2006 – Page 305

Environment Minister Max Puig has announced that there will be a zero tolerance policy towards squatters who plan to invade the Bani Dunes, between the communities of Matanzas, Las Calderas and Las Salinas (Peravia Province) in the southwest of the country. Puig has instructed two Environment deputy ministers, Ernesto Reyna (land and water) and Roberto …

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The National Treasurer, Ruben Pena Pichardo has told the Listin Diario that the government would be paying all government employees today, Friday 27 January. An electronic systems glitch resulted in most government employees not getting their pay on the usual payday, the 25th of the month. Most employees get paid by debit cards, with the …

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The government office in charge of building Santo Domingo’s first metro line, OPRET announced today that in order to make the most of the long Duarte weekend (Monday is a holiday), from Saturday, 28 January at 6 am to Monday, 30 January at 6 pm, it will close off the stretch of Maximo Gomez Avenue …

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The Central Bank is making available new RD$100,000 CDs for expiration in one or two years. These are issued with a financial incentive of three points above the current rate of 17% and 21% yearly yield. At the time of issuing these CDs, their rate will be 20% for one-year term deposits and 24% for …

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The director of the Department of Migration, Carlos Amarante Baret estimates that Haitians living in the DR send back remittances worth more than US$270 million. He also told Hoy newspaper that of an estimated 10,000 people who live permanently in Bavaro, the main community on the east coast, about 7,500 or the majority are illegal …

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While most political candidates for congressional posts are counting on the strength of their faces on billboards in their jurisdictions, former legal consultant to the Central Bank Eduardo Jorge Prats has been writing in the press about bills he would present. In Hoy newspaper, he writes about a proposal for a Law of Citizen Security. …

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Jerry Haar, Professor of international business management at Florida International University looks into the issue of whether Central America and the Dominican Republic, signatories of DR-CAFTA, can compete in today’s globalized World. He makes these observations after attending the December Miami Conference on Central America and the Caribbean that he describes as “the most upbeat …

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Just one day after President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the overpass over Duarte Highway, the first in the country to allow trucks and freighters, there has been a crash involving four trucks. Listin Diario reports that it started off when a Pimco rice truck crashed into another, and that shortly after, the driver of a Presidente …

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The Ministry of Culture has announced that 91-year old Dona Maria Ugarte, who was recently recognized as part of the Dominican Republic’s Living Heritage, has been awarded the National Literature Award, as reported in El Caribe. Born in Spain, she says she feels Dominican after migrating here with her daughter Carmenchu Brusiloff, who is also …

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42-year old Richard Apolinar Herrera is the country’s top marathon runner after setting a new record last weekend. While the country celebrated the Tigres del Licey’s baseball victory, Richard Apolinar Herrera and his team set out from Parque Independencia at 8:06 pm in Santo Domingo and arrived at Parque Duarte in San Francisco de Macoris …

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