2007 – Page 333

The technical director of the Customs Department, Eduardo Rodriguez is warning that a nation’s sovereign rights to impose tariffs as established in the Constitution are in today’s supranational world subject to global conventions that the country has signed. In a contribution to today’s Hoy newspaper, he points out that these international agreements supersede internal laws …

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Telecommunications company Verizon will only charge 50% of the bill for products and internet services to the internet centers (CCI) that have been installed by the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) in 32 provinces and municipalities around the country. Indotel president Jose Rafael Vargas made the announcement yesterday and said the decision would benefit 250 centers.

The State Run Electric Companies (CDEEE) is denying that a RD$10 million house in Jarabacoa is being built as a vacation home for CDEEE administrators. They claim that when the current administration took office in 2004 they were forced to continue the contract to build the house, which had been signed by the previous administration. …

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Transport bus companies Conatra (led by Antonio Marte) and Fenatrano (led by Juan Hubieres) have put aside their traditional differences and united to demand that the government subsidize their bus fares by the the same amount received by the public bus company, OMSA (RD$12-17 depending on the route). The pact comes after both Conatra and …

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The effects of the fiscal reform are being felt in the price of fuel locally. While international prices for fuel are down, premium gasoline has increased by RD$4.27 and regular gasoline was up by RD$4.18. Diesel fuel now costs RD$3.20 more. As of January, the government is levying an additional RD$5 tax per gallon on …

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The PUCMM and the Sorbonne (France) Universities have signed a cooperation agreement that will begin in September 2007 with the offer of a post-graduate degree in international business. Quoted in El Caribe, Sorbonne Dean Pierre-Yves Henim explained that European universities have begun to develop bilingual programs to attract students from Latin America and added that …

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Former President Salvador Jorge Blanco has left the Abreu Clinic and will continue his recovery at home after being entering the private medical facility and undergoing surgery to insert a valve to enable efficient drainage of cerebral fluid. Jorge Blanco suffers from hydrocephaly.

After close to 20 days on vacation, almost 2.5 million Dominican children are back at their school desks today. Though the official return date was scheduled for yesterday, many public schools opened their doors today instead. Listin Diario writes that several private institutions didn’t have high attendance rates because children were still enjoying their gifts …

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The Department for Drug Control (DNCD) has announced the arrest of a young American citizen at Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport with a large quantity of cocaine as she tried to board a plane to New York. The under-age girl, whose name wasn’t released for legal reasons, is reported to be eight months pregnant …

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With only seven games left in the semifinals of the Dominican Winter Baseball League there is no telling what can happen. All teams are playing great post-season baseball, and no team seems to have that decisive edge, making this arguably one of the most competitive post-seasons in recent memory. Last night Licey stayed in the …

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