2006 – Page 84

The Center for Exportation and Investment (CEI-RD) is working on a plan aimed at attracting investors who are interested in converting solid waste to energy to the country. CEI-RD president Eddy Martinez has signed an agreement with the Dominican Corporation of State Electric Companies (CDEEE), the National Energy Commission, the National District city council and …

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Hoy newspaper is reporting that at least 40% of the fake medicines that enter the country come from Colombia and Venezuela. This is according to Claudio Almonte, director of Investigations and Falsifications for the Association of Representatives, Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers (ARAPF). This black market sector produces RD$30 million a month. Almonte said that the …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) announced today that it would be recruiting young people age 18 to 25 to take part in operational intelligence functions, as part of the re-structuring being carried out in the anti-narcotics agency. According to El Caribe, the DNCD chief Major General Rafael Radhames Ramirez Ferreira said that the first …

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Forensic researcher Guadalupe Chocano has revealed that the human remains found in a cave in Spain in 2002 do not belong to Christopher Columbus, but are in fact those of his brother Diego Columbus. Chocano, a researcher at the Madrid Naval Academy, presented her findings in a thesis titled, “Columbus and the Atlantic Islands.” She …

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DR1 incorrectly reported yesterday that the plastic shortage that has halted the issue of cedulas affects all Central Electoral Board (JCE) branches. We would like to specify that only the Santiago JCE has temporarily stopped issuing the identity cards because of the lack of plastic. Jaime Frias Carela, president of the Santiago JCE said that …

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The Senate has approved a US$10 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to fund labor development projects in the informal sector. The loan is intended to help aid work projects for people between the ages of 16 and 29 who aren’t currently working, are not high school graduates, or aren’t currently enrolled in …

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The country’s entry into DR-CAFTA will have to wait until the Office of the United States Trade Representative revises fundamental Dominican laws that regulate the purchasing and contracting of goods and services by the state, industrial property, Law 322 and Regulation 578 which establish that foreign companies must be associated with one or more Dominican …

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The Public Health department is beginning a national campaign today to vaccinate people between the ages of 7 and 39 against measles and rubella. The campaign will run through 2 December and looks to decrease the amount of cases for the next 10 years. Because of the scale of the campaign, President Leonel Fernandez passed …

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Guarocuya Felix, Head of the Office for National Planning, has announced that the bulk of the 2007 national budget will be focused on the payment of the public debt, transfers to the energy sector, and government subsidies. Felix also added that the government would prioritize spending on education, health, employment, DR-CAFTA, institutional reforms and on …

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The Dominican Corporation of State Electricity Companies (CDEEE) will have to come up with an additional US$10 million to combat the energy deficit caused by failures at the Haina and Itabo energy centers, which caused a recent wave of blackouts in Santo Domingo and other parts of the country. The private companies of Haina and …

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