2005 – Page 57

The Miami Herald carries a feature today on the opening of the racketeering trial at the US District Court in Miami on Monday pitching the Dominican state against Dominican mega-millionaire financier Luis Alvarez Renta. The newspaper says that the Miami trial – which is being closely watched in the Dominican Republic where the economy went …

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Judge Esther Agelan Casasnovas has sentenced 10 of the people accused of fraud and prevarication against the Dominican state in the Plan Renove case to different convictions and fines. According to Diario Libre, among those found guilty is Pedro Franco Badia, former president of Plan Renove, who was sentenced to three years house arrest and …

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According to a list supplied by the Dominican Municipal League (LMD), 39 false council members were able to obtain official passports in favor of themselves, wives, and children, which they used to travel to Spain, the United States, and Italy. Diario Libre reports that the list was provided to Assistant Attorney General Frank Soto, who …

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Seventeen out of 70 people who left illegally on a boat from Sosua, trying to reach Puerto Rico, disembarked at Cabeza de Toro, and returned home, whereas the remaining 53 travelers who allegedly tried to return via Nagua are lost at sea. Diario Libre reports that the Governor of Maria Trinidad Sanchez province, Jose Cosme, …

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The police have arrested 115 out of a group of at least 175 people who were trying to leave the DR illegally from Miches to Puerto Rico. According to a report in Listin Diario, the group was caught in Cotui when they were traveling to Miches on board two buses. A third bus is still …

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The Argentine Embassy has called on all Argentine citizens residing in the DR to vote in the congressional elections that will be held in their country on 23 October 2005, as reported in El Caribe. All residents, tourists or passengers in transit from Argentina will be able to vote at the Embassy located at 10 …

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The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring (DREAM) Project signed an accord with the Ministry of Education on 7 October 2005 that brings the internationally acclaimed teacher training program, International Step By Step, a George Soros initiative, to the Dominican Republic. Tricia Suriel, of the Dream Project says the agreement opens the doors for an unprecedented …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has modified the decree that limited sales of gasoline. The new regulation will permit gasoline sales on Sundays and holidays until 2:00 p.m. However, the same regulation now includes the sale of LPG (Liquid Propane Gas), which now must abide by the same restrictions as the gas stations. From …

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Shell Company has set conditions for paying profits generated by petroleum sales for the years 2003 and 2004 to the government paying its debt for subsidies on propane gas, according to a letter to the press written by Rafael Mandariaga, general manager. The Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa), a joint venture between the state and Shell …

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Business leaders from the Dominican Republic are traveling to Guatemala to discuss the ways and means of getting the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) underway. The object of the meetings is to define just how things will be done to launch the FTA in January of 2006. In effect, the Central American countries that have approved …

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