2007 – Page 92

Hoy writes that Dominican beauty products are benefiting from the DR-CAFTA agreement. According to information provided by the Center for Exports and Investment (CEI-RD), in 2005 exports of Dominican beauty products were valued at US$2,876,275 while in 2006 exports had increased to US$3,319,502. Products like conditioners, shampoos, relaxers, highlighters, straighteners, vitamins and rinse are being …

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Octavio Lopez, director of Mining at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, says that the Dominican mining sector grew by 126.7% in the first half of this year. Lopez made his comments during the Inter-Governmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development that took place in Switzerland. Lopez highlighted the strength on the sector …

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The debate on abortion is picking up steam once again and the Catholic Church is reaffirming its stance against abortion under any circumstances. But in this latest bout, the Dominican diocese is asking President Leonel Fernandez to voice his opinion on the matter. At the Dominican Episcopalian Conference, Monsignor Ramon Benito de la Rosa y …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) seized a 200-kilo shipment of cocaine yesterday that was dropped from a small plane into the Bahia de Ocoa. DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron says that the shipment was dropped from a Cessna airplane. The drugs were picked by the US Coast Guard, after …

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Officials have informed that Captain Anderson Antonio Rojas Agramonte and Corporal Wilkinson Novas Diaz from the Marine Corps will be charged in connection with the attempted assassination plot against Major Joran Jose Baez Fernandez and Colonel Juan Francisco Tejada Genao. Diario Libre writes that Baez has detected large drug and contraband shipments over the last …

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One of the two students who were hit by a bus on Wednesday at the UASD campus is still in a coma, according to Hoy. Awilda Cuevas, 19 years old, was run over by a bus on Wednesday and was immediately taken to the Dario Contreras Hospital. The young woman received severe head trauma which …

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Diario Libre writes about six Dominicans who have been selected for judicial posts in New York City’s 72nd District. The elections were held on 17 September 2007. Ruben Dario Vargas, Ricardo Urena, Marina Torres, Diogenes Perdomo and Evelyn Linares have all been selected for posts. Also elected to posts in NY were Sosa A. Jimenez, …

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President Leonel Fernandez is in New York City today. On his agenda is attending the opening of the Dominican Ministry of Industry & Commerce office in NY and meeting with Dominicans studying on government-sponsored university scholarships in NYC. Fernandez will also meet with representatives from the Global Democracy and Development Foundation at City College and …

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President Leonel Fernandez is once again pushing for constitutional reform saying that this would eliminate the deficiencies that have held back Dominican society. Fernandez made this statement during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Fernandez explains that a reform will take aspects that support social equality …

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A resolution passed by the National Social Security Council on 30 August, allows the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) to continue giving services to workers who are part of any other ARS (private health insurance provider). According to the resolution it doesn’t matter if the worker is in construction, agriculture, or works at the port. …

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