2005 – Page 44

In today’s “Que se dice” (What’s being said) column, the writer brings up an interesting point following yesterday’s news that the Dominican Electoral Board (JCE) will be printing the voter registration rolls for next month’s elections in Haiti. The writer says that some suspicions have arisen regarding the request made by the Haitian government to …

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The Dominican Conference of Bishops released its much-awaited Pastoral Letter dealing with the issues surrounding the Haitian presence in the Dominican Republic. Most of today’s newspapers comment on the letter. Santiago Archbishop Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, the president of the council released the contents of the letter to reporters. In essence, the …

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While the first phase of the controversial mass transit system goes up for bidding within a month, those most affected by the project, the drivers, assistants and owners of vehicles that operate along Maximo Gomez Avenue are complaining. Among the complaints is that they have not received any specific information about the project itself. The …

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The chief of the Justice Department, Francisco Dominguez Brito, has told the press that the people that want to eliminate former army Colonel Lidio Nin Terrero belong to the drug cartels responsible for distributing drugs in and out of the Dominican Republic. Dominguez Brito said that one of the alleged would-be murderers was Freddy Gaston …

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A significant delay in the construction of several important areas might well cause a further delay in the celebration of the National Sports Games that were scheduled to begin on 9 December. Sources close to the scene have told Hoy that the huge delays by the Public Works ministry are the main reason for this …

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President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to leave on Thursday for Mar de Plata, Argentina. He will participate in the Summit of the Americas. On Sunday, he will make a stopover in Colombia, on his way back to the DR, to finalize a joint energy agreement. Press director, Rafael Nunez said the President is scheduled to …

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The First Lady’s office, the Ministry of Education and Banco de Reservas have recognized 256 outstanding students who won a reading and spelling contest held among 15,000 fifth to eight grade basic and middle school students from both public and private institutions from different provinces around the country. Listin Diario reports that prizes were awarded …

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The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has admitted the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to its membership as a governmental agency. El Caribe reports that the IUCN is the largest and most important conservation network worldwide. Currently, its membership includes 82 states, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations and 10,000 individual scientists and …

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The Chamber of Accounts has ordered the Ministry of Public Works to recover more than RD$156 million from two companies contracted to build an extension of the road from San Cristobal to Bani. Resolution No. 06-05 orders the recovery of RD$100 million paid to Ozoria & Associates, C. por A., as advance payment for the …

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The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa stated that the Judicial Branch has submitted a budget of more than RD$4 billion, most of which will be allocated to the courts that have been created by different laws passed in Congress, according to a report in Diario Libre. Subero Isa also informed …

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