2007 – Page 72

The executive director of the Airports Authority, Andres Vanderhorst, is pointing out that the Dominican Republic is attracting attention from the commercial aviation world due to the improvement of its navigation systems, as well as the increase in air traffic and tourism. The country’s eight international airports receive 150 different international airlines. Vanderhorst spoke during …

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The Chamber of Deputies is currently looking at a legislative proposal that seeks to limit the amount of interest institutions can charge on credit cards. The proposal is trying to establish a 2.5% monthly interest on the unpaid balance as the maximum allowed. The proposal would also disallow any additional charges (surcharges) when the billing …

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The recent week-long rains have led to scenes of desolation and ruin in neighboring Haiti where slash and burn agriculture has all but destroyed the country’s forest cover. According to Hoy newspaper, floods and mudslides have displaced tens of thousands of people. Fishermen in the sea found one victim tangled in their nets, swept out …

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The Alternative Social Forum, a loosely tied group of leftist, liberal and civic groups that organized a nationwide strike earlier this month, has announced its plans for the near future. Keeping to its doctrine of increased salaries, a modification of the Hydrocarbon Law and lower food prices, the Forum has announced a visit to the …

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A decision by the Playa Dorada Hotel Association to charge a special toll on buses bringing tourists into the 13-hotel complex has stirred up some heated debate. The transport unions have announced that they will leave the tourists at the main entrance of the complex rather than pay the RD$50 toll on buses and trucks …

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Police personnel at several stations in the National District and Santo Domingo Province have been removed from their posts and replaced by new officers. Some of the officers were arrested and some were sent to new posts. The moves affected the police in the city of Boca Chica, in the municipal district of Andres-La Caleta …

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The Children and Youth Court of Appeals of the National District has ruled on a new process towards recognition of biological parents, and ruled against the right to refuse a DNA test to verify paternity. The court based its opinion on the more important of several constitutional guarantees: the pre-eminent right of identity; the right …

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The National Police have announced the arrest of two of the three suspects in the murder of two Italians last week in Boca Chica. The two charged with the murder of Mauricio Banci last Monday are Omar Santana Perdomo (a.k.a. Yunior), 18, and Pedro Luis Perdomo, 22. The latter is also charged with the murder …

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His funeral will be a historic event in San Jose de Ocoa. Father Luis Quinn, who served the community for more than 40 years, passed away as he underwent openheart surgery over the weekend. Quinn, born in England and raised in Toronto, Canada, was close to 80 years old. A receiver of “privileged Dominican citizenship”, …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the Narcizo Gonzalez Cultural Center and the Monina Sola Theater in the Villa Juana section of Santo Domingo yesterday. Hoy reports that construction of the culture centers dates back to 1986 when remodeling works at the Villa Juana neighborhood removed community centers to make room for the V Centenario Expressway. The …

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