2007 – Page 58

With no apparent warning Tropical Storm Noel formed yesterday, and the Weather Department has extended its Red Alert for large areas across the Dominican Republic. Continuous rains and stiff winds with some strong gusts are expected throughout the day, today. According to the weather office, rainfall will be heaviest in the southeast, the southwest, north, …

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Everyone in the DR seems to be caught off alert regarding Noel that surprisingly developed on Sunday into a strong storm. Anyway, this morning’s Diario Libre A.M. page two column written by editor Adriano Miguel Tejada blasts the Weather Department (ONAMET) for not sound the alarm to the public about the onslaught of TS Noel. …

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Participating entities in the Family Health Insurance System (SFS) that violate Law 87-01 are subject to fines of up to one million pesos, according to the recently approved Regulations on Infractions and Punishments in the SFS. The fines can go from 50 minimum wages (RD$5,635) all the way up to 200 minimum wages. Thus, a …

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Fuel prices were reduced slightly over the weekend. Gasoline was allowed to go down RD$2.00 and RD$2.50 for Premium and Regular, and diesel fuel also got a little respite with a RD$0.70 cent drop in price. However, the nation’s housewives and publico drivers were hit with yet another increase in the cost of propane gas …

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Both the National Council for Private Business (CONEP) and Inter-American Development Bank economist Santiago Levy Algazi have urged prudence in the face of the recent spike in oil prices. Conep called on industry and the general population to realize that the era of cheap energy is past. Conep mentioned the energy subsidy paid by the …

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As of today the country’s urologists have decided to abandon the troubled Family Health Insurance Program (SFS). If any patients need to be seen by a urologist, they will have to attend a public hospital or pay the required fees to see a specialist at a private clinic. According to Dr Pablo Mateo Santos, the …

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The executive director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Jose Rafael Rizek Vidal, revealed that just hours after the inauguration of the OneMax offices in Santo Domingo competitor fees for broadband access fell by 20%. He told reporters from Hoy newspaper that his office was proud to see such benefits for consumers. Speaking at a …

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Just hours after issuing their verdicts on the BanInter corruption and fraud case, the three-judge panel went on vacation. According to El Caribe, Antonio Sanchez, Pilar Rufino and Esmirna Mendez handed down their decision on 21 October and have not returned to their offices since then. Their reason: Since taking on the case in February …

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The projects associated with the now infamous Sun Land case need an additional US$60 million worth of equipment in order to be fully ready to serve the university and the public. The original US$130 million contract had stipulated 11 works would be fully equipped with the funding. The Heriberto Pieter Cancer Hospital alone needs US$40 …

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Lawyer Julio Cury has told Diario Libre that the loans taken on by Sun Land to be passed on to Dominican contractors with the guarantee of the Dominican state violates No. 10 of Art. 55 of the Constitution, which obliges the head of state to send the loans to Congress. During an address to media …

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