2005 – Page 112

EFE press agency reports that over the weekend, 1,012 Haitians were deported from the DR after being arrested in the provinces of Santiago, La Vega, Puerto Plata, and other areas in the northwestern region of the country. According to regional Immigration Department spokesman Arcadio Rojas, this is part of an operation launched by immigration authorities …

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According to the Associated Press, 116 illegal Dominican immigrants were intercepted on a fragile boat off the northwestern coast of Puerto Rico. The group – composed of 95 men and 21 women – was trying to reach the beach on a wooden, 9.8 meter boat with an engine, according to coast guard spokesman Eric Willis. …

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Listin Diario reports that according to the Director of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Ivan Pena Castillo, the case involving former captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo is considered the sixth most important drug trafficking case worldwide, because of its transcendence and the involvement of people from five different countries. Pena Castillo’s statements are part …

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DR1 Daily News will not be published on Monday, 15 August, a holiday in the Dominican Republic. The holiday commemorates Restoration Day, or the day independence from Spain was restored in the Dominican Republic. This year the holiday actually falls on a Tuesday, but is celebrated on the Monday. News for the weekend and Monday …

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The President of the National Private Business Council (CONEP), Elena Viyella de Paliza, believes that the proposed tax reform agreed between the business sector and the government will favor the poor as it will not lead to price increases in basic foodstuffs and medicines. She stated that the elimination of the exchange rate commission would …

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Lawmakers from all political parties represented in Congress have expressed their opposition to the new tax reform that includes a 16% VAT (ITBIS) on basic foodstuffs currently exempt from the tax, as reported in El Caribe. Senator Jose Tomas Perez (PLD) said that the part of the agreement that taxes products such as oil, sugar …

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The local representative of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), Moises Pineda, highlighted the Dominican Republic’s capacity for economic recovery, saying that this is something that is lacking in other countries, and stated that the GNP is expected to close this year with a growth rate of 4%. Listin Diario reports that Pineda stated that …

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The Minister of Foreign Relations, Carlos Morales Troncoso, has announced that in accordance with diplomatic procedures, he has submitted a complaint to the French Embassy on behalf of Supreme Court president Jorge Subero Isa, for the alleged interference of Ambassador Jean-Claude Moyret in the Dominican Judicial Branch’s internal affairs. Subero Isa had complained about the …

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President Leonel Fernandez stated last night that one of the main causes for the power outages is that influential business sectors don’t pay for the electricity they use. The President said, that in other words, they are “stealing” the electricity. Fernandez declared that in the past, the government thought it was the poor who did …

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The Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Zones, favors the ratification of the DR-CAFTA agreement, which it considers a tool for the country’s economic development. El Caribe reports that Commission President Alejandro Santos explained that the favorable report on the FTA would be presented to the Senate during its next session, after 16 August, …

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