2004 – Page 128

The business of procuring visas for travel to Canada is alive and well. In spite of the fact that authorities from Canada and the Dominican Republic have not confirmed whether or not the entity called Global Network Associates has any official endorsement to apply for visas for people wishing to work in Canada, the business …

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Every 24 hours there are nearly 200 cell phones stolen in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) has registered 116,824 stolen cell phones over the past 20 months and 15 days. Today there are 2,321,477 registered cell phones in the Dominican Republic, including digital, analog and stationary units. Both Centennial and Tricom have …

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Thirty-one Cubans, one Dominican and a Jamaican were trying to reach Puerto Rico yesterday when they were stopped by the Dominican Navy. The group was allegedly attempting to board a boat that was to take them to the neighboring island. Navy spokesman Alejandro Liriano told reporters that each of the Cubans had paid US$2,000 for …

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President Mejia arranged yesterday for the government to pay RD$5.14 billion owed by various public institutions to select agricultural producers. Mejia said that in order to pay this debt, a law that was approved last year by the National Congress had to be enacted. This week the agri-producers will begin to receive their due through …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the Free Access to Public Information Law yesterday by a vote of 110?0. The legislation now goes to the Executive Branch for approval and publication, the last steps before becoming the law of the land. The piece was written by PLD senator Jose Tomas Perez (PLD?Santo Domingo) and ascribes to …

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President Hipolito Mejia has forwarded the PLD tax proposal to the lower house of Congress, and, of course, all the interested parties have begun to emit opinions. The Listin Diario reported that Mejia submitted the new tax legislation that will modify the Tax Code, the taxes on luxury dwellings and urban lots, inheritances, donations and …

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There appears to be a cycle of implausible projects in the works that, if realized, would provide jobs and wealth for many Dominicans. The recent series of articles that have been appearing in El Caribe tell of a supposed group of patrons that will convert the central mountain area into a paradise, providing just one …

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Representatives of the agri-business sector are worried they might have been tricked by the recent free trade negotiations with the United States. According to Mario Mendez, the economic editor of Hoy, they feel this way because before and after the talks were finished, the negotiation team gave assurances that the DR?s agri-business sector would be …

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Back in April, DR1 News reported that the Dominican Republic would hand over 15 of its citizens for extradition to the United States under the existing agreements between the two countries. This was on 11 April. The largest group ever to be extradited is still being held in a special cell in the Najayo Prison. …

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Yet another tragedy on the high seas between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico took the lives of at least one person, leaving another 18 people missing, according to US Coast Guard reports. The small craft sank 5km off the tiny island of Desecheo in the Mona Passage, 21km from the coast of Mayaguez, Puerto …

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