2004 – Page 79

President Leonel Fernandez acknowledged “the intense wave of crime” that has shaken the DR recently, but gave a vote of confidence to the actions of the National Police and its chief, Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez. He felt their responses to recent events gave a clear indication of the new authorities’ attitude towards …

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The chief of police has ordered the arrest of the entire detachment of the force that was located at the La Avanzada station near San Isidro. The story begins with Cinthia Arlene Perez Suarez and her two adolescent girls, who were kidnapped as they waited for a taxi in front of Multicentro Churchill and brought …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito placed retired Colonel Pedro Julio “Pepe” Goico on the list of individuals barred from leaving Dominican territory. Goico, however, is already in Paris, according to reports, from where he will travel to Madrid, supposedly to study. Goico left the country last Sunday on Air France flight 495. The departure of …

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Although the Dominican sugar producers are satisfied with the measure, the Senate is still the scene of embittered debates over the proposed 25% tax on imported corn syrup. On one hand, various local industries that use sweeteners in their products are anxious to acquire the syrup tax free, and the US embassy has repeatedly requested …

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The Senate postponed the second reading of the tax reform proposals to allow the PRD party to regroup its members, who have been divided over the controversial tax on imported corn syrup. Andres Bautista, the Senate president, told Hoy reporters that the first vote on the bill, which contained the 25% tax on corn syrup, …

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The director of the Energy Institute at the UASD university warned that unless the contracts for buying and selling energy are revised and renegotiated, all the money invested in the sector will go down the drain and the blackouts will continue. Jose Luis Moreno said that government intervention in the electrical distribution in the east …

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As the rum and beer companies tussle over their market shares, trying to gain a bigger piece of the pie at the expense of the other, their strategies are including lower prices for their products. The fight has spilled over into Congress and the new fiscal package debates, with each sector presenting its case to …

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President Leonel Fernandez will go on an eight-day tour of the United States starting Saturday, 19 September and ending on Sunday, 26 September. Fernandez plans to visit the cities of New York and Chicago, among others, on what will be his first trip to the US during this new administration, and his second trip abroad. …

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The Stevens Institute of Technology, based in Hoboken, New Jersey, Coralina Group Technologies and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PCUMM) of Santo Domingo today announced joint plans to establish a new institute featuring educational and research programs designed to help the Dominican Republic meet its objectives for industrial job creation. The new entity, …

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The Senate approved a first reading of the fiscal reform bill, choosing not to make any change and retain the 25% surcharge on corn syrup imports. The surcharge has been the subject of debate by the US Trade Representative Office, who stated that such a feature would contradict agreements reached for the DR-CAFTA that was …

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