2005 – Page 163

Last night, Alex Rodriguez hit homeruns numbers 399 and 400, becoming the youngest major league player to reach this number. It all happened during an inter-league game between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers which the Yankees won 12 to 3. Alex made it to the 400 club at 29 years and 315 …

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In a lightening-fast one hour visit, the Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister Celso Luiz Amorim met with President Fernandez in Santo Domingo to explore the possible sale of Super Tucano warplanes for the Dominican air force, a private presidential executive jet and a facility to produce ethanol, as reported in El Caribe. Amorim stopped in the …

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The Department for the Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) will be investigating the former executives of the OMSA, the governmental Metropolitan Bus Service. The case relates to the RD$19.8 million paid to the Brazilian company Breica that was supposed to supply spare parts for the new buses. Breica alleges that they never received the money and …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu has revealed that as of now, the government has fulfilled all the goals set out by the IMF with room to spare, according to the latest evaluation by technicians of the international financial institution. According to the Listin Diario, the IMF saw that the international reserves exceeded targets, that …

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Today’s column of “Que se dice” in Hoy newspaper has a couple of interesting paragraphs. The first one deals with the mess at the Dominican Refinery, where the refinery’s president Aristides Fernandez Zucco and Minister without Portfolio Miguel Mejia are launching attacks against each other regarding the transportation of petroleum and petroleum products from Venezuela …

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Prominent journalist Orlando Gil’s column in the Listin Diario provides an astute look at Dominican politics. He says that the government is behaving like a bully on the issue of propane gas, and those that are opposing the removal of the subsidy are doing so with stupid arguments. High-ranking officials have put the final decision …

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Somewhat contrary to the statements made by the Central Bank governor, Hoy newspaper’s economic editor Mario Mendez writes that the banks have as much as RD$45 billion in liquid assets that they can’t lend to the business sector because of the new credit restrictions imposed by the IMF to avoid another banking crisis. Mendez cites …

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Bachata, Mambo y Merengue of Riu Spanish hotel chain were closed for a week in Puerto Plata for a major decontamination effort to rid hotels of infection, after it was suspected that the Norwalk-Virus had infected the hotels, which are located in the Maimon area of Puerto Plata. The virus is said to have been …

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In the little town of Polo, Barahona Province, coffee growing is becoming a major activity. Both specialists and coffee growers agree that free trade is a good opportunity to do good business, and consolidation can help the process. In Polo, the growers are looking for ways that will allow them to penetrate the market with …

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It must be really scary to wake up one morning and find out that your front door opens into an abyss. According to El Caribe, there are 90 houses along creeks in Santiago that are in this very situation. In the El Embrujo, La Mosca and La Mina sectors of the city, houses are still …

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