2007 – Page 269

Dominicans may like to work, after all. A poll taken by the Funglode National Institute of Public Opinion (INOP) reveals that 45.3% of Dominicans would like to dedicate more time to their jobs while 22.7% are fine with the way things are and 15.1% would like to work less. Also, 52.1% of Dominicans believe that …

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Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez described as terrorism, the throwing of a home made so-called Molotov bomb into a non-striking employee bus. He announced the arrest of Eddy Alejandro Alvarez Mateo and Antonio Modesto Arredondo as suspects who may have thrown the bomb. Others accused are Wellington Lora Hernandez and men who go by the …

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The US government, through USAID, has donated US$600,000 to the Ministry of Interior Police Ministry with the objective of development a 911 program in the DR that would allow for fast and efficient response to emergencies. The funds will be disbursed once US Ambassador Hans H. Hertell and Interior and Police Minister Franklyn Almeyda sign …

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Doctors from the United States performed operations on 28 children in Santiago who suffered from deformations and burns. The free surgeries were part of a plastic surgery program and were carried out at the Unidad de Ninos Quemados Doctora Thelma Rosario at the regional hospital Doctor Arturo Grullon. The operated children came from Santiago, La …

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Lawyer Julio Cury has called the Transit Authority’s breathalyzers “toys” and says that the US Transportation Department has not certified the breathalyzers being used, CDP 6000. This means, he explained, that the results of those breathalyzer tests have no legal validity. Cury, in an interview in the Listin Diario, criticized that the breathalyzers will only …

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Representatives from the European Union, international organizations, and representatives from the Dominican and Haitian governments, inaugurated the construction of the RD$210 million binational market in the border province of Dajabon. This will be a place where Dominican and Haitian merchants can trade. The inauguration took place where the site will be erected, at the edge …

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Preliminary results from investigations reveal that the robbery and shooting of businessman Jose Miguel Subero was done by a man he knew and trusted. Hoy writes that on late afternoon Tuesday Subero was relaxing in his villa at Barranca No.9 at Casa de Campo when a group of men, armed with an Uzi and pistols, …

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Presidents Fernandez of the Dominican Republic and Rene Preval of Haiti are meeting today to discuss issues affecting the two nations that share the island of Hispaniola. The Dominican foreign ministry did not give details on the items to be discussed. It is reported that Preval will arrive on a private plane today and attend …

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Recent statements by prominent bishops who are critical of President Fernandez’s re-election ambitions have stirred a debate and provoked harsh remarks from leading PLD members. Franklin Almeyda, currently the Minister of the Interior and Police, told Hoy reporters that the bishops’ remarks were motivated by a political agenda. Higher Education Minister Ligia Amada Melo told …

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The Senate has overridden presidential observations on a legislative proposal aimed at creating a new municipal district for Sabana Iglesia, in the province of Santiago. President Fernandez had made a sort of “pocket veto” when he returned the proposal to the Senate with a note that said that he had not authorized the measure “because …

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