2004 – Page 43

Carlos Amarante, the director of Migration, said in an interview to Hoy newspaper that there is virtually no border control between Haiti and the DR. Amarante, who spoke in the company of Interior & Police Minister Franklyn Almeyda and National Police Chief Manuel Sanchez Perez, told the newspaper that in real terms, there is no …

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The Senate unanimously approved the second reading on the 30% increase to the minimum wage paid in the public and private sectors. Seventeen of 32 senators present voted for the increase. The bill establishes that government workers receive the increase in January, as the funds are to be allotted in the 2005 National Budget yet …

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The Dream Project has reported on the support of Canada’s ambassador. On Friday, 29 October, Canadian Ambassador Adam Blackwell visited the Dream Project schools in Cabarete to cut the ribbon for the opening of a computer lab. Blackwell was in Puerto Plata for the Canadian Week celebration. According to Patricia Thorndike, the project’s executive director, …

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The Listin Diario highlights today how a booming movie-making industry has taken hold of the Dominican Republic, providing hundreds of new jobs to Dominican technicians, actors, extras and many others. Film producer Agliberto Melendez says that times have changed from the days when he filmed Pasaje de ida, which became the first Dominican film that …

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The winners of the XX Biannual Eduardo Leon Jimenez Art Contest will appear at the Centro Leon on Thursday, 4 November as of 7pm. The contest is the longest-running private art contest in the Caribbean. Participants will have the chance to meet Maritza Alvarez, Robert John Alvarez, Rafael Jacobo de Lemos, Gerard Phillippe Ellis Ruiz, …

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Carlos Dore Cabral, the director of the Department of Information, Analysis and Strategic Planning of the Presidency, highlighted to the press yesterday that new jobs will be created as a result of effective economic policies to overcome the present crisis, not through additional government spending. Dore Cabral said that while the President expressed his interest …

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At a time when the government has reactivated talks about improving the competitiveness of Dominican industries, the Superintendence of Power has announced a 13.6% increase in the electricity tariff applied to industries and commerce. As for residential service, the Superintendence said that households consuming more than 700 kWh would see a 9% rise, but that …

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Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda dissolved the Municipal Police force last Friday and banned its members from using military and police garb and from bearing weapons. Now, the president of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities Fausto Ruiz is disputing this decision and says he will contest the action taken before the Supreme Court of …

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Diario Libre reports today that all nine judges of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) are currently abroad. Luis Arias and Nelson Gomez have gone to observe the US presidential election, while Judges Salvador Ramos and Luis Nelson Pantaleon Gonzalez are in Puerto Rico to observe the election of its governor. Meanwhile, Judges Rafael Diaz Vasquez …

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The most controversial of Dominican priests, Father Rogelio Cruz, sent a document to the press in which he laments that certain Church representatives are more concerned with the privileges associated to the religious institution than with the urgencies of a reign of justice. Without mentioning Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez’s name nor that of …

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