2004 – Page 173

The PLD in a press conference yesterday requested that the voter lists be provided to the parties prior to the election so that they may be assured these lists match the one in the possession of the JCE. ?With the corresponding verifications it would be proven that there will not be any irregularities concerning the …

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The municipal council for the National District (Santo Domingo) has pledged a long and hard fight to keep the city free of political paraphernalia that sprout up like mushrooms. Against all odds, the city has managed to do what it set out to do and what no other city government was capable of. The local …

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President Hipolito Mejia has decreed an extended holiday in the DR, lasting from 12pm on Saturday, 15 May, until 6am on Monday, 17 May. Decree 420-04 justifies the decision on the grounds that many Dominicans must to travel to their hometowns to vote. Mejia also authorized free transportation on OMSA public buses on the 15 …

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Speaking at the PUCMM National Dialogue Forum, as televised by Channel 37 from the school?s auditorium yesterday, PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez said that education would be the top priority in a government of his. He spoke about combating the digital divide and training for teachers. He said he would import teachers from Spain, Colombia and …

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With an accumulated deficit of approximately RD$70 billion, the Central Bank registered operational losses of RD$4.527 billion in the first quarter of 2004, which, in turn, increased the quasi-fiscal deficit that was stated to be RD$69.268 billion in March of this year. As reported in El Caribe, internal financing increased by 3,000%. At the end …

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El Caribe newspaper today reports that government revenues for the first quarter of the year were 13.7% more than budgeted from January to April. For the period, the government received RD$45.23 billion, but had estimated revenues of RD$39.76 billion. Of the amount, RD$38.14 billion corresponded to taxes, while RD$3.6 billion was derived from foreign financing.

According to the economic editor of the newspaper Hoy, the rising price of petroleum could have a negative effect on the Dominican economic recovery. According to the businesspeople and economists surveyed, the higher oil prices would affect the balance of payments and reduce the capacity of the country to increase its international reserves of hard …

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The Central Bank has reacted to the need to reduce money in circulation as well as the early withdrawal of its certificates by upping their interest rate to 60%. The stampede that was observed last week as people sought to cash in their certificates revealed the darker side of the open market at the Central …

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Most of us enjoy watching the sport of baseball, which is not only the national pastime of the Dominican Republic but also the source of immense wealth for many players from the poorest areas of the country. That is the pretty side of the game. Today?s Hoy reveals, however, the continuing ugly face of the …

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President Hipolito Mejia was on hand to personally greet 260 of the 303 soldiers and police returning from Iraq as part of the Quisqueya II Task Force of the Plus Ultra Brigade that had been under Spanish command. The troops arrived on a special Air Europa flight, which came from Kuwait and had made a …

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