2004 – Page 231

Vice President and former pre-Presidential candidate Milagros Ortiz Bosch has spoken about the internal divisions within the ruling PRD party. She said that the PRD was not promoting the political integration of all the party’s factions, now that the President’s supporters have control of the party presidency and the Presidential candidacy. She felt the 18 …

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Responding to what he called a “smear campaign” by elements in the two main parties, PRSC Presidential candidate Eduardo Estrella denied that he was being manipulated by President Hipolito Mejia and his re-election campaign machine, the PPH. These statements follow suggestions that it was Mejia who encouraged him to seek a meeting with his rival …

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The border crossing at Dajabon was opened briefly in order to permit the local markets to conduct some business. Bilateral trade between Haitians and Dominicans at this frontier town is vital to both sides of the border with food, medicine and clothing being important items of trade. Army General Tulio Reynoso told reporters that after …

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True to their announced plan of action, Haitian rebels under Guy Philippe took the strategic coastal city of Cap-Haitien, where the Listin Diario reports that nine people died in the fighting. The 200-strong rebel forces met with little resistance from the local police. At the same time, rebel forces blocked the shared border on the …

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Armed Forces Minister Lt. General Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez told reporters that the Dominican Republic does not have the infrastructure to support refugee camps for Haitians fleeing the chaos in their country. The general referred to the “famous Plan Exodus” that would have created refugee camps in the country, but which was replaced some years …

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Hoy reported on Saturday that it has neither the time nor the money to review all the photographs on the electoral rolls to weed out duplicates. The chief judge of the Administrative Chamber, Nelson Gomez, told reporters that an audit of the photographic images, something that he himself had requested be done several months ago, …

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EGE-Haina began sending 159,000 barrels of fuel to its generating plants and increased it output by 257 MW over the weekend. EGE-Haina facilities in Barahona, San Pedro de Macoris and Haina all received fuel supplies. Huge tanker trucks were used to dispatch the fuel oil to the various units in order to save time. So …

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The Sunday edition of Hoy carried a small story on its front page of a 50-year lease of the marina at Cayo Levantado and the nearby Hotel Cayacoa to a company called Jampi Investments, SA. The proposal was submitted to Congress by the Executive Branch and includes provisions for remodeling the tourist-based and urban infrastructures …

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The Listin Diario reported on Saturday that it is illegal for any commercial establishment to charge extra for accepting the use of a credit card. “Plastic” is part of the modern scene and universally accepted as a form of payment. Because of this, if any business operator tries to secure an additional fee for its …

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The Census Office finally released some good figures over the weekend and now we know that there are 8.56 million of us on the island. According to HOY, the heaviest concentration of the population is located in Santo Domingo, where there are 2.73 million people. The north-central area is second, with 1.44 million people. Population …

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