2005 – Page 168

El Caribe’s editorial this morning wonders if the group of high-ranking police officers, and former officers, who knowingly used vehicles that had been reported stolen and were recovered by the police for official and personal use will get off with few or no penalties. The case against some 59 officers and former officers is currently …

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84% of Dominicans polled for the National Culture, Politics and Democracy poll (Demos 2004) consider that corruption among government officers is generalized. Dominicans perceive deputies and police as the most corrupt government officials. Next in degree of corruption are the ministers and city mayors. The 310-page survey was carried out by Ramonina Brea, Isis Duarte …

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More than 75,000 candidates are vying for positions in the Dominican Revolutionary Party’s political structure. The party elections are scheduled for Sunday, 12 June, according to the organizing committee. The party has 1,024 boards at the national, provincial, municipal, zonal levels, and others abroad. Candidates competing at a national level for the presidency of the …

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Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez has made a strong attack on several media communicators who according to him have made vulgarity, abuse, insolence, disrespect and slander normal practice in their media programs. “It is sad and shameful to hear foul and provocative language from certain persons that do so on radio and TV and there are also …

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The decision of the upscale private school, St. George, to not renew accused drug smuggler Quirino Paulino Castillo’s children’s enrollment (promoted to first, second and third grade) has put the spotlight on private education. Diario Libre in an editorial today asks if private schooling is “a subsidiary public service or a business based on laissez-faire?” …

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Santo Domingo province prosecutor, Perfecto Acosta told El Caribe that Quirico Rojas Caram, found dead in a Jarabacoa cabana, had told his spouse on Saturday that he would turn himself in to the authorities the following Monday. Rojas Caram was a fugitive in the case of the murder of a couple, for which the prime …

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The new general secretary of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza said last night that the lack of dialogue is the primary cause of Haiti’s problems. Speaking at Santo Domingo’s Hotel V Centenario, during the 30th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, Insulza highlighted that Haiti’s problems can only be solved with …

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Vice President Rafael Alburquerque has revealed that the government has not yet decided to discontinue the subsidy on the price of propane gas. He said that any protests are premature. He said that the final word on the matter would be had by President Leonel Fernandez, who is currently on a trip to the US. …

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The president of the Council of Economic Advisors of the Executive Branch, Julio Ortega Tous favors the implementation of austere fiscal policies, limiting foreign debt taking in government, and reducing the size of government to favor increased private participation in the economy. He said these were the elements that led to growth between 1991-2000. He …

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Civil Aviation Board director Norge Botello has said that President Leonel Fernandez still has the final word on the decision to impose a US$5 surcharge on airfares sold abroad. The measure, recommended by the Ministry of Tourism, is scheduled to go into effect in August. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, the advocate of the surcharge, has …

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