2005 – Page 19

Presidential Administrative Secretary Luis Manuel Bonnetti has announced a National Technology Fair “My First PC” which is intended to provide government employees with computer equipment for use in their homes. According to a report in Listin Diario, the fair will take place from December 9th to the 18th in the Conservatory of Music Plaza and …

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The Attorney General’s Department will indict 42 individuals in connection with the fraudulent passport scandal that shook the country two months ago. According to El Caribe, those due for indictment include mayors and false council members. They are accused of illegal trafficking of migrants. According to Assistant AG Frank Soto, they are only waiting for …

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The regulation approved by the National Migration Council is not unconstitutional according to Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, as reported in Listin Diario. Almeyda thus refutes deputy Pelegrin Castillo (see DR1 Daily News 1 December 2005) by saying that the regulation only mentions the protocol between Haiti and the DR, which is meant to …

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Joselito Hernandez, the boy who was blinded by a stray bullet (see DR1 Daily News 26 August and 13 September 2005) is now learning to read and write in Braille, and demonstrated his new skills at the Presidential Palace during a function commemorating the International Day of the Handicapped in the presence of Vice President …

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One of the quadruplets born last week (see DR1 Daily News 25 November 2005), Lisa Altagracia Canario Binet, has died of a lung and brain hemorrhage. Diario Libre reports that she weighed just one pound and eight ounces at birth. The only boy, Luis Eduardo, is in critical condition. The other two girls are relatively …

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Santo Domingo’s Roberto Pastoriza street will be closed to traffic between 11 and 18 December from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, as reported in Diario Libre. The Retailers Association is organizing a program of activities related to the Christmas holidays, which will include music bands, university choir performances, firework displays and extreme sports.  

The new ambassadors from Ecuador, Guatemala, Canada, France, Sweden and India presented their credentials to President Leonel Fernandez during a ceremony in the Presidential Palace yesterday. Diario Libre reports that the new diplomats are: Ecuadorian lawyer and author Fernando Borja Gallegos; Cesar Augusto Mendez Pinelo from Guatemala; former Canadian lawmaker Alvin Curling; French paleographist Cecile …

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President Leonel Fernandez feels confident that political leaders will place the best interest of the nation before political and individual interests for the approval of the tax reform bill in Congress, as reported in Listin Diario. “We are indicating to other countries in Latin America, and other countries in the world, that the Dominican Republic …

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According to Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco, the tax reform bill will be debated for the last time next Saturday at 10:00 am. Listin Diario reports that the tax on diesel is still the main bone of contention in the controversial bill. Pacheco pointed out that there is no guarantee that the bill will …

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The government has hired a consulting firm from Washington to present a financial package aimed at tackling the electrical energy problem, announced President Leonel Fernandez. El Caribe reports that the President complained that the deficit in the sector for 2006 would be US$800 million, whereas in 2007 it will be US$1 billion. He said the …

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