2004 – Page 6

Diario Libre’s popular back-page editorial, De buena tinta, asks today why so many eyeglasses were needed to see what was so obvious? The writer is referring to the drug smuggling case involving Quirino Paulino Castillo. He says that the DR is an interesting country, where people see the foam but not the chocolate. He comments …

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At least a dozen houses have fallen into the ravine that follows the Luperon Touristic Highway between Santiago and Puerto Plata. Several more structures are also damaged and threatened by more landslides, with hundreds at risk for possible disaster. The area known as La Cumbre, the highest point along the highway that marks the division …

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DR1 Daily News yesterday pointed out the dangers of fireworks and their proliferation in the streets of most of the cities, especially Santo Domingo, during this holiday season. No sooner had the news brief been circulated than one of the kiosks dedicated to the sale of fireworks along 27 February Avenue in Ensanche Quisqueya was …

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Santiago, home base of league leading Aguilas Cibaenas, received a Christmas gift in the form of Baltimore Orioles slugger Miguel Tejada, Montreal Expos third baseman Tony Batista and St Louis Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez, who will take to the field in the last week of the regular season. They will be there to match the …

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According to Hoy newspaper, a judge has ordered three of those apprehended in Saturday’s RD$900-million drug bust to remain in custody. Former army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo and his wife Belkis Elizabeth Ubri Medrano were arrested in Santo Domingo, while National Police Lieutenant Colonel Lidio Arturo Terrero Nin and civilian Tirso Cuevas Nin were …

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Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, 44, was well known to the DNCD (Dominican DEA), who had him pegged as one of the major drug traffickers in the Dominican Republic. In spite of this, he was admitted into service with the National Army with the rank of lieutenant. Hoy newspaper’s sources told them that on 3 January …

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The recent arrests of numerous military and police figures, as well as press reports on the incident, have prompted the Association of the Industrial Free Zone of Santiago to publish a statement in today’s newspapers. The association wants to know the name of the “business in a Santiago Free Zone” that was published as part …

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Every year at this time DR1 News is forced to report on the danger of children and adolescents handling fireworks. Now, according to the Listin Diario, pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons are asking parents to keep a closer eye on their children. Prevention is much easier than are the treatments for burns or the amputations caused …

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GlobalMed Technologies is suing the Ministry of Public Health and the National Council on Bioethics over the closure of their experimental procedures in their search for a cure for AIDS and HIV. Judge Marilyn Musa Valerio chose to wait until both sides had presented the documents to support their cases. Dr Danilo Fernandez, the chief …

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In spite of the government’s attempts to start up the Family Health Plan in October of 2005, funding for public health will account for only 1.48% of the GDP in the year’s budget, one of the lowest levels since 1998. El Caribe says that after a slow but steady increase in funding that nearly hit …

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