2005 – Page 183

The government and the Dominican College of Doctors (CMD) reached an agreement Friday that will avoid more strikes by the doctors that serve in the public hospitals and clinics in the nation’s health system. The Government promises to consider a 100% salary increase in the 2006 budget and create a technical committee that will analyze …

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The Industrial Association of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) has offered ideas on the tax reform that will be needed when import tariffs are eliminated when the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement may go into effect. According to their numbers, the FTA with the United States will mean RD$5.15 billion less in import taxes for the Dominican …

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While it is nothing new, the electricity service which had timidly been getting better took a turn for the worse over the weekend, plunging much of Santo Domingo into prolonged blackouts lasting up to 12 or more hours. Diario Libre pointed out that even those sectors of the city where the PRA (the government’s Program …

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The high bills and the lack of a guaranteed service have forced many large electricity consumers to opt for becoming “non-regulated clients” and purchasing their electricity directly from the generators. And, according to Ignacio Mendez of the Federation of Industrial Associations and Elena Viyella de Paliza of the CONEP, this status provides the largest consumers …

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Apparently the massive deportations of Haitian nationals caused the Haitian government to close the border crossing at Juana Mendez yesterday, allowing nobody to cross in or out of Haiti. Commercial activity started to slow down last Friday as the deportation picked up. The move puts the Monday market in jeopardy. While more than 2,000 Haitians …

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Both the Civil Defense and the National Emergency Commission are getting ready for the upcoming “hurricane season” that begins 1 June. William Gray, the Colorado weather expert is predicting a “very active” season for tropical storm activity, with a higher than usual number of named storms. Gray and his team are predicting at least 12 …

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The National Meteorological Office reported a low pressure system approaching the Dominican Republic from the Southwest. As a result the rains that have been falling this past week are expected to continue. The NMO also warned of flooding in low-laying areas, especially along the Dominican-Haitian frontier, and asked the population to take the necessary precautions …

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An audit carried out at the Dominican Port Authority by the Department for the Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) during the Mejia Administration revealed that the then director of the Port Authority and current senator, Anibal Garcia Duverge, had managed to place 31 of his family members on the PO’s payroll. The audit also found that …

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Young Elizabeth Suarez, just 13, won the Codigo Fama Internacional” (International Code Fame) contest in Mexico. Her father, watching on television, had to be attended by a doctor as his blood pressure went out of control. Transmitted on Televisa to the whole nation, Elizabeth impressed the judges with her poise and talent. There were more …

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World and Olympic champion Felix Sanchez, running in the stadium recently re-named in his honor, easily won the premiere event of the night, the 400 meter hurdles, defeating Panamanian Bayano Kamani. The “Felix Sanchez Invitational Track Meet” featured top ranked runners and jumpers from all over the world in a spectacle Dominicans never had the …

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