2005 – Page 16

The head of the Customs Office, Miguel Cocco, has announced that the government is going to allow Dominicans resident overseas who are visiting the country for the holiday season to bring US$1500 worth of merchandise into the country duty-free, until 7 January 2006. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Customs offices at …

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The government has infrastructure obligations all over the country that amount to RD$75 billion, scheduled to be carried out over the next three years. A total of 74% of the projects are outside of the National District and the province of Santo Domingo. The director of the office that supervises state projects (OISOE), Felix Bautista, …

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While the news of the existence of over one thousand vehicles parked on the country’s docksides and impounded because they are over five years old, is not new, the announcement that the Director General of Customs will auction off the vehicles if they are not sent out of the country within 30 days, is. El …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito announced yesterday that he was sending the files relating to the alleged fraud at the Naval Yard in Las Calderas, Bani, to the DEPRECO office. The case involves some RD$232 million and came to light during an audit by the General Accounting Office. Dominguez Brito warned that if DEPRECO can …

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Last night the Azucareros from La Romana shut out the Leones de Escogido 2-0, with outstanding pitching from Edison Volquez who allowed just three hits over five innings. With the victory, the Azucareros have extended their winning streak to four games and displaced the Leones from third spot in the standings. In other action the …

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The current issue of French magazine L’Essentiel des Relations Internationales will be launched at a public function this evening at 7:00 pm at the Eduardo Latorre School of Diplomacy. Diario Libre reports that the activity will be led by Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who will be accompanied by the Dominican Ambassador to France, …

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This afternoon, the Senate will place the controversial and much-debated tax reform bill on its agenda to begin discussion of the legislation. A Chamber of Deputies press release reports that the bill was being sent to the Senate today. El Caribe reports that discussion of the bill in the Senate could be postponed if it …

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Fraud against the Dominican state was detected by the General Accounting Department in a contract for the repair and operation of the naval shipyard at Las Calderas, Bani. The case, which was sent to the Attorney General’s Department, involves three companies contracted for the repair and operation of the DF-1 floating dock at Las Calderas …

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Yesterday, Public Works Minister Freddy Perez said the government would be developing 65 infrastructure projects in different parts of the country until August 2006 with a total investment of RD$1.962 billion. They include the construction and reconstruction of roads, bridges, schools, and street repairs in neighborhoods of Santo Domingo, as reported by Listin Diario. President …

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Former Attorney General, Victor Cespedes, who served under the Hipolito Mejia administration, has been indicted together with a group of people by District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez, who accuses them of bribery, prevarication, criminal association, and fraud against a group of inmates who were promised Presidential pardons to be released from prison in exchange for …

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