2006 – Page 85

Papal Nuncio Msgr. Timothy Broglio’s electric bill last month came to RD$47,000, leading him to ask for a solution to the critical situation in the electricity sector. “The situation in the electricity sector must be resolved and we are hopeful that will happen,” said the Vatican’s ambassador to the DR. He said that the fuel …

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More and more gas stations have continued to close due to the lack of gasoline for sale, but answers as to why there is no fuel in the country aren’t coming as quickly. Yesterday Industry and Commerce Minister Francisco Javier Garcia announced that there would be a full investigation into the workings of Refineria Dominican …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has temporarily stopped issuing the cedula identification cards because the office has run out of the plastic it prints the cedulas on. The shortage of plastic is due to the fact that there has been an increase in the number of people applying for the ID cards after the May …

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Already the second largest bank in the Dominican Republic, the BHD bank increased its operations yesterday with the acquisition of the Personal Bank portfolio from Republic Bank. The purchase was approved by the Monetary Board on 28 September 2006 and came into effect yesterday. The BHD will now have 80 offices and 1,800 ATM machines …

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Ex Public Works Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado has thrown his hat into the ring for the PRD party’s Presidential nomination. Vargas Maldonado introduced his campaign team yesterday at a rally at the Hotel Jaragua, and said that this moment represents a new course for the PRD party. The rally was attended by many leading PRD …

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Clave newspaper continues with its expose on former Public Works Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado’s questionable business deals. The weekly newspaper reports that he refused to speak to their reporters about the findings. He excused himself by saying he was concentrating on the announcement of his aspirations to the PRD candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. …

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Illegal flights continue over Dominican airspace, especially in the eastern regions, and the authorities aren’t able to stop them because they do not have the proper equipment to monitor the country’s airspace. A tri-dimensional radar system would be able to detect low flying planes that currently do not appear on radars. In the last 45 …

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The United States authorities returned 84 undocumented illegal Dominican migrants to the DR yesterday, after they tried to reach Puerto Rico on two homebuilt boats. The US Coast Guard informed that one of the boats was carrying 36 people and was caught 30 miles from Cabo Engano when they were en route to La Romana …

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Businessmen in Santiago have reported that in the last few days they have been given counterfeit money by a band of con artists working in the Cibao region. The scam appears to be concentrated in Santiago and Puerto Plata. This comes one week after the National Police apprehended Felix Ogando and Perez Concepcion, who were …

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The victims of a vicious arson last week in Villa Nazaret, Bayona received some compensation for their rebuilding efforts. Manuel Gonzalez Perez is charged with intentionally starting a fire that engulfed 27 homes, leaving 30 families homeless, and killing two young children, age 7 and 9. Gonzalez was seized by a mob in Gaultier, a …

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