2005 – Page 54

In today’s ‘Orlando dice’ column, Listin Diario’s Orlando Gil comments on all the crimes that are committed in the name of governance, killing hopes and drowning expectations. He comments that it is not true that the fact that the opposition has the majority in Congress is what has impeded the government from proceeding with the …

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A man who had been deported from the US after serving two and a half years and another listed by the police with three counts of robbery with violence, assault and forgery of documents, were among the false council members who obtained official passports. Diario Libre reports how Isidro Diaz Vasquez and his wife Santa …

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Defense lawyers for councilman Amaury Pereyra, his brother Milton and city government officers Saturnino Sanchez and Andres Diaz, arrested in the case of forgery of government officer passports in order to gain visas for travel abroad, have called on state prosecutors to question the secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League, Amable Aristy Castro, as …

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Sociologist Ramon Tejada Holguin writes in today’s El Caribe, questioning recent statements by Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina in which he claims that the government has had to set priorities and choose between prosecuting corruption or governing, and that the President has chosen the road of governance. Tejada says that governance should not be …

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Vigny Bellerive, a priest of Haitian origin, will be indicted by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for having registered 87 Haitians as Dominican citizens in the Civil Registry of Mao, Valverde Province. A JCE press release indicated that a commission composed of Judges Roberto Rosario Marquez, Ramon Hernandez Dominguez and Jose Luis Tavarez Tavarez, recommended …

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Msgr. Agripino Nunez Collado has received the 2005 Democracy Award, together with Senator Richard Lugar, for his contribution to the DR’s sociopolitical stability. El Caribe reports that the award was issued by the US International Foundation of Electoral Systems (IFES), which explained Nunez Collado’s selection for “his merits throughout three decades of contributions for the …

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The World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) report made public by National Hotel and Restaurant Association (Asonahores) Vice President Simon Suarez two weeks ago contradicts Central Bank estimates that suggest good results for the tourism sector for the first eight months of 2005, with an 8.37% increase of foreign visitors. The WTTC presents a somber …

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Last June, the Army air cavalry moved to the Joaquin Balaguer International Airport at La Isabela (El Higuero) and a deadline was given to airline operators for them to move to their new spaces, but the hangars have not been prepared. According to Listin Diario, another major issue affecting the new airport is that the …

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“Publico” drivers are shortening their routes, forcing passengers to pay twice to cover one route assigned by the transport unions in Santo Domingo, according to Listin Diario. Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) colonel Damian Arias Matos said that he was aware of the situation but that there was nothing AMET could do except appeal to the …

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The Navy, the Air Force and rescue organizations have called off the search for a group of 56 Dominicans who were lost at sea after trying to reach Puerto Rico by boat last week (see DR1 Daily News Tuesday 18 October 2005). However, according to Jesus Jimenez, one of the survivors of the ordeal who …

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