2006 – Page 67

At least a quarter of the Dominican public has some form of private health insurance. According to Listin Diario, of the country’s 9,092,333 inhabitants, 2, 229,855 have insurance, whether it is formal insurance or the use of an “iguala” (retainer). The vast majority is insured by one of the 24 ARS (Administrators of Health Risks) …

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Council members from Santo Domingo East are admitting that they had no idea what they were voting for when they voted to award a refuse collection contract to a company owned by Mayor Juan de los Santos, a company that according to an article published in last Friday’s Diaro Libre had no experience in the …

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Listin Diario is reporting that all the energy companies that are operating under the Madrid Accord are in fact breaking the rules stipulated by the contract, when it comes to the purchase and sale of energy. The paper says that no company has fulfilled its contractual obligations. According to the newspaper, the Itabo, Haina, Dominican …

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United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic Hans Hertell has congratulated the Condovi company for its work with Haitian laborers. Hertell and the American ambassador to Haiti, along with other staff, toured the grounds of the Condovi complex that operates on the Haitian side of the border in Juana Mendez (the Dominican name for the …

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Spokespersons for Verizon are denying reports that they have sold 100% of shares to the company Telmex, and are saying that any sale would need the approval of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), which they do not yet have. Verizon is stuck in a bitter legal battle with the Tax Department (DGII) and the government …

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Judge Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero is calling for the Supreme Court to investigate judges who deliver favorable sentences in drug-related court cases. Hernandez cited the release on bond of a man believed to be an accomplice of former Captain Ernesto Quirino Paulino’s international drug ring. Quirino is in jail, awaiting trial in the United States …

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The “Bienvenido Sea” (You’re welcome) foundation works with 35,000 Dominicans who have been deported from the United States for different crimes or violations of their resident status. The foundation proposes the creation of a job agency and a cooperative that would seek to re-insert these people back into society. Ex-convicts Victor Santos and Rene Vicioso …

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Institute of Innovations in Biotechnology director Bernarda Castillo has told Hoy newspaper that the Dominican Republic has become the world’s number one liquid ginger exporter. She said that ginger is an example of what the country can do with its natural resources, and said that they are working on 20 other formulas, like yogurt made …

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Dominican-born Nelson de la Rosa was 54cm (about 22in) tall and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the World’s Smallest Man. He passed away yesterday in his hotel in New York, apparently of a heart attack. He had just returned from a series of performances with a circus in Chile and was …

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A dramatic moment in the life of Dominican fauna was captured by the lens of young American Rick Stanley, 17, a winner of a photography contest sponsored by Shell and the BBC. An announcement in Diario Libre said that the winning photograph called “The Dilemma” was photographed during a hike in the Dominican Republic. Rick …

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