2005 – Page 226

Alias Sam Goodson, who has been mentioned in the case for fraud against the state for the billionaire purchase of vehicles supposedly to improve transport in the Dominican Republic, arrived yesterday. El Caribe reports that he was received by his lawyer, former National Police consultant on the new Penal Code, Felix Damian Olivares. Olivares is …

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Legal advisor to the President, Cesar Pina Toribio said that President Leonel Fernandez always has the recourse of ruling under Art. 55 of the Constitution given the refusal of the Congress to act on important bills sent by the Executive Branch. Opposition members in Congress are conditioning their support to certain bills requested by the …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the Law for Consumer Protection, as reported in El Caribe. The bill needs to go to the Senate now. The chamber also passed the bill that authorizes the Executive Branch to issue new sovereign bonds to replace those issued during the Mejia administration in 2001 (US$500 million that expire in …

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The PRD party is asking the current administration to publish the audits that supposedly will shake up the entire country. The story by the Hoy newspaper carries statements by high-ranking PRD officers that say that the PLD administration would be acting as an accomplice of alleged corruption if it does not make available the results …

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While Hoy newspaper’s much-read column “Que se Dice” (What’s being said) is reproaching Danilo Medina’s statements, President Fernandez seems to be saying just the opposite regarding his minister. President Leonel Fernandez told his audience at the closing ceremonies of the XII Meeting of the Montevideo Circle that “impunity will not be exchanged for anything in …

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The Chamber of Deputies burst in fierce debates over the issue of whether or not to remove the legislative immunity of deputy Radhames Garcia Ramos (also known as “Chino” Ramos). Garcia is the former vice consul in Cape Haitian who provided false documents for 16 illegal Chinese immigrants and brought them across the border at …

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Work to cover up the Duquesa garbage dump in order to prepare the way to open Joaquin Balaguer International Airport (formerly Higuero and La Isabela) for air traffic is advancing. El Caribe newspaper reports that in less than a week contractors have covered 70,000 square meters of the dump. The newspaper reports that the cover …

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Richard Martinez, director of the Santo Domingo Potable Water Corporation (CAASD) explained that Santo Domingo residents need to prepare for the inconvenience of the installation of new water pipes throughout the city. He told El Caribe that for the next 12 months several city streets will be dug up to install the pipes. He announced …

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A little known export of the Dominican is animal hides. Over the last two years US$4.2 million were generated through exports. According to data from the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD), in 2003 the country exported 4.5 million kilos of beef hides, both raw and cured, and this brought in US$2.5million. In 2004, exports …

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With oil breaking the mythological US$55 dollar barrier (at $55.05 a barrel for West Texas “light sweet crude”) the Dominican economy is undergoing increased pressure. In spite of a stronger peso, the current price of oil will oblige the Dominican government to use as many pesos to purchase it as when the peso was situated …

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