2004 – Page 20

The Frontier Development Department (DGDF) has begun the repairs and construction of airports that either existed previously or have been planned for the area along the Haitian border. According to El Caribe, the government has set aside RD$3.5 million to refurbish the local airports at Elias Pina, Montecristi, Dajabon and Pedernales. Although the project started …

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Dominican society may have to receive eight sex offenders who were rounded up in New York City and are currently awaiting their deportation hearings. El Caribe says the eight were arrested during “Operation Predator” and, according to the paper, had been sentenced to serve time and were free on bail at the time of their …

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The D’La Mona Plaza is generating a lot of speculation among readers of the Diario Libre, says the newspaper. According to its report yesterday, unknown investors, possibly from Puerto Rico, were planning to build a plaza on a small island located in the Mona Passage, the channel of water that divides Puerto Rico and the …

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The use of mosquito repellent containing DEET is recommended for travelers to the Punta Cana area, especially after two cases of malaria have been detected in US tourists returning from this tourist area. There have not been reports of malaria affecting tourists visiting other areas of the Dominican Republic. The Center for Disease Control of …

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President Leonel Fernandez visited the naval yards at Las Calderas, near the southwestern city of Bani yesterday and came away impressed with the operations there. So much so, in fact, that he suggested that the shipyard construct oil tankers to reduce the cost of shipping fuel to the Dominican Refinery. The President made the visit …

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The State Sugar Council (CEA) has given the Hernandez Paulino construction firm until Monday to return possession of millions of square meters of land to them or else! The construction company has been given two choices: either pay the going price for the land or return it. The CEA executive, Domingo Enrique Martinez is talking …

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No child shall be discriminated against or prevented from attending school because of being HIV positive, and an investigation will be carried out within the public school system to see whether there have been any cases of such discrimination. Education Minister Alejandrina German made these remarks as part of the ministerial activities to commemorate World …

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Operation Cowboy has begun to attempt to halt the cattle rustling along the border with Haiti. Supported by six helicopters and a large quantity of all-terrain vehicles, hundreds of soldiers scouted the area along the Haitian frontier looking for drugs, stolen vehicles and rustled cattle. El Caribe reports that Major General Jose Ricardo Estrella and …

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“This is not the time for strikes or for salary increases,” says Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, who declined to mediate the wage conflict between the Dominican Medical College (CMD) and the Ministry of Public Health. Hoy reports that the CMD has announced another three-day strike of the 147 public hospitals and clinics, as …

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The sharp appreciation of the peso has benefited the government in that it needs less pesos to pay the foreign debt. But on the other hand, the government is receiving less revenues since imports values have dropped. Hoy newspaper says that the difference in tax collections is due to the fact that in August imports …

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