2001 – Page 195

Guillermo Caram, speaking in the name of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano, the leading opposition party, he said that the first six months of the Mejia government have been full of disappointments, impetuousness and improvisations. He said that this attitude is creating social nervousness. He commented on the police confrontation with physicians of the Dominican …

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After 14 years of hearings, the former director of the Corporacion Dominicana de Empresas Estatales and of the Compañía Dominicana de Aviacion during the Salvador Jorge Blanco PRD government were absolved from charges. They had been accused in 1986 by then Attorney General Julio Cesar Castaños Espaillat of fraud against the state regarding RD$5 million …

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President Hipolito Mejia issued yesterday several decrees that advance the reform of the police force. The police reform project has been contemplated for years, but had barely got off to a concrete start until now. The decrees feature new mandates for the use of public force, transfer the traffic police to the Metropolitan Transport Authority …

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Former President Joaquin Balaguer and several of his former architectural collaborators opposes the building of sports venues for the Santo Domingo Pan American Games on the premises of the Parque Mirador del Este. Under Balaguer administrations, most of the city’s parks were built, including the Mirador del Este as part of a master plan to …

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Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, who is also Minister of Education, signed a loan agreement with the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington yesterday. The IDB will lend US$58 million to improve public high school education. As part of the program, students that work and study at night, and rural area students, will receive educational bonuses …

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The Legal Advisor of the Presidency sent to the Congress bills that seek to reform the tariff and tax bills in effect since the start of the year. The bills would make health insurance plans exempt from paying the value added tax (ITBIS), and increases to RD$6 million a year the level of sales that …

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The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, Onesimo Gonzalez, in an interview with El Siglo newspaper, emphasizes that the only way to combat the lack of prudence of Dominican drivers is by educating the new generations of drivers. He said that his department has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education to offer drivers …

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The Senate passed its first reading of the General Health Bill. The Chamber of Deputies had already passed the bill, so only a second Senate reading is pending. President of the Senate, Ramon Alburquerque promised the second reading will be held and the bill passed when the Senate meets again. The legislature regulates health insurance …

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The Senate resolved to recognize the ambassadors of the United States and Japan, Charles Manatt and Masato Akasawa, respectively, for their services to the DR and contributions to better relations between both countries.