2004 – Page 116

Since newspapers do not live on bad news alone, the writer of the ?Que se dice? (?What?s Being Said?) column says that it was a true pleasure to hear the news from the District Attorney for Santo Domingo that fourteen metallurgical and hardware businessmen had been arraigned on charges of stealing and selling electricity and …

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From her bed in the Center for Plastic Surgery and Specialists, Larissa del Mar (Larimar) Fiallo, told of her encounter yesterday with two alleged would-be kidnappers. Fiallo has accused the watchman stationed in the parking garage of Plaza Lama of having collaborated with her attackers. She told reporters that she clearly saw that the guard …

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Santiago de los Caballeros caught the backlash of a tropical low over Haiti that dumped torrential rainfall on the city and the surrounding countryside yesterday afternoon. La Infornacion newspaper reports that at least one person is missing and two more reported injured in the events directly related to the rainstorm, which neared tornado proportions. Every …

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The current scarcity of propane gas was much alleviated yesterday in Santo Domingo once the tank trucks started to roll. Reports still told, however, of many service stations without diesel or gasoline fuels for sale. A press release from the DR?s refinery said the company was meeting more than the 60% of demand they usually …

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The powerful Leon Jimenes Group spoke before the Finance Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and the response has been fairly unanimous: Good thinking! The Listin Diario says the proposal had garnered large support in Congress and its straightforward solutions to many of the current fiscal and social problems are being seen as viable. Senate …

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Among the revised proposals for the tax reform that is being hammered out in the Chamber of Deputies is the idea of implementing a 0.15% tax on all credit card transactions. According to the Listin Diario, this step is being considered with the consent of the ABA, the Dominican Banking Association, as a substitute for …

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This news item does not refer to the dreaded ?body odor? of the old Lifebuoy ads, but rather to the new, but equally dreaded, form of BO: the blackouts that are punishing the entire nation. In Santo Domingo, the commercial malls are particularly weighed down by million-peso electric bills for service that barely exists and …

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The president of the American Chamber of Commerce, Jorge Ivan Ramirez, urged the Dominican government to ?act with caution? in its efforts to solve the current energy crisis. Speaking at the group?s monthly luncheon, Ramirez said the low collection rates of the electric distributors have directly contributed to the lack of financial liquidity that is …

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The Santiago Chamber of Commerce and Production called for the use of mourning symbols as acknowledgement of the death of the national electric system. Chamber president Luis Jose Bonilla Bojos told the editor of Santiago?s La Informacion that the Chamber appreciated the editorial support it received for its position regarding the crisis. He added that …

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Certain pharmaceuticals from Schering-Plough, Novartis, AstraZeneca and others have seen price reductions from 12% to 40% over the past few days. Journalist Daryelin Torres reported for El Caribe that popular anti-allergy medicines such as Clarityn, analgesics like Cataflan, and erectile dysfunction medicines like Viagra have all dropped in price. So have certain cancer drugs, medicines …

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