2005 – Page 129

President Leonel Fernandez decided to sign up as candidate for president of the PLD after leading a 4-hour meeting with the other members of the Political Committee, as reported in Diario Libre. After the meeting, Electoral Commission coordinator Cristina Lizardo explained that they had decided to ratify the results of internal elections in 25 provinces. …

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Taiwan is worried about its diplomatic relations with Panama and the DR, two countries that have not invited President Chen Shui-bian during his tour of Latin America next month, according to the Taiwanese “United Daily News”. Chen is planning to visit the region to attend the Taiwan-Central American summit that takes place every two years …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has ordered the arrest of former banker Leonel Almonte on the grounds that bail issued by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals in Santiago is overdue. Almonte is accused of fraud amounting to RD$145 million against a group of clients of the bankrupt Banco Universal. He was also …

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District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero has warned that he will request the extradition of former colonel Pedro Julio “Pepe” Goico Guerrero, so that he may explain his dealings as security assistant to former president Hipolito Mejia, with Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, whom he allegedly protected. Paulino Castillo was extradited to the US to face …

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Robert De Niro is in the Dominican Republic today and tomorrow to supervise decisions being taken to prepare for the filming of The Good Shepherd during the last week of October 2005. Directed by Robert De Niro, the film is a mystery/romance drama thriller. The plot tells the history of over 40 years in the …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, burdened with RD$139 billion pesos in savings certificates, has announced a sale of 61 properties valued at US$50 million and RD$18 billion. The list was published in newspapers yesterday. The fifty million dollar property is the former Baninter tower, 21 floors of office space located on Lope de …

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As part of the continuing dialogue on just what to do about the inevitable tax reform the government seeks to compensate for import tax reductions as a consequence of the free trade agreement (DR-CAFTA) and the IMF accord, one of the latest proposals was offered by the Caribbean Economic Research Center and the Father Juan …

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While there is optimism, there is also dissent and time is running out, but the government is confident that it will be able to place the necessary legislation before Congress. According to El Caribe, the government is trying to achieve a tax reform that will satisfy all economic sectors, but the differing proposals and the …

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A series of public figures are questioning the announcement of a national census of all foreigners residing in the Dominican Republic. Rafael Flores Estrella, Leopoldo Espaillat Nanita and deputy Pelegrin Castillo have all asked for stricter controls at the border, the airports and the ports in order for the census to be effective. The politicians …

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In what is being called the “naked truth” about the Police, the findings of the Plan for Democratic Security put the force’s image at an all-time low. It emerges out as a poorly trained and corrupt institution that patrols streets at random, without any maps to guide them and locate the higher risk areas. Police …

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