2006 – Page 18

According to the director of the Drug and Pharmacy department of the Ministry of Public Health, people with ED (Erectile Dysfunction) will require a doctor’s prescription in order to purchase any of the available pharmaceutical products. Anyone selling these sexual stimulants to a customer who does not present a prescription will be arrested and fined. …

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Bishop Tomas Abreu is asking legislators to leave Law 28-01 alone. The fiscal reform bill submitted by the Executive Branch would revoke these incentives. This law establishes incentives for investment in industrial assembly facilities with duty free status in the poorest provinces along the north-western frontier. The former bishop of the Mao-Montecristi diocese, a long …

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The National Hotel & Restaurant Association publishes today an open letter in the Listin Diario urging Congress to not eliminate tourism incentives established in Law 158-01 and Law 284-02. The law carries tax exemptions for complementary attractions and for tourism businesses, primarily in non developed tourism destinations. Asonahores points out that with the DR-CAFTA around …

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The Association of University Rectors (ADRU) recommended that President Leonel Fernandez should give the educational sector higher priority in budget allocations. In a document given to the press, the rectors cited both Law 66-97 and 139-01, which cover Higher Education, Science and Technology. These laws require that 16% of the National Budget should be assigned …

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A massive oil spill that spread 11,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel around the traffic circle at 27 de Febrero and Luperon Avenues was finally cleaned up yesterday. Units from the Santo Domingo Fire Department cleaned up the mess that was caused when a tanker truck belonging to the Isla Company overturned on Friday. …

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The Dominican Republic imports around 350 tons of pepper each year, while the annual local harvest is estimated at 80 tons. According to Listin Diario, a joint effort between the Dominican Agrarian Institute and the Japanese Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Agriculture has created a pocket of about 500 pepper producers in Hato …

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Serious lobbying by Caribbean and African nations is attempting to maintain the old quota system of banana imports into Europe. The old system kept the Dominican Republic out in the cold. The intensity of the lobbying reveals just how important this market is for the world’s banana producing nations. Apparently, Belize, St. Lucia and some …

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Believe it or not, there are 25,000 places where one may bet on the lottery or a baseball, football, basketball or hockey game in the Dominican Republic. In Santo Domingo province alone, there are 6,000 betting parlors known as “Bancas de Apuestas”. Many of these tiny offices, equipped with just a computer terminal and a …

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On Friday of the All-Star weekend, the Aguilas Cibaenas came from behind to defeat the Tigres del Licey for the eighth straight time, 6-4. Trailing 4-0 going into the ninth inning the Aguilas produced six runs, thanks in part to timely hitting by Tony Batista, Mendy Lopez, Robby Hemlock, Luis Polonia and Melky Cabrera. In …

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The Dominican Republic is finally ready to enter DR-CAFTA. All that is needed now is for President George Bush to sign off on it. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued a statement explaining that President Leonel Fernandez had announced the modification of Law 340-06 regarding public contracting of goods and services, works and concessions, …

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