2004 – Page 73

At the point where the bridge over the Chavon dam once stood, the government and the private sector have facilitated a pedestrian crossing to be used while the bridge is being restored. The government has said that a temporary bridge over the Chavon dam will be in place within 10 days, while the permanent structure …

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Spokesmen for the Chamber of Dominican Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (CADOAR) told Hoy newspaper that the country stands to receive around US$700 million in insurance claim reimbursements following Hurricane Jeanne. Juan Garrigo, president of the CADOAR, said that more than RD$1 billion in claims were filed, however. On the positive side, he said the claims …

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Rafael Molina Morillo, the current editor of El Dia newspaper and a long-standing advocate for freedom of the press issues through the InterAmerican Press Association, has requested that the Ministry of Interior & Police, the government body that oversees the National Police in the Dominican Republic, release the names of National Police agents who benefited …

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DR1 will not be updated tomorrow, Friday, 24 September on occasion of the national holiday that pays homage to the Virgin Mercedes. Headline news will be compiled for the Monday, 27 September issue. Readers can always refer to the DR1 Forums for updated information. These are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. …

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The Ministry of Public Works has resumed the construction of the Avenida Circunvalacion Norte, the highway that would detour traffic headed north from the city center of Santiago. The highway would cut traveling time to Puerto Plata, for instance, by at half an hour at peak traffic times. Once completed, the trip to Puerto Plata …

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Different newspapers mean different takes on the current debates in the Senate. The tax reform package ? an supposedly “urgent” measure ? has been stuck in Congress for nearly two months and, just recently, the PRD senators tacked on a new tax on imported High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), a move that was advanced by …

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa told his audience that the new penal code that enters into effect this Monday (27 September) will revolutionize the justice system in the Dominican Republic. He categorically discarded the idea that the new code favors delinquents, who, he said, “are favored by a lack of jobs and opportunities, …

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Ruben Montas, the official spokesperson for the electric sector, told reporters that the government had paid US$10 million to the electricity generators for them to purchase fuel for their equipment. Montas announced that over the next few months until December the government will disburse US$10 million a month to each of the generators to help …

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A large area of Santo Domingo was without running water yesterday and the pervasive blackouts kept many people across the entire country without electricity for 20 consecutive hours. Generation stood at a mere 575 MW in the fact of the 1,700 MW demand. Hoy reports that for most of yesterday production met only one-third of …

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Aristides Fernandez Zucco, the president of the Dominican Refinery (REFIDOMSA), guaranteed yesterday that a solution to the national propane supply problems was forthcoming. Fernandez Zucco said he had begun working on a plan that would increase the refinery’s storage capacity, on the one hand, and provide more equipment to dispatch propane, on the other. At …

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