2005 – Page 161

A high-ranking mission from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development will be visiting from 13-18 June for inter-governmental talks on Dominican-German cooperation into 2008. The mission resumes negotiations that took place in Spring 2003. Heading the delegation is Heinrich Dehn, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation’s director for Central America and the Caribbean …

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The government announced an investment of RD$2.5 billion in the so-called modernization of the state university, UASD. Shortly after taking office, the Ministry of Public Works announced the controversial refurbishment of the newly inaugurated UASD library, with works which included replacing the ceramic floors with marble. Now, the government announces that a nine-story building with …

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When earlier this week Public Works Minister Freddy Perez became the first citizen to renew his driver’s license in just 25 minutes, the press announced the timesaving as one of the main reasons behind the government’s major investment in hiring the DeKolor company, without holding a tender. But, as El Caribe reports in its Friday …

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Supreme Court of Justice Penal Chamber has issued arrest warrants for 14 individuals requested for extradition by the US authorities. As reported in El Caribe, these are Juan Samuel Rodriguez, Felix Madera Rodriguez, Arismendy Tavarez, Manuel Castillo, Carlos Villavizar Guzman, Juan Cruz Crisostomo, Marcos Taveras Jimenez, Richard Mejia Pena, Miguel Angel Minier Eusebio and Francisco …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito promised to study documents presented by lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo that allegedly link senator Hernani Salazar and former President Hipolito Mejia with extradited Quirino Paulino Castillo, accused in the US of drug trafficking. Castillo’s legal counsel has shared the documents that could be used in the case underway in the …

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Hoy newspaper focuses today on the increase in Haitian children begging on the streets of Santiago. The newspaper reports that the children are sent to main city intersections, primarily in Santiago, to carry out their work as beggars. The vehicles that transport them to these points later return to pick them up. The business of …

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With over 1.2 million members, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is celebrating its XXIII Ordinary Convention this Sunday, an event during which more than 75,000 party posts will be chosen at national, provincial, municipal and zonal levels, as well as others abroad. The most heatedly contested election is for the post of party president, with …

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US citizens living in La Romana should take advantage of the visit of the US consular citizen section officers to that city to assist US residents with registering their children born in the DR, renewing or securing passports, or other services. The operation is scheduled for Friday, 17 June.

The Dominican Republic has come third in the III Dominoes World Championship held in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico between 29 May and 2 June. Jacobo Herrera and Radhames Rodriguez of the DR competed against 100 doubles from all over the world. Radhames Rodriguez won third place in the individual category. First place went to Mexico …

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The Fourth Panamerican Volleyball Cup opens in Santo Domingo today, at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center’s Volleyball Pavilion. Rounds will take place between 10-18 June and the best of the Americas will vie for positions to compete in the upcoming World Grand Prix in 2006 to be held in Germany, Italy and Japan. Twelve …

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