2004 – Page 99

Felix ?Super? Sanchez took part in the qualifying heats for the 400-meter hurdle event today, in which he earned a time of 48:51. This time secures him a spot in tomorrow?s semi-finals. He is the best Dominican hope for a medal, and perhaps the favorite in his event. The finals for this event are due …

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Supreme Court head Judge Jorge Subero Isa viewed the appointment of Francisco Dominguez Brito as Attorney General as a positive factor in the launch of a judicial reform. He spoke during a meeting at his office with Dominguez Brito and deputy attorney generals Servio Tulio Castanos and Pedro Feliz. The new judicial officers discussed the …

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President Leonel Fernandez named Domingo Enrique Martinez Reyes as executive director of the State Sugar Council (CEA). Others appointments included Cesar Lopez as administrator of the government-run cafeterias (comedores economicos); Jose Feliz, as president of the Institute for Development and Cooperative Credit (IDECOOP); Bienvenido Perez (the former consul in New York) as minister sans portfolio; …

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President Leonel Fernandez retired almost 100 generals, of the army, navy and air force by different decrees yesterday. Heading the list are former Minister of the Armed Forces Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, and former chiefs of the Navy, Army and Air Force, Euripides Uribe Peguero, Jorge Zorrilla Ozuna and Virgilio Sierra Perez, respectively. Others to …

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The new chief of police, Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez, visited the offices of the Listin Diario yesterday, which publication carries his profile today. The major general, according to the summary, was born in Higuey on 24 December 1959 and entered the National Police in 1979. He graduated in law from the UASD …

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The Customs Department has sent out notification to those beneficiaries of vehicular tax exemptions during the Mejia administration to visit the department to pay the corresponding taxes on the vehicles. The department says the tax exonerations that were issued in violation to tax laws in effect have definitely affected government revenues and were granted with …

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More than 300,000 users of the governmental OMSA bus service are having a harder time finding transport lately. Listin Diario reports that the main reason is that the department does not have money for fuel and no credit from suppliers. President Fernandez has not yet appointed a replacement for Diogenes Castillo, the director of OMSA. …

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Superintendent of Electricity Francisco Mendez said the government plans to renegotiate the buy and sell contracts that resulted from the Madrid Accord and established prices for the long term that are not market or competition driven. As reported in the Listin Diario, he said the Madrid Accord violates the Electricity Law. Another priority, he said, …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a first reading on the tax reform bill and then sent it to a special commission presided over by Marino Collante of the PRSC for further study. 120 deputies of 150 voted in favor. Diario Libre attributes the fact that PRD deputies had requested that the bill be delayed as …

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The peso, for the first time in recent memory, appreciated to the RD$40-to-US$1 mark, given the abounding positive expectations as the Fernandez government takes control. As of yesterday, the US currency was being bought for RD$39.48, after having peaked at a rate of RD$54 to US$1 during the Mejia administration. In the past two months, …

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