2006 – Page 307

One-year-old Marcos Montero Gomez died last night after being hit by a stray bullet in the mouth while at home in the Las Flores low income area in Cristo Rey, National District. El Caribe reports that this happened while a group of unidentified persons were shooting their guns to the air while celebrating the victory …

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Once again, Licey beat Aguilas in the playoffs of the baseball winter season and thus becomes the most frequent winner of the championship. The Tigers won their fifth game (fourth in a row) 7 to 2 for their 19th championship title. Their closest rivals are precisely the Aguilas with 18 championships in their record. Licey …

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President Leonel Fernandez told reporters yesterday that he was looking forward to talks this week with the deputies and the senators in an attempt to reach some solution to the budget talks stalemate. Today, the Presidential Minister for Technical Affairs, Temistocles Montas will visit the Congress as head of a team from the Executive Branch. …

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After a marathon meeting with high-ranking military officials, the chief of the Police and the heads of the principle security organizations of the Dominican Republic, President Leonel Fernandez told the press that his team was drawing a strategy to block the use of the Dominican territory as a bridge for trafficking illegal drugs to the …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic announced that it will sell one hundred million dollars (US$100,000,000) on the open market this week in an effort to bring the exchange rate down from the six-month highs it has been experiencing. A reliable source told the El Caribe newspaper that between US$80 and US$100 million would …

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The OPRET, the Office for the Reordering of Transportation, headed by former Metro Minister Diandino Pena, announced yesterday that formal bidding had begun for 17 light metro trains, comprising a total of 53 cars. Bids will be received beginning tomorrow at 10 am at the offices of the OPRET. Pena said that the bids are …

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The District Attorney’s office for the National District, working in collaboration with Verizon, has opened a domestic violence “Life Line” that will allow victims of domestic violence to call for help. The number is 1-809-200-1202. District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez told reporters that calls will be taken from 8 am until midnight. The new service …

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Former Central Bank governor, Luis Toral said that the Central Bank numbers were twisted to achieve a political objective in the May elections. The former official said that the numbers given out by the Bank are an “insult and a mockery” to the people. Toral said that if the country had experienced a GDP growth …

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The government had budgeted RD$2.8 billion for the propane subsidy in 2005, but ended up spending RD$4.93 billion, and still saved RD$2.0 billion in relation to 2004. The reduction was because the government established a fixed subsidy of RD$17.35 per gallon of propane, abandoning the policy of keeping the price at RD$25 pesos per gallon. …

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The different electricity distributors owe their customers a total of US$923 million dollars for the blackouts they have experienced since 2003. The estimate comes from the Energy Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in a report given to the Listin Diario. The study is based on an average demand of 800 Giga-watts …

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