2003 – Page 241

List?n Diario newspaper, taken over by the government and the Central Bank yesterday morning as part of its intervention in the assets of the collapsed Baninter Group, was published today. The action was taken, according to the authorities, as part of the legal proceedings involving alleged money-laundering, invoking article 9 of Law 72-02. Diario Libre …

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The other morning papers are mixed in their reactions to the government’s takeover of the List?n Diario newspaper and the approximately 70 other Baninter-owned media. El Caribe is largely supportive, saying that the situation is a legal consequence of the Baninter collapse and has nothing to do with the freedom of the press. Diario Libre …

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In the wake of the takeover, List?n executive editor Miguel Franjul was replaced by 62-year old veteran journalist Ram?n Emilio Herasme Pe?a. At the time of his appointment, Herasme was public relations officer at the Customs Department. Years ago, Herasme was the editor of the defunct La Noticia afternoon newspaper. He began his career in …

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Hoy newspaper reports on the visit of Legal Advisor to the Executive Branch, controversial lawyer Guido G?mez Mazara, to the offices of the List?n Diario at around 10:30am yesterday. G?mez Mazara?s visit timed in shortly before the forceful noontime takeover of the List?n by District Attorney representatives, police and military detachment.  As reported in Hoy, …

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While most of the staff members at List?n Diario have remained to produce the newspaper under the new administration, 19 RNN (Red Nacional de Noticias) news channel employees have quit their posts in protest of the takeover by the Central Bank and the government. RNN is another high-profile asset in the Baninter Group that has …

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Alejandro Grull?n, president of the Grupo Popular, when interviewed yesterday prior to his meeting with President Hip?lito Mej?a at the Presidential Palace, suggested that the government publicize the results of the audits carried out by the Superintendence of Banks and international auditing firms on Baninter. Grull?n told the media he could not give his opinion …

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National Hotel & Restaurant Association (Asonahores) vice president Arturo Villanueva, quoted in Hoy’s financial section, says that the authorities? refusal to accept Euros as payment for tourist cards at the country’s international airports is creating large delays. He called on the taxation authorities to review this rule, in view of the strength of the European …

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The two retired army captains granted political asylum by the Dominican authorities two weeks ago are still waiting for their safe-conduct passes to leave Venezuela. They have been “guests” of the Dominican embassy in Caracas for almost one month now and the two brothers, Alfredo and Ricardo Salazar Boh?rquez, are claiming that they and their …

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Diario Libre concludes its campaign on Sunday’s Ave. Lincoln exhibitionists with the announcement that the mysterious seventh streaker has been named and detained. The police had originally denied the existence of a seventh suspect, but yesterday it was announced that two more youths had been arrested. The sixth had already been named, but for some …

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At the close of this edition around noontime, reports are that the Central Bank implemented its announced takeover of the Listin Diario and RNN, among other media owned by the Baninter group. The newspaper has for years been regarded as the leading newspaper because it receives the most advertising and has the largest paid circulation. …

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