2005 – Page 201

Officials of the J-2 and G-2 units of the Armed Forces along with investigators from the Department of Customs have uncovered, literally, a container that had been buried along with 300 cases of vodka. At the same time, two persons that are being linked to the Justice Department and three Police officials are under investigation …

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Tonight, in the Plaza de la Cultura in Santo Domingo, the VIII International Book Fair will open. The fair is the most visited public event in the Dominican Republic with an estimated more than one million people reported to have visited last year. Attendance is expected to be greated this year. President Leonel Fernandez will …

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The Ministry of Tourism announced that starting August it will impose a US$5 surcharge on airfares to the Dominican Republic. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez had announced the lsurcharge would go in effect in May during a 7 April press conference at the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange marketing event. He said the new charge would only …

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President Leonel Fernandez took the lead in the investigation that involves millions of pesos and one of the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Public Works. According to Hoy, the President is looking into the construction and equipping of the new Supreme Court building that cost, according to all the papers, over RD$1 billion. The …

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The case of the contraband whisky got even more news spread as the agents from the National Investigation Department (DNI), members of the District Attorney’s office in Santiago and officials of the Customs Department rounded up another 1,500 boxes of Scotch whisky, cognac and wines. The seizures were carried out in the market area of …

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The case of accused drug transporter Quirino Paulino Castillo does not go away. Yesterday, former general and Army chief of staff, Jorge Radhames Zorilla Ozuna was interrogated by the district attorney for Santo Domingo in relation to the re-enlistment of Quirino Paulino as a member of the Army. After his session with the DA, Zorrilla …

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Today’s column of “Que se dice” (What’s being said) uses a very Dominican idiom to describe a difficult situation. “Berenjenal” is a place where eggplants are grown, but the meaning is much closer to the “Briar Patch” from the stories of Uncle Remus. The situation is the government’s announcement of a US$25 million “help” and …

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According to a 1929 treaty between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Dominican Republic ceded 666,076 tareas, nearly 42,000 hectares, of land to Haiti. According to ambassador William Paez Piantini of the Haitian Relation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as he presented a series of maps that will be on exhibit at the …

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The Dominican Republic will not be able to meet the Millennium Objectives in the fight against poverty, according to UN observers and local officials. The massive immigration of Haitian nationals into the Dominican Republic is negatively affecting progress the DR has been making. The Development Objectives for the Millennium includes a reduction of the worst …

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About two years ago, Esteban Jimenez started to export avocados to the United States from Villa Trina, Moca. In doing so, he not only found the best business of his life but also found that in order to stay in the business he had to fight in a highly protected market, with little understood rules …

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