed for the day. Most street vendors …

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The Senate announced it will begin peddling the bonds in interior towns in July. A first public hearing will take place on Wednesday, 27 June at the Congress. The president of the commission to study the bonds, Victor Castillo, said they will take more time to study the bill than what the President had initially …

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Yesterday, Bloomberg news service circulated a report that the funds would go to finance a new fleet of transport vehicles to modernize traffic in the DR. DR1 reported this as well (http://www.dr1.com/daily/news061901.shtml), citing an Asia Pulse release. The irregular purchase and assigning of what are now being called “los pollitos blancos,” is the cover story …

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Cuba has announced its support for Mexico to occupy a seat on the United Nations Security Council come 1 January 2002. The Dominican Republic aspires to the same seat. El Caribe newspaper interviewed Alejandra Liriano, the former Foreign Relations officer during the past administration under whom the Dominican Republic advanced to become a strong contender …

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The Citibank Tower and Acropolis Commercial Center on Winston Churchill Avenue has made headlines in the past for its conflicts with neighbors over the installation of a large power plant. Now, construction has been stopped totally at what would be the city’s tallest building. Brownsville, the owner of the building maintains a dispute with the …

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The XXXVII Federation of Interamerican Lawyers Conference opens in Santo Domingo, Thursday, 21 June at the Hotel Melia Santo Domingo.This year’s conference which gathers jurists from the Americas focuses on reforms in justice management. The central focus is on reforms in the DR and other Latin American countries. Dr. Jorge Subero Isa, president of the …

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The Listin Diario reports that gangs of youngsters who roam Expreso V Centenario and Avenida Padre Castellanos took justice in their hands after the murder of 14-year old Hector Ramon Pimentel (Garabito). The boy worked for a well-known drug trafficker in the northern barrios of the city. Jose Francisco Castillo (Frank), the alleged dealer who …

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