2005 – Page 85

The Dominican Export Lobby (LED) is demanding a national agenda that would allow Dominican exporters of goods and services to compete with certain possibilities of success within the DR-CAFTA agreement, which it supports. The large Dominican exporters believe the proposal in the Chamber of Deputies is near-sighted as it does not face the reality experienced …

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The lack of sufficient qualified personnel to look after the radar service in Las Americas, Punta Cana, Barahona, and Puerto Plata airports is causing difficulties for the effective control of flights. The case of the airplane that landed and was later burned near La Romana is an evidence of this deficiency. Diario Libre obtained a …

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The Banco de Reservas has announced that as of today it will have sufficient US dollars to satisfy market demand at a rate of RD$30.59 to one. The foreign currency may be purchased at any of the 126 offices in the country. Banreservas made the announced through a press release saying its clients can purchase …

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Judge Pilar Rufino Diaz of the National District Second Court of Instruction, has sent former Bancredito executives Maximo and Manuel Arturo Pellerano, Hector Bienvenido de Castro Noboa, Raisa Margarita Gil Pelletier and Felipe Mendoza to criminal court without applying coercion measures against them. The judge was acting upon several suits presented by owners of commercial …

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The Consul General of Spain in the Dominican Republic fired officials for “having been spying on all his activities”. Jorge Sanchez Rodriguez found out that his employees were also National Investigations Department (DNI) agents. The former employees told Diario Libre that they were holders of DNI identification cards but they were “honorary” members of the …

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During the first eight months of this year, 1,719 violent deaths – some of them in shootouts with police or military agents – were registered. In August alone there were 206 violent deaths. The Attorney General’s office reports that 90% of murder victims were men and 10% were women. Also, there were 45 victims of …

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There are several things to consider when trying to save energy at home. A report in Listin Diario recommends to iron only when strictly necessary, to alternate the use of the television and the radio, to use low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs, to use the washing machine only once a week, to cut down on …

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An exhibition of engravings belonging to the Louvre Museum in Paris opens to the public today at Museo Bellapart, according to Listin Diario. The exhibition is called “Chalcography of the Louvre: the classical legacy interpreted by contemporary artists” and consists of reinterpretations of original engravings from the 18th to the 20th century by 27 contemporary …

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After the Presidential speech last Sunday, a new set of traffic rules were laid out that were supposed to free up transit in the nation’s capitol and other major cities. The small vehicles known as publicos that provide a service along specified routes were supposed to work on alternate days, according to whether their license …

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President Leonel Fernandez has called on the Organization of American States to take an active role in the current issues surrounding the oil crisis affecting the entire region. The chief executive warned that the increase in the cost of crude oil was creating social tensions that could destabilize and create political imbalance in the entire …

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