2004 – Page 49

The National District’s Court of Appeals has repealed a judge’s order that had confined certain ex-police officers to their residential areas for the duration of the investigation into the illicit distribution of recovered stolen vehicles, as reported in Hoy. The order of Judge Daira Medina also impeded the officers from leaving the country, a decision …

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Bishop Nicanor Pena rushed home from a trip to the United States to address the newest scandal involving the girls’ orphanage La Ciudad de los Ninos San Francisco Javier, which operates under the World Solidarity Missions and the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of La Altagracia. The scandal revolves around 13 minors who were allegedly raped …

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Expect traffic to come to a full stop in Santo Domingo tonight at around 8pm, when the Major League Baseball championship teams meet for Game 3 at St Louis’s Busch Stadium. Dominican Pedro Martinez will pitch for the Boston Red Sox against former teammate Jeff Suppan, who had been on Boston’s roster for last year’s …

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The International Monetary Fund wants the Dominican Republic to reduce its spending, strengthen the Central Bank and sell off the assets of the collapsed banks. According to El Caribe, Jose Fajgenbaum, the sub-director for the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, recommended an even greater reduction of government expenditures. Regarding the stalled Stand By Accord that is …

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Miguel Cocco, the head of the Customs Department, told reporters that during the previous administration over RD$100 billion in import taxes went unpaid to the government. Cocco announced that over the past two weeks his office had recovered RD$400 million in re-evaluated custom duties for 23 different commercial establishments, Plaza Lama being one of them. …

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The fuel bill for the Dominican Republic was in the news this week, as Venezuela announced its plan to finance up to 25% of the Dominican oil imports. Nevertheless, economist Ramon Flores points out that the oil bills for the country have increased by 208% over the past eight years. In his opinion, the DR …

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Forest cultivation in the Dominican Republic has grown 7.9% in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period in 2003, according to Central Bank data. As reported in the Listin Diario, these numbers are great, when taking into account the fact that annual demand for wood normally grows by a much …

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The salaries for employees in the tourism and construction sectors were not included in the recent minimum wage scales announced last week. Gloria Henriquez, the commission president, told Diario Libre reporters that the salaries for these two key sectors would be reviewed this week. The industrial free zones already have a wage agreement that was …

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Events surrounding the managerial transfer of the Hotel Jaragua, which went from the Transamerican Hotel & Casino to the Marriott company, was done without the legal consent of the property owner, the Dominican state. This deal violated the lease contract and caused the Dominican government to lose millions, according to a report from the Hotel …

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The Superior Police Council, the highest administrative organism of the National Police body, voted to fire 118 policemen, including nine officers. Many of those involved had police records before joining the force. As reported by the Listin Diario, one of the council’s resolutions was an agreement to request that the Executive Branch dismiss the nine …

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