2003 – Page 235

Jorge Subero Isa, president of the Supreme Court, has called on the public to have faith in the independence of the legal system in the Baninter case. Supreme Court justices have been named as possible beneficiaries of Baninter?s “generosity.” Subero Isa denied the accusation and guaranteed that the Court would ensure that all parties involved …

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Banco Central Governor Jos? Lois Malkum has said that it is possible that Baninter?s media assets, which include newspaper List?n Diario, seized by the authorities last week, could be returned to proprietor Ram?n B?ez Romano. No formal agreement has yet been reached, but the proposal is that B?ez Romano, father of disgraced Baninter president Ram?n …

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Political analyst of the Listin Diario, Orlando Gil focuses today on the Power Point document those attending the press conference of Central Bank Governor Jose Lois Malkum at the Presidential Palace received that evening. The document, with ample details on the Baninter scandal, has been circulating widely by email. ?Nobody has asked why this document, …

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The PRD?s hopes for holding on to power in 2004 are under threat due to internal party wrangles, according to an analysis of the state of the three main parties in El Caribe. All three have at some time in their histories been subject to a split, but experience has shown that no breakaway leader …

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The country?s biggest port, Haina, west of Santo Domingo, has returned to its former dynamism following the removal of the 10% surcharge on imports imposed by the government as part of an austerity package earlier this year. El Caribe reports from the scene, where 50-60% more containers a day are coming in compared to the …

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Santo Domingo Sportswriters voted Juana Arrendel and Felix S?nchez, Athletes of 2002. The event sponsored by Cervecer?a Nacional Dominicana (Presidente Beer and Malta Morena malt) took place last night. Both athletes received RD$40,000 awards.  Arrendel had a great year and won the high jump gold at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in El …

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The morning papers are touting President Hip?lito Mej?a?s official visit to Washington DC, where he met with President George W. Bush and other high ranking members of the US leadership, as a success. They praise the President?s achievements, which include obtaining promises for financial aid for the country in the wake of the Baninter collapse, …

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Many leading businesspeople believe that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be the best solution to the country?s economic problems and to counteract the effects of the Baninter financial disaster. According to the Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce and Production, the Haina Industries Association, the Council for Private Business (CONEP) and the …

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District Attorney M?ximo Aristy Caraballo ordered that the three accused in the Baninter case, Ram?n B?ez Figueroa, Marcos B?ez Cocco and Vivian Lubrano de Castillo, should not be transferred to Najayo prison in San Crist?bal province, as was planned yesterday. Aristy Caraballo met with B?ez Figueroa and his cousin B?ez Cocco at their current location …

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Civil society organization Participaci?n Ciudadana has called for the Baninter case, which it described as one of the world?s biggest financial scandals, to be made an example of. The organization, which acts as an electoral observer and campaigns for democracy and transparency, says that this is an opportunity to end the complicity between private and …

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