2001 – Page 80

The Senate passed a bill that reforms the existing Freedom of Press Law. The new bill seeks to modernize the freedom of press law and incorporates principles agreed upon in the Chapultepec Declaration of the Interamerican Press Association in 1994. See http://www.sipiapa.org/projects/chapul-declaration.cfm The new bill rules that every person has the right to seek and …

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The migration bill recently deposited in the Congress could motivate increased Haitian migration, observes a report in El Caribe. The bill incorporates legal mechanisms that would make the deporting of Haitians very difficult. While the bill authorizes the deportation of illegal foreigners, it is neither obligatory nor automatic. Foreigners have the right to a lawyer …

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The Pedro Henriquez Ureña University (UNPHU), the Santo Domingo Institute of Human Rights (IDHSD) and the Military Institute of Human Rights (IMDH) announce the first human rights university course. The 56-hour course will take place over a three-month period at the Instituto Militar de Derechos Humanos on the second floor of the Instituto Cartografico Military …

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Santiago will host an important regional conference on earthquakes 25-27 July. Engineer Rafael Corominas Pepin, one of the nation’s leading experts on earthquakes, said that the conference will present the recent experiences of Mexico, Venezuela and Costa Rica regarding the reinforcing of buildings in order to prevent major disasters during an earthquake. Corominas explained that …

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77-year old Virgilio Diaz Grullon died yesterday. Winner of the 1997 National Literature Award, he is recognized for his psychological approach to story telling. He is also recognized for his efforts to strengthen democracy. He worked at the Interamerican Development Bank and Central Bank for several years where he was secretary of the Monetary Junta.

Jose Joaquin Puello, president of the Organizing Committee of the 2003 Pan American Games said that the gymnastics pavilion for the Games would be built where the Arte y Oficios vocational school in Ensanche La Fe was located. The pavilion has a tab of RD$48 million. Originally it would have gone up in the Mirador …

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