2005 – Page 91

The DR is among the countries that classify as having a medium human development level, coming in the 95th place in the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2005. This is reported by the United Nations Development Program (UNPD). It says that life expectancy for Dominicans is 67.2 years, the adult literacy rate is 87.8%, enrolment …

Read more…

Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has instructed District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero to appeal against the ruling that dismissed the case against several former Hipolito Mejia administration officials accused of irregularly assigning themselves and their relatives a number of greenhouses worth approximately RD$500 million that had been purchased by the government (see DR1 Daily …

Read more…

Seven people involved in the case of alleged drug trafficker Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo are being sought by the Justice Department, as announced by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD). They are being asked to turn themselves in. El Caribe reports that anti-narcotics agents are searching for Juan Rodriguez Cordero, Faustino Maximo Perozo Vargas, Francisco …

Read more…

The Ministry of Environment will report tomorrow on the results of the investigation of an accusation into the alleged sale of land within the ecological reserve of the Enriquillo Lake that was purchased by a Senator of the region, as reported in Diario Libre. According to the accusation by several organizations in the area, approximately …

Read more…

The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has seized 95 packets containing 106 kilos and 450 grams of cocaine in the port of Haina. El Caribe reports that DNCD spokesman Buenaventura Bueno Torres said that the drug was found on container No. UXXU 4523850-8, in three parcels which contained five bundles coated with grease to avoid …

Read more…

The Chamber of Deputies ratified the DR-CAFTA agreement yesterday by a vote of 118-24. The Senate had approved the legislation last 25 August. United States ambassador Hans Hertell visited the deputies to congratulate them on the bill’s passage. As a result of the legislative approval, as from January 2006 goods and services from the United …

Read more…

As a result of the recent Petrocaribe group meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, headed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Dominican Republic will receive a respite from the current oil crisis. According to El Caribe and other papers, the DR will be able to purchase oil at the market price, and finance the better part of …

Read more…

Former officials of Hipolito Mejia’s government who had been accused of corruption in the case involving greenhouses worth hundreds of millions of pesos have been found innocent by the magistrate of the Second Chamber of Instruction for the National District, Vanesa Acosta. Heading the list of the accused was former Ministers of Agriculture, Eligio Jaquez …

Read more…

In one of the other major legislative initiatives undertaken by the Chamber of Deputies, the members of the lower house have passed the Consumer Protection Law. The new law guarantees the consumer the right to life, health, and physical security in the consumption or use of goods and services in the Dominican Republic. The law …

Read more…

The widely read column “Que se dice” boasts some interesting reading today. In the first part, the writer takes a look at Valverde senator Cesar Augusto Matias. According to the column, at this time, and it is important to point this out, it is surprising that anyone pays attention to the recurrent proposals for constitutional …

Read more…