2004News

Techie stuff

Two high-tech items did capture the country’s interest this past weekend. Hoy carried a full-page article on computer viruses, especially in relation to the NT Authority virus. The article carries excellent information on how to successfully fight this virus, which likes to attack users of Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems. Even more exciting for …
2004News

Back to work

El Caribe reports that President Hipolito Mejia has called for an additional legislative session to hear the controversial Ley de Lemas proposal and “seven or eight other laws,” including one on banking risks. Tirso Mejia Ricart told reporters that the party commission charged with writing the proposed law had finished its work and that President …
2004News

Editorials

The lead editorial in El Caribe, as well as the commentaries of economists Bernardo Vega and Frederic Emam-Zade, takes on the upcoming negotiations with Robert Zoellick’s team of trade negotiators. El Caribe warns the Dominican negotiators to be careful and, hopefully, fulfill the expectations that have been placed on the possible Free Trade Agreement. Vega, …
2004News

Who?

Three virtual political unknowns have signed up as candidates to run against Hipolito Mejia. The candidacies are needed in order to make legitimate the PRD primary called by the PPH faction of the PRD for 18 January. Other leading PRD pre candidates have said they will not run against President Hipolito Mejia in a primary, …