2007 – Page 96

A group of youths is organizing “The Other Campaign,” in which they will present proposals that they feel politicians should be making. The youths reject the clientelism that is prevalent in the political campaigns that are underway for the 18 May presidential election. “As youths we do not identify with the present electoral campaigns because …

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The Central Electoral Board and the Ministry of Education announced a program to provide birth certificates to an estimated 17,899 school children that currently lack the document. Adults that do not have cedulas (ID and voting cards) will also benefit from the program. In the DR there are hundreds of thousands of children that cannot …

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A report by the Ministry of Public Health reveals that 50% of the births in hospitals located at the Dominican border are to Haitian women. The Social Security Law obliges public hospitals to provide this service gratis. The report also indicates that 22% of births in Santiago are to foreigners. Overall, 15% of babies born …

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Slain 22-year old Dominican soldier Juan Alcantara has received his US citizenship. He was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb on 6 August. His parents said that Alcantara had always dreamed of becoming a US citizen, but the posthumous citizenship award “just doesn’t make any sense.” He leaves behind his fiancee and the baby …

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Major General Rafael Radhames Ramirez Ferreira, president of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) clarified that General Geraldo de los Santos Mora, in charge of intelligence at the DNCD, was promoted, not dismissed. News reports had indicated that he had been dismissed in connections with investigations into the cocaine bust in Durham, Canada. Major General …

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The Police has reported that kidnappers released Nita Sue Rash, who lives with her husband David Rash in Las Galeras, Samana. 12 persons were arrested, according to Diario Libre. Reportedly, the kidnappers had asked for a ransom of US$1 million, that they latter dropped to US$500,000. The woman was abandoned by the Police at 6:30 …

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The Customs Department (DGA) seized US$500,734.77 in cash on Saturday, which was brought to the DR by Dominican-born US naturalized citizen Roberto Perez Reyes on the Puerto Rico/DR ferry. The money was hidden in a sofa imported in a 1986 SML Chevy van, reports Diario Libre. Perez had traveled on the ferry four times over …

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World famous art from The Louvre of Paris is on exhibit in Santo Domingo starting today. This is a premiere for the Louvre. Walk or drive around the Independence Park in the Colonial City to view the full-sized reproductions of some of the museum’s most famous paintings. “Images from the Louvre” displays six centuries of …

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President Leonel Fernandez begins a two-week tour of the US that will take him to Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston and New York City. First on the President’s agenda is a talk on trade and US-Dominican relations at the University of Miami in Coral Gables this Monday, 17 September. The event, organized by the University’s Center …

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The government is sending 500 more troops to the Dominican frontier with Haiti in an effort to stem the illegal trading in foodstuffs, firearms and drugs, as well as human trafficking. The troops will be posted to four border provinces -Pedernales, Independencia, Elias Pina and Dajabon. The Armed Forces Ministry will be establishing the Specialized …

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