2005News

Need to shop around

Reporters from the Listin Diario went comparison shopping and found some interesting and often times important variations in prices of everyday items. The report shows important price differences between one supermarket and another on the same item. For example, a 1.8 kg can of Nutra powdered milk costs RD$279.99 at one market and RD$354.52 at …
2005News

Holy Week precautions

The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Nicolas de Jesus Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez, asked the population to avoid excesses during the Easter Week holidays. Speaking to reporters after leading the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Church of Las Mercedes through several of the Colonial Zone streets to the Cathedral, the Cardinal said that he hoped that …
2005News

Audit to the Armed Forces

The Chamber of Accounts, the body in charge of auditing government institutions, released first findings of an audit to the Ministry of Armed Forces, as reported in Diario Libre. The audit indicates that the ministry violated its statutes and by-laws, general accounting procedures. The ministry discounted 5% a month from all suppliers, and an additional …