2006 – Page 101

The Director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Brunson McKinley, said at a press conference that increased border patrols, special forces, and an increase of migratory policies will not be enough to stop the mass migration of Haitians into Dominican territory. However, McKinley admitted that the IOM doesn’t have a plan in place to …

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The now-notorious Praia discotheque has been closed down by order of Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena as a result of the fatal shooting of young student Pura Nunez a few days ago. Meanwhile, magistrate Jose Alejandro Vargas sent the security guard, Ramon Antonio Sanchez Vasquez, to La Victoria Prison until a trial date can be …

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The Weather Department (ONM) is warning the public that the next few days will be really hot. According to the weather forecasters, temperatures over the next ten days will be higher than normal, reaching 35 degrees C. The ONM advised people to wear light clothing, drink lots of water and avoid the sun. According to …

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A total of RD$623 million has been spent on Dominican baseball prospects so far this year. A total of 359 players have been signed to professional careers that could end in the Major Leagues. As reported in El Caribe, tourism is no longer the only smokeless industry in the DR. According to the office of …

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President Leonel Fernandez is asking the so-called “diaspora” of Dominicans living abroad to continue providing positive examples of hard workers and to contribute their skills and experience to a national development strategy. Clave Digital reports that the President was speaking after swearing in the Advisory Council of the city of Chicago. This council is made …

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Eduardo Wallentin, speaking for the International Financing Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing branch of the World Bank, commended the work of President Leonel Fernandez, and his efforts that have lead the country’s economy to a speedy recovery. Walletin spoke of expectations that DR-CAFTA will be favorable for the Dominican economy. During the meeting, Walletin …

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A recent study by the Quisqueya Foundation, published in the Diario Digital RD, reported that there are more than 1,500,000 Dominicans living outside the Dominican Republic, and that the number of immigrants from the Dominican Republic grew by 17.5 percent between 2000 and 2005. The study reports that the expatriate Dominican community grew to 1,371,441 …

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Excavations have started for the Santo Domingo Metro’s Centro de los Heroes station, including the removal of all tubing and debris that will allow work on the tunnel to begin soon. The mine-type tunnel will be 12 meters deep in this area and will then join a trench type tunnel running eastwards. This station will …

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Yesterday, the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) seized more than 2,250 kilos of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine, although the shipment has not been verified by the Attorney General’s Department Laboratory. This seizure is the largest in the history of the Dominican Republic. It arrived on a vessel called Sierra Express, which had sailed from Puerto …

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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit the country in mid-October to talk about the electricity situation and to continue discussions about the fifth revision of the Stand-by arrangement with the Dominican Republic. Listin Diario reports that the IMF issued a communique yesterday with information about recent progress by the DR, and which recommends …

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