2005 – Page 207

There were 487.2 million head of cattle in the Americas in 2004, and in the countries of the DR-CAFTA, the USA, the DR and the Central American countries, there were 107.4 million head. Of course, quantity in this case does not mean there are any advantages, since the US has 95 million head that are …

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Frank Rodriguez, the head of the National Institute for Water Resources (INDRHI), announced that in 20 months the government would finish the Guaigui Dam in La Vega that would provide irrigation water for tens of thousands of acres of land, drinking water for the town of La Vega and electricity for the national network. The …

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The last three auctions of certificates of deposit in the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic have been declared vacant. The first and second of these auctions were advertised as an offering of RD$2.5 billion in certificates, and the latest announcement was for the auctioning of RD$5.0 billion in certificates. Apparently, according to the economic …

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There are 1,143 children not taking classes at the Professor Simon Orozco Poly-technical School in the Invivienda section of Santo Domingo. The cause? No lights at all. While Ede-Este, the electricity supplier for the area has said that they are willing to place the school on the list that benefits from un-interrupted service, they must …

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The discussions that are going on in Santo Domingo regarding possible solutions for a turnaround in Haiti’s crisis have produced several possible scenarios, including the possibility of an international trust that would oversee government in Haiti and that country’s recovery into the near and medium future. A former Haitian Consul General, Edwin Paraison, thinks this …

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In their investigations into money laundering, the DNCD (the National Drug Control Department) confiscated about RD$12 million in an exchange house in San Francisco de Macoris. It was investigating the exchange house because it was suspicious of the large volume of money that passed through the place during one year: RD$2.8 billion. DNCD sources said …

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In a press conference on Tuesday, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito said that prostitution centers in the Dominican Republic will be shut down. He said that centers where nude women dance or exhibit themselves will also be closed. Boca Chica sex parlors were shut down at the start of the year. Gazcue’s “massage parlors” were …

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A young 19 year old, named as the heir to Vantroi Serumberto Mota Reynoso, the infamous gang leader that turned himself in a few weeks ago, was shot and killed by a police patrol in an alleged shooting incident. Efraim de la Cruz Ramirez (Canario) had been accused of killing at least 10 persons and …

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The leading marathon held in the Dominican Republic, the Half Marathon Hispaniola-Lowenbrau, in its 10th year, will take place 7 May on a 21-kilometer route. Expected to participate in the event are runners from Puerto Rico, Kenya, Russia, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. There will be cash prizes in the categories: 18-29, 30-34, …

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Juan Hernandez, director of the Department of Taxes (DGII) announced that government tax collections are up 30.6%. DGII revenues in the first three months of the year increased RD$4.42 billion, from RD$14.44 million to RD$18.87 billion. He said that tax collections increased RD$879.4 million for 4.8% more than budgeted for the period. Customs taxes were …

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