2007 – Page 101

DR1 corrects that the performance of Puerto Rican superstar Chayanne will be on 15 December, and not on 17 September as erroneously reported yesterday. Chayanne has included the Christmas season date in Santo Domingo as part of his 100-city 2007 world tour. The pop/salsa singer known for his energetic dance numbers and power ballads will …

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The Supreme Court’s chief magistrate, Jorge Subero Isa proposed the creation of a Judicial Council that would be “responsible for the management of the Judicial Power, and have charge of all administrative, managerial, and discipline functions of the judicial branch.” Subero Isa spoke on “The New Wave of Judicial Reform” when invited to a Foundation …

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Former Minister for the Environment, and, until this week, presidential advisor, Max Puig alerted on the imminent major deforestation of protected areas for profiteering of particular interested parties. Puig said that forests, beaches and rivers are under siege by environmental predators. He told Hoy reporter Odalis Mejia that when he was at the Ministry, he …

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Apparently, the Superintendent of Banking has lost track of just how much money he is making. During his interview yesterday on Color Vision’s Hoy Mismo show, Rafael Camilo said that “(he) didn’t know. In reality (he) did not know whether his salary was RD$360,000 or RD$450,000 per month…” Camilo did admit that he received additional …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic has apparently just spent RD$10,000,000 to bring pianists Richard Clayderman and Raul Di Blasio to the National Theater as part of their 60th Anniversary celebrations on 13 October. The National Theater has capacity for 1,446 patrons. According to the Listin Diario, this comes at a time when there …

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Vice President Rafael Alburquerque said that if necessary, the Family Health Plan (SFS) could operate without the intermediation of the Health Plan Administrators (ARS). The companies serve as managerial link between medical service consumers and providers. Alburquerque said that clinics, medical professionals and consumers are the essential elements of the system. As reported in Diario …

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The Dominican Senate moved on eight legislative initiatives yesterday. One of the bills authorizes the municipal government of Santiago de los Caballeros to seek financing for RD$480 million to be used to pay debts and better municipal services. Another would approve the regulations governing the development of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MIPYMES) through a …

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The magistrates of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) have signed an “informal” pact to lower the tensions that are being aired publicly. Behind these tensions are several amendments that would be added to the package of rules and regulations that would be enacted to control the 2008 Presidential elections. According to the Diario Libre, the …

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Scotiabank, the Dominican affiliate of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada’s second-largest bank, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in BBVA Crecer AFP for US$50 million in cash to expand its operations in the Dominican Republic. Scotiabank had previously considerably increased its presence in the DR when in 2003 the government chose it for …

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Former President Hipolito Mejia told reporters from the nation’s newspapers that his Minister of the Armed Forces, Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, “sold out” to current President Leonel Fernandez. This announcement comes on the heels of several meetings between the former minister and President Fernandez. Soto Jimenez, who was a minister for all four years of …

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