2007 – Page 254

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has complimented the energy distributors and the Energy Cabinet for completing the requirements set forth by the stand by arrangement and said that it has been done better than expected. After a meeting of the Committee for the Recovery of the Electricity Sector, members of the IMF expressed their satisfaction …

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Hoping to give both sides more time to talk, the government has decided to suspend the National Committee on Salaries (CNS) meeting. The meeting had been called by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque who earlier this week joined the negotiation talks between both sides. The meeting was scheduled for 10:30am today at the Ministry of Labor …

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The Executive Branch submitted to Congress four contract loans for a total of EU238 million. These contracts will be used to build the Santo Domingo Metro. The contracts were signed by Office for the Reorganization of Transit head Diandino Pena. One contract was signed with the CIM TSO Consortium for EU33,059,375.96. That contract is for …

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The electricity cables that were stolen from the Juan Bosch Bridge were reinstalled yesterday. The Program for the Elimination of Electricity Fraud (PAEF) in conjunction with EdeEste helped restore the lighting to the bridge. Army Colonel and PAEF head Delis del Pilar Hernadez oversaw the installation and explained that there will be an armed unit …

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The pig-producing sector is now looking for the government to help them in the same way they rescued the chicken-producing sector. Diario Libre writes that the pig- producing sector has an overproduction this year and is looking for the government to buy pigs in order to avoid a loss of millions for the sector. In …

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Commander, US Southern Command, that the biggest challenge to the country is poverty and that drug trafficking is the biggest danger. Admiral Stavridis is on a courtesy visit to the country but did say that the DR’s efforts and cooperation against drug trafficking are exemplary. The admiral will meet with President …

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A total of 1,778 boxes of fake cigars were confiscated and burned by the Anti Forgery and Pirating Department of the Dominican Tobacco Institute (INTABACO). The fakes were confiscated during several raids. Director general of INTABACO, Adalberto Rosa, says that these 1,778 boxes are in addition to the 30,000 already burned and which have a …

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Union leader Juan Hubieres is going into his second day of a hunger strike in protest for accusations that he had something to do with a bus bombing that injured seven people, including a pregnant woman. Hubieres is joined by 22 members of the National Transport Federation the New Option (Fenatrano). Office for the Reorganization …

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The International Police (Interpol) has captured and returned Pascasio Bueno Rosario to the Dominican Republic after catching the 27-year old crossing the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Bueno Rosario, from La Vega, is charged with murdering a police sergeant in front of a jail and then fleeing the country on a forged identity. Bueno Rosario …

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As of 1 April prices for visas to the UK will be more expensive. The Listin Diario reports that a transit visa will now cost 44 pounds (RD$2,992) up from 30 pounds (RD$ 2,040). Six month visas will also be more expensive going from 50 pounds (RD$3,400) to 63 pounds (RD$4,290) while long stay visas …

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