2001 – Page 219

Today’s edition of Hoy calls attention to the concern of locals over the presence of multitudes of Haitians in regions of San Jose de las Matas. The Haitians came to work the coffee harvest and have remained in the wooded regions of the Cordillera Central range. The mayors of 42 towns that comprise the San …

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Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado would be disposed to accept the Reformist Social Christian Party (PRSC) nomination to be Santo Domingo’s mayor if offered it. He said that it was not the idea of former President Joaquín Balaguer, however the PRSC leader knew of the idea and favored it. It would be, said Peynado, his …

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Raul Fiallo, the American Airlines manager in the DR, who also serves as President of the Air Lines Association (ALAS), yesterday asked President Hipólito Mejia to reverse his approval of the forgiveness of a millionaire debt owed by local air carriers. The debt is said to be RD$82 million. Fiallo said that the debt forgiveness …

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The perennial link between the U.S. Embassy and Dominican society, Franklin Polanco, is retiring from his post after 40 years, though he will remain as a consultant. Today’s Listín Diario dedicated a page to tracing Polanco’s career as a journalist, photographer, pilot, radio enthusiast, diver, parachutist, and foreign correspondent for the Voice of America. It …

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This morning’s issue of Hoy expresses alarm that dozens of children and adolescents of both sexes are selling themselves on the streets and beach of Boca Chica. It quotes sexologists Nancy Alvarez and Carlos Lugo Cabrera as saying that pimps provide menus with prices and the ages of the children. On a visit to a …

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As of Sunday, there are 30 provinces in the Dominican Republic and a National District. San Jose de Ocoa became the 30th province, the result of efforts of local promoters who feel that this will foster the development of the community. Father Luis Quinn, a community spokesman, expressed his hope that now as a province …

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President Hipólito Mejía said he authorized the 29 December condoning of a RD$86 million debt of national airlines. The actual condoning though is pending senatorial approval, though. President Mejía said the domestic airlines were hard hit by the government’s failure to restore their right to fly to the US. The measure sought to avoid the …

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El Siglo reports that in the past four years the UASD only graduated 15% of the students that were admitted. In the past four years only 14,818 students graduated. During that period, the average enrollment of the university was 97,741. In the past ten years, the university has only graduated 44,359. The graduates were: 16,874 …

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