2007 – Page 293

Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chairman at the International Monetary Fund, Murilo Portugal has issued a public statement about the completion of the fifth and sixth reviews of the Stand-by Arrangement with the Dominican Republic. In the statement he acknowledges the authorities’ efforts so far that have led to a strong macroeconomic performance with a …

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In response to the United Nations report that 27% of the Dominican population is malnourished, the Ministry of Health has announced RD$450 million in funding for a program to fortify foods for infants and pregnant women. The goal is to reduce anemia and Vitamin A deficiencies in these two groups. Maltide Vasquez, Nutrition sub-Minister, says …

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The Dominican government and the German Development Bank KFW plan to spend EUR9.5 million on sustainable environmental projects in the border region. The projects will be concentrated in the Artibonite river basin area and the Jaragua-Bahoruco Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve. KFW will invest EUR5.5 million while the Dominican government will contribute EUR4 million. Diario Libre writes …

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Twenty-three Dominican students will be traveling to Cuba to continue their studies in medicine. Cuban Ambassador to the DR Juan Astiasaran and Higher Education Minister Ligia Amada Melo met the students who have received the scholarships and will travel to Cuba. This is the third group of students to receive these scholarships. An agreement signed …

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Dutch statistics register the presence of over 300,000 people of Dominican origin who are living in Holland and Curacao and Aruba. Expatriate Advisory Board Minister Alejandro Santos said he was surprised to hear this from Dominican consul Jose Goris when visiting Amsterdam, Holland as part of a five-country European tour that will take him to …

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The National Competitiveness Council sponsored Puerto Plata Tourism & Cultural Cluster (CTCPP) is hosting the Workshop SIRCHAL II in Puerto Plata, from 16 to 21 February. Community development experts from France, the US, Spain and the DR are taking part. The event is under the umbrella of the Consejo Directivo del Plan de Rescate y …

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Senate President Reynaldo Pared Perez is asking the US authorities for an explanation for the latest delays in the country’s entry into the DR-CAFTA agreement. Pared called the treaty a never-ending story, and said that in his understanding, Congress has passed all bills required for DR-CAFTA to come into effect. Pared’s comments come a week …

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Once it is completed later this year, the 38-floor, 150- meter Torre Caney will be the tallest building in Santo Domingo. Construction has already reached the 35th floor, as reported in the Listin Diario. With a heliport and a swimming pool on the roof, Torre Caney will consist of 31 luxury apartments (853 square meters …

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The Central Electoral Board is charging 50 former workers with providing forged identification cards to baseball players, Haitian nationals, dancers, drug traffickers and other fugitives from justice. Diario Libre writes that this is the first time that this type of fraud is being sent to justice. In the past, anyone found guilty of forgery was …

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Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, who is hearing the case between the Dominican government and AES Corporation, will decide today if he will accept the Dominican government’s petition to publicly release documentation submitted by AES Corporation and Roger Charles Fina. Hoy reports that these …

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