2005 – Page 73

The National Copyright Office (ONDA) seized equipment belonging to three cable-TV operators in Santiago last night. The companies were operating without the authorization of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) and were violating copyrights. El Caribe reports that Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had warned companies that are broadcasting signals illegally that authorities would do …

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The Army is adopting special border controls during the electoral process in Haiti, according to Minister Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez. The military official told Diario Libre that the DR is the only country in the world that has to avoid the illegal entry of Haitians across the border and control the exit of Dominicans and …

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The government will not receive one penny of the US$39.4 million transaction that involved the sale of real estate for development of the maritime and housing projects to be built in Sans Souci. The contract signed between the government and Inversiones Turisticas Sans Souci, of which El Caribe has a copy, states that the transaction …

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Brazilian and Venezuelan technicians will be exploring the southern region of the DR to determine the existence of oil, according to the government. A French Press Agency cable reports that Minister of Industry and Commerce Francisco Javier Castillo has stated that the oil reserves are probably offshore and not on the coast with tourist potential. …

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President Leonel Fernandez has appointed colonel Nelsy Altagracia Santana Andujar as military, naval, air and police attache to the Dominican Embassy in Venezuela. The appointment comes as part of Decree No. 495-05. The official will substitute Eufemio Torres, who had been in the post for seven years. Diario Libre reports that Santana Andujar has a …

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Heavily armed burglars held up the branch of Asociacion La Nacional de Ahorros y Prestamos, a savings and loans association, located at Los Restauradores Avenue in Sabana Perdida, escaping with RD$1.35 million. Listin Diario reports that the robbery took place around noon yesterday while the branch offered its regular services to the public. Six men …

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The United States Federal Reserve, the Department of the Treasury, and the Secret Service have unveiled the new ten-dollar bill that will start circulating in 2006. The new bill has security features that make it more difficult to forge. Among the changes is a type of ink that changes colors, a watermark with a concealed …

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El Caribe opinion columnist Miguel Reyes Sanchez writes about the UN report on the social situation of the world in 2005 called “The dilemma of inequality” which reveals a persistent and growing inequality in the world. This inequality is manifested in the gap between the levels of formal and informal economies, the abysmal distance between …

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The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development is holding a conference titled “The Place of Communication in Political Management” this tonight at 7:00 pm. The guest speaker is Dr. Pere-Orial Costa Badia, professor of the Department of Journalism and Communications of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Dr. Costa Badia has directed communications projects at several …

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The leaders of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD, went to the public hearings yesterday, accompanied by economist Andy Dauhajre. Their purpose: To establish very clearly the party’s position regarding the new tax proposals. The PRD will not support any point of the proposal that implies new tax burdens affecting the already beleaguered poor. The delegation …

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