2005 – Page 116

Former Haitian consul in the DR Edwin Paraisson has commended the decision by the authorities to pick up women begging with children on city streets and deliver them to the Haitian consular authorities in the country, as reported in Hoy newspaper. Nevertheless, Paraisson said that the authorities should identify who is behind that situation. He …

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Jacinto Ayala, winner of two gold and two silver medals in the recently concluded Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships made the time to qualify for competing in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He clocked up a time of 23:32 in the 50m freestyle race, breaking the record of 23:67 held by Francisco Sanchez since …

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Dominican long distance swimmer Marcos Diaz has accomplished his goal of breaking the round trip record for crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, and setting a new record for swimming between continents, Europe to Africa. The 31 year old swimmer is a two-time winner of the Toroneos Gulf Crossing (Greece), and last year he swam across …

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The International Theater Festival will be held in Santo Domingo again this year, and the event is programmed for 10-20 November. It will bring a selection of the best of international theater from Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Hungary, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Israel and several Asian countries. The event is …

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President Leonel Fernandez, after acknowledging the dubious reputation of the Westmont Power Company, has told his people to reject the offer for the two 600-megawatt coal-fired generators. He also ordered that any future generation facility should be put out to public and international bids. The President announced this decision at a meeting held with the …

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The Gallup-Hoy poll taken just one week ago shows that inflation, crime and blackouts are the major problems facing the nation. Gallup Dominicana carried out the survey for Hoy newspaper. According to the interviews most of the population felt that the economy was either bad or very bad. Only 12% felt that the economy was …

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The Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has accused the rich nations of the world of avoiding their responsibilities in the search for a solution to the Haitian situation. On the other hand, Morales says, these very nations are leaving the Dominican Republic to bear burden by itself. Morales defined the Haitian crisis as the …

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The director of Migration, Carlos Amarante Baret said that 95% of the jobs in the construction and agriculture sector are held by Haitians. He said that employers have favored illegal Haitian workers because on many occasions they do not have to pay them the benefits they would have to pay Dominican nationals. Interviewed by a …

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The Enlarged Commission of the National Dialogue, whose role is to produce a consensus of opinion regarding the pending tax reforms, will convene this coming Wednesday at the behest of Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, regarded as the nation’s leading arbiter. The cleric will send the document to the National Congress, as required by his role …

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The Central Electoral Board will begin the process of computerizing the Civil Registry system next 16 August with a survey of the available information that will be carried out in conjunction with the Society of Caribbean Engineers, one of the three companies contracted for this work. JCE president Luis Arias explained that the work would …

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