2005 – Page 193

Large majority admits racism in the Dominican Republic In a study carried out in Dajabon and Santo Domingo, 83.4% of the Dominican population admits that that live in a racist society, as evidenced by the rejection of dark skin and the insults and mistreatment of the darker people. The study was carried out by the …

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Labor Minister Jose Ramon (Monchy) Fadul announced that there were 450 jobs available in Spain under the jobs program between the two countries. The Dominican-Spanish Commission announced the job availability as part of the Agreement to Regulate Migration Flows that was signed in 2001. Along with Fadul, Jorge Sanchez, the Spanish Consul General attended the …

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A team of doctors from the Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) hospital in the Vatican are in the Dominican Republic carrying out surgeries of the heart and hare-lips on young children at the General Hospital in the Plaza de la Salud and at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in Santo Domingo. First Lady Margarita Cedeno …

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President Leonel Fernandez is traveling to the United States this month to lobby for the approval of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). He will be visiting Washington, D. C. and New York. President George Bush invited Fernandez and the five Presidents of the Central American signatories of CAFTA for the meeting on …

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The director of the Ministry of Public Health vaccination program, Zacarias Garip, announced that during Friday and Saturday’s campaign more than 732,000 children were vaccinated nationwide. Teams applied pentavalente vaccine against five major childhood killer diseases, namely diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis and influenza hemophilius. He explained that vaccination teams reached remote and inaccessible areas …

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President Leonel Fernandez has authorized the governmental guarantee for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to receive a US$62.7 million loan with the support of the export agencies of the United States and Brazil, Eximbank and BNDES, respectively. US$39 million will go toward automating the registry offices, and the rest toward the implementation of the electronic …

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has reacted to Otto Reich’s description of the DR as a leftist country. He said the statement was unfortunate and not representative of the U.S. government’s official position. He told Listin Diario that there are still people that see leftism “even in their soup”. Hoy newspaper quotes Morales calling …

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President Leonel Fernandez has retired rear admirals Favio Suarez, Carlos Espinosa, Maros Antoine Pena and Rafael Ortiz. Also Francisco Mones Fernandez of the Army. He removed the Army deputy chief, Major General Luis Rodriguez, replacing him with General Aurelio Lopez Lajara. He also removed Rafael Bencosme Candelier from the National Police internal affairs section. He …

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Deputy Minister of Tourism for the southwest region, Jose Santana announced that the plans to develop Jaragua National Park beaches would result in the creating of 17,500 indirect and direct jobs for the impoverished southwest. The total population of the province of Pedernales, where the construction of beach hotels is planned, is 20,000 inhabitants. The …

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Bookstores claim they sold a record RD$42 million during the VIII International Book Fair that closed on Monday. The fair was relocated to Plaza de la Cultura this year and has been declared an overwhelming success. An estimated 1.5-2 million visitors attended the Fair over 11 days.