2005 – Page 239

Nearly 1.1 million jobs in the DR are provided by small business, many more than by the hotel and restaurant (tourism) industry, the industrial free zones, and the farming sector. Marina Ortiz, the director of research for Fondomicro, explains that small business is responsible for 23% of the Gross Domestic Product’s growth. Fondomicro recently conducted …

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The former Air Force chief during the Mejia administration, retired General Virgilio Sierra Perez, admitted yesterday in court that Army Captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was his childhood friend. He told prosecutor Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero that they grew up in the same barrio and would “eat mangos together,” as reported in Diario Libre. Sierra …

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A son and a brother of former Army Captain Quirino Paulino Castillo, who stands accused in the US and the DR of drug smuggling, were sent to the reserves of the DR’s armed forces after their relative’s arrest. Paulino Castillo will face formal judicial charges following the confiscation of a 1,387-kilo shipment of cocaine in …

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Frank Holl will speak on the plans underway for opening a Humboldt Museum in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The event, which is open to the public, will take place at 6:30pm on Wednesday at the Quinta Dominica, located on Calle Billini 202, Colonial City. The proposed museum will honor naturalist and geographer Alexander …

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This Sunday, 6 March will see the capital city’s annual parade that showcases carnival entries from all over the country. The event begins on the western side of the Malecon at 3pm and will continue until sunset, at around 7pm. Some 180 groups from different city barrios and 22 provinces where carnival events are held …

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President Leonel Fernandez addressed the nation yesterday on occasion of Independence Day in an optimistic tone. “Let us build an orderly country, one with efficient institutions, responsible officers, with a modern vision of government, that is flexible, agile and transparent,” he said. “Let us build a country under the rule of the law.” Let us …

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Since 1961, governments have spent US$700 million on public transportation and have yet to solve the problem. Many voices have been raised against the construction of an underground rail system, or subway or metro, just as many were opposed to the skyways and underpasses on the 27th of February and JFK Avenues and which have …

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IMF representative Ousmene Mandeng told reporters that the current impasse in the Congress that is holding up the approval of four bond issues, might well force the government to seek alternative sources of money. He said that the IMF expects the Dominican Republic to fulfill its obligations and the program that has been set forth …

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Traffic accidents, not cancer, neither heart problems, are the number one cause of deaths in the National District (Santo Domingo). These accidents are also responsible for most of the emergencies arriving to public hospitals. Last year, according to Hoy newspaper, there were 4,601 deaths attributed to traffic accidents. The numbers were reported by INSTRAT, a …

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Dozens of community groups joined together at the San Carlos Clubhouse to protest official corruption and demand an investigation of the judges that sit on the Supreme Court. Along with community leaders, academics, business leaders and the head of the US Agency for International Development program in the DR, pointed out the inefficient and slow-moving …

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