2001 – Page 22

The Executive Branch has sent to Congress the constitutional reform bill containing the four parts agreed upon by leaders of the three majority parties. El Caribe newspaper earlier pointed out that, despite having signed the agreement, the Presidency had not sent the bill containing the recommendations to Congress. The Senate finally received the agreement on …

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The Environment Department says that it will take a government deputy to court. Deputy Juan Roque Jerez is accused of ordering the release of three people who had been arrested for damaging the environment. Franklin Reynoso, the subsecretary of Natural Resources, says Jerez will be brought to justice as well as anyone else who violates …

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The Dominican Republic and Mexico compete today for the seat occupied by Jamaica on the Security Council of the United Nations. The DR had lobbied for the support of Latin America and the English-speaking Caribbean, or Caricom bloc. The country based its aspirations on the fact that despite being one of the founding nations of …

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In September, government revenues fell about RD$500 million below expectations, due to the negative economic impact of the terrorist attacks on the US and the fact that there were only 19 tax collecting days in that month. Revenues for September were RD$4.4 billion compared to RD$4.8 billion in August and RD$5.2 billion in July. The …

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Newspaper reports say former President Juan Bosch is now breathing spontaneously after his doctors at the Abel Gonzalez Advanced Medical Center removed his breathing tube on Saturday. A medical report says his heart condition is stable without administering drugs. He has been in intensive care for the past 23 days and is said to be …

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Dominican hospitals are suffering from a severe shortage of medicine. The reduction in supplies from the government’s drug program (PROMESE) has placed the hospitals in a critical situation, according to Listin Diario. They say they are spending almost all their state subsidy to buy medicine and are building up a debt in some cases larger …

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Architect Teofilo Carbonell, designer of the National Theaters of Santo Domingo and Santiago and the Columbus Lighthouse, died last week. Listin Diario remarked on his excellence and dedication as an architect, his commitment to teaching architecture and his eccentricities. At the time of his death, he cared for more than 50 street dogs he adored.

The first Professional Men’s Tennis Tournament was scheduled to begin this morning at the Santo Domingo Tennis Club. Players from 12 countries including the DR are on hand: Venezuela, Germany, the US, Switzerland, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Italy, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Israel. The DR will be represented by its tennis stars Johnson García, …

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The president of the Junta Central Electoral warned that if the President signs into law the bill that would create the Province of Santo Domingo it would be like throwing away all the time and resources invested so far to introduce the electoral districts in the May 2002 election. The Junta Central Electoral (JCE) says …

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President Hipolito Mejia said again yesterday that his government will resolve the problem. He regretted that most of the population could not listen to his televised 2 October speech because of a widespread blackout. The Presidency paid for the publication of his speech in three full pages in three daily newspapers today. Referring to the …

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