2006 – Page 72

The director of the prison system has announced the firing of three prison guards who abused minors, acted incorrectly or assisted in escapes at the Najayo Juvenile facility and at the Rafey Prison in Santiago. Only two of the men were named. A third person was not identified since he was an intern and not …

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Cesar Jazmin, prosecutor for the Litigations Tribunal said yesterday that Verizon Telecommunications would have to pay taxes on profits made in the country and said that the only way Verizon could win its case against the government was if the judge only read Verizon’s side of the argument and not the government’s. Jazmin was quoted …

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The Ministry of Education has announced that it will be awarding an extra five points to a total of 2,190 students, from eighth graders and third level adult learners who have at least two subjects pending for the high school entrance exams. 1,958 eighth graders and 252 adults will be receiving the extra five points …

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Father Juan Francisco de la Cruz Manzueta is in stable condition at the General Plaza de la Salud Hospital after being shot in an attempted robbery in the parking lot of El Buen Pastor church at 11:00am yesterday. De la Cruz was entering his vehicle in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of Evaristo Morales when two …

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Tonight sees the opening of the LIII Winter League Baseball Tournament in the Dominican Republic. All the major newspapers carry a large supplement that includes complete schedules, statistics, news and photographs of the stadiums, players and managers for this, the Dominican national sport. The six-team league features major league stars, young, up-and-coming players from the …

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The Dominican Republic or Uruguay could come in as consensus candidates for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council after ten rounds of voting during which neither Venezuela nor Guatemala achieved the majority 125 votes needed for election, with neither wanting to withdraw their nomination. There was intense lobbying from both sides and …

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The Customs Department has announced that it will be laying off 2,500 employees over the next seven months in order to comply with International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements, the restructuring established for DR-CAFTA and Law 226-06 on customs autonomy. Diario Libre reports that one thousand workers were dismissed yesterday. Customs Department Director, Miguel Cocco met …

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The Department for the Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) has indicted former vice president of the Dominican Corporation of State-Owned Electric Companies (CDEEE), Cesar Sanchez, for the irregular management of RD$2.168 billion in sovereign bonds meant for the Electric Highway. The charges against Sanchez include prevarication, misappropriation of funds, falsehood in public and banking documents. According …

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Central Bank president Hector Valdez Albizu has announced that the International Monetary Fund’s Stand-by agreement with the Dominican Republic, which was due to expire in April 2007, is being extended for three more months. The reason given for the extensions is the failure to present the sixth and seventh revisions of the agreement in a …

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For people wanted in extradition by the United States where they face charges of conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, have turned themselves in. Woady A. Arrindell, Ramirez Santana de Leon and Toribio Jimenez are involved in a case in which each was indicted with federal charges related to cocaine trafficking. Jansys Feliz Terrero also …

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