2003 – Page 258

Today 2,351,173 school children returned to their classrooms following the Easter Week holidays. The List?n Diario reports that students at the Universidad del Caribe are facing problems regarding their graduation, however, because the university did not submit their coursework for approval to the Ministry of Higher Education (CONESCYT). The university says the problem will be …

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United States congressional leaders and Dominican businessmen based in the US are scheduled to arrive tomorrow for an official visit with President Hip?lito Mej?a, Dominican legislators and leaders of the business community. The Dominican American National Roundtable released the agenda for the group?s activities. Henry Hayde the head of the International Relations Committee of the …

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For three weeks, visiting spider researchers David Penny and Daniel P?rez-Gelabert studied the fossil collection at the Puerto Plata Amber Museum and the Santo Domingo World Amber Museum. Penny is a researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester, and Perez-Gelkabert is a research associate at the National Museum of Natural …

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Many fewer tragedies for Easter 2003 are reported. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) says that 25 Dominicans died during Easter week?s peak period, from Thursday to Sunday ? a figure considerably lower than last year?s death toll of 47. In 2001, there were 31 deaths and in 2000, 34, as reported in Diario Libre. …

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The police say that a family feud is the reason for the shooting and murder of Moca?s assistant prosecutor, Oscar Lantigua. Lantigua was shot to death on his farm, as was a 14-year-old youth, Juan de Jes?s Brito, who was in Lantigua?s company at the time of the shooting. Police have implicated five people in …

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Five Dominican stowaways aboard the Well Pescador freight ship, which had departed from the port of Haina Oriental and was en route to Houston, Texas, owe their lives to four dolphins after they were discovered by crewmembers and ejected from the vessel. Christian Encarnaci?n, Jos? Guerrero Marte and Franklyn Rojas say that dolphins escorted them …

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Victor Gulias writes in Hoy newspaper?s Sunday edition on the great mastery President Hip?lito Mej?a has shown as a politician. Guilias describes the President as ?the most powerful man of recent times, only surpassed by Dictator Trujillo?. To substantiate his claim, the author points out that Mej?a dominates the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, has …

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Hoy newspaper reports that from 1994 to 2002, foreign companies have expatriated profits of US$5.25 billion. During the same period, registered foreign investment reached US$6.17 billion. On the same subject, the List?n Diario reports that 79.9% of the profits made in the Dominican Republic by foreign investment companies last year were exported. This situation was …

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Diario Libre reports that the many small commercial malls located throughout Santo Domingo and Santiago are suffering a glut of commercial space, caused by the bankruptcies of many small businesses. Unable to afford the high rents, high maintenance charges, high power bills, and labor costs to include the new social security charges, many businesses are …

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Guy Lodge, who was in charge of installations during the Winnipeg Pan American Games, is expected to form part of a 13-person team that will assist the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. The group will assist with the preparation of the sports installations to meet Pan Am Games standards, logistics, …

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