2006 – Page 60

The Ministry of Public Health has launched a campaign to vaccinate everyone between the ages of 7 and 39 against German measles (rubella). According to Listin Diario, 5,100,000 people are in that demographic in the DR. The campaign begins today and will run through 2 December. About 40,000 health workers are taking part, and the …

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Radio Santa Maria, originally a small AM radio station run by Jesuits in la Vega, and what is now both a powerful AM and FM station, has hit the half century mark. The station, known for its distance-learning programs, has enabled 93,000 people to get an eighth grade certificate. Most of the Dominican council of …

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The “Sur Futuro” Foundation held its first graduation of its program called “Go in-Connected”. The program graduated 81 young persons trained in information technology. They were trained by staff from INFOTEP and the Azua Polytechnic School. According to Melba Segura de Grullon, the foundation’s president, this training is not just “to add another sheet to …

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The Dominican and Puerto Rican flags that were flown to space on a NASA flight will be displayed in honor of the two Latino communities at Hostos Community College on Grand Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During a ceremony commemorating the act, Congressman Jose Serrano and Astronaut Michael J. Massimino presented the college with …

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DR1 News wishes to remind its readers that Daylight-Saving Time ended in the United States over the weekend. The time in the DR remains the same all year round. All clocks in the US were put back one hour. The Dominican Republic is now one hour ahead of New York, Miami and Boston. When it’s …

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During a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez said that the United States has decided to aid the Dominican Republic by providing the country with radar equipment and other tools, to be placed on the border with Haiti, aimed at fighting drug, arms and human trafficking. Listin Diario reports …

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The new tax reform proposed by the government has generated diverse opinions to the point where even government officials are contradicting themselves. Diario Libre cites the case of Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa, who said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposal to tax interests on deposits and bank transfers and ATM cash withdrawals would not …

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The Dominican Republic could receive nearly US$500 million in loan disbursements from multi-lateral organizations to support the electricity sector, the reform of the public administration sector and social investment in health and education. US$150 million would be provided by the World Bank (WB), after the government settles a US$46 million debt with electricity generating companies …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging the Dominican Republic to get its act together and have the new tax reform and 2007 budget completed by 15 December at the latest. The IMF explained that they would exercise diligence in the matter so that the country could access a US$500 million …

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The president of the National Private Business Council (CONEP), Elena Viyella de Paliza, has said that if 50% of the energy placed by distributors on the networks is lost, then 50% of businesspeople are responsible for stealing that energy. Diario Libre reports that the leading business sector representative said that it was time that society …

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