2007 – Page 127

The government is announcing that beginning in November, with a RD$13,990 million budget, a number of public works projects will be launched, including paving roads and sidewalks. This announcement of a series of very visible government works coincides with the forthcoming presidential elections, set for 16 May 2008. Felix Bautista, director of the State Works …

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The Ministry of Public Health Resolution No. 9 puts into effect today the use of a pink-colored form for certifying births to non-resident foreigners in Dominican hospitals. The document is issued to confirm that the birth took place in the Dominican Republic and is required by foreign consulates for the registration of their foreign-born nationals …

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As part of Restoration Day celebrations the government announced it is temporarily suspending the alcohol decree that limits the sale of alcoholic beverages. Traders will be allowed to sell alcohol without restriction until Friday. The decree limits the sale of alcohol until 12am Sunday through Thursday and until 2am Fridays and Saturdays. Since the decree …

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The PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado, usually known as a man of few words, added his two cents when he blasted President Leonel Fernandez’s current administration. Vargas, quoted in Hoy described Fernandez’s first three years in office as incompetent, inefficient and full of unfulfilled promises. Vargas said that the current situation isn’t going to …

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Clave newspaper is questioning Leonardo Matos Berrido’s work at the helm of the National Housing Bank (BNV). Last week, the newspaper criticized the fact that in the course of his two year term Matos Berrido has increased his wages from the RD$175,000 earned by his predecessor to more than RD$500,000 and awarded himself a life …

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Spokesmen for leading transport associations told the government yesterday that they are instructing their members to refrain from paying the fees being charged for license plate renewals. Rates for vehicles that are 10 years old or more have only been increased by RD$300; but minibus drivers, cargo truck owners and owners of vehicles dated from …

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Diario Libre is reporting that authorities at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) have apprehended 24-year old Peruvian, Alex Javier Rojas Toribio who was traveling with 119 small packets in his stomach. The man had arrived from Panama and was being held at the Armed Forces Central Hospital before being transferred to the custody of the …

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Japanese volunteer Tadahisa Kudo is setting an example to Dominicans. Every day for the last year Kudo has spent an hour and half of his day going around the area by the Heroes Monument in Santiago and collecting the trash left behind, as reported in the Listin Diario. He uses a plastic bag to collect …

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Dominican swimmer Marco Diaz’s new feat is attracting the interest not only of the Dominican press but of the US media as well. CNN, Univision, Telemundo, ESPN and Fox have all been covering Diaz’ training, leading up to his attempt to swim around Manhattan Island twice. Swimming World and Men’s Health magazines have also shown …

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The present five-day forecast issued by the US National Hurricane Center and most other forecasters, shows Hurricane Dean passing sufficiently south of the island of Hispaniola to avoid affecting both the DR and Haiti. Hurricane hunting reconnaissance flights are going out today, and their reports will provide input for more accurate predictions. So far, a …

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