2001 – Page 20

Starting at 8 this morning, doctors serving northern Dominican hospitals were to go on strike for 24 hours, the latest in a series of work stoppages. Hospitals in Bonao, Dajabon, Nagua, Santiago, La Vega, Santiago Rodrigues and all Public Health centers and subcenters will be affected, according to a report in today?s Listin Diario. The …

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The Central Electoral Junta announced it is moving ahead with a project to enforce birth registration at civil registry posts set up in major public hospitals and will open more of these offices. The goal is for all children to be registered at birth. This would avoid a myriad of problems and bureaucratic difficulties that …

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There are fewer blackouts now that the government has made a US$50 million payment on the reported debt of more than US$200 with the power generators. Although blackouts continue in some areas, service has generally improved in the north of the country and in Santo Domingo. Superintendent of Electricity Jose Ovalles guaranteed that the power …

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Santo Domingo Senator Jose Antonio Najri encourages consumers in the DR to sue the electricity distributors. In a report in Hoy newspaper, Najri said that the companies cannot be sued for the blackouts but they can be sued for billing for what they are not delivering. He said the companies continue to charge the same …

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President Hipolito Mejia has sent to Congress a bill that establishes new categories for entry visas. The new bill creates 20 categories, including diplomatic, government, courtesy, business, work, student, dependents, travel, temporary residency, and temporary worker. The visas will have a duration of 60 days, six months, one year and two years.

Haiti’s Chief of Police, General Carel Alexandre, visited President Hipolito Mejia at the National Palace yesterday. The meeting was part of a bilateral strategy to increase cooperation between both countries against drug trafficking. The Haitian general was received by the President and by Major General Manuel Antonio Lachapelle Suero, president of the Drug Control Department …

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Mexico won the rotating seat to represent Latin America and the Caribbean on the United Nations Security Council for the 2002-2003 period with a second round vote of 138 to 40. Mexico needed two votes to win over the DR since in the first round neither of the two countries received the necessary two-thirds of …

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The Listin Diario reports that flights from New York, Miami, and San Juan, Puerto Rico are arriving full. On board are hundreds of Dominicans who prefer to be in their home country now that bombings in Afghanistan have started. Flights to USA and Puerto Rico were leaving normally yesterday, according to the newspaper. Listin Diario …

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