2008 – Page 143

Torrential rains forced the International Airport of Las Americas (AILA) to close landing and departure operations yesterday from 3:35 to 5pm, as reported in Diario Libre. Several flights had to be rerouted to Punta Cana, Santiago and Puerto Plata international airports due to low visibility. The Listin reports that flight AA1520 from NY was detoured …

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The First Courts of Santo Domingo sentenced retired police lieutenant Emil Reyes and Guillermo Antonio de los Santos to 30 years in prison for the murder of Air Force Major General Jose Manuel Herran Mancebo. Colonel Pablo Leonel Velazquez Taveras, the mastermind of the crime, received 20 years in jail for his role in the …

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The Executive Branch’s Legal Advisor office has placed all of the nation’s laws, decrees, regulations, resolutions and judicial documents, since 1844, online as part of the “Online Access to the Presidential Judicial Archive” program. Cesar Pina Toribio, legal advisor to the President, says at the moment there are 223,850 documents online with 1.5 million total …

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The DR is still the safest nation in Latin America, according to Celso Marranzini, president of the Business Council for Crime Prevention (CONEPREC), which is part of the National Business Council (CONEP). Marranzini says that levels of crime, theft and hold ups have decreased. Marranzini applauded the work of the National Police, but said that …

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Will former Yankees manager Joe Torres nemesis, Manny Ramirez now become his ace? With the trade of Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers, the team may get that chance to ride with him to a World Championship. MLB.com points out today that “Torres knows firsthand the type of player Ramirez is after …

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During the inauguration of the Global Dominico-Haitian Forum (FDHG), taking place at the Global Democracy and Development Foundation (Funglode), President Leonel Fernandez said that the DR and Haiti have lacked better understanding, dialogue and cooperation over the years. Fernandez called for better understanding to strengthen ties. “I think that as we get to know each …

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The government has a deficit of RD$21 billion due to overspending so far this year and now proposes to finance it primarily by taking on PetroCaribe debt, as reported in Listin Diario. The Executive Branch sent the complementary budget to Congress yesterday. Of the total, RD$10.3 billion would come from an increase in tax revenue, …

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Yesterday, the Executive Branch sent to the Senate a bill to approve a US$20 million loan from the Deutsche Bank Sociedad Anonima Espanola, a Spanish commercial bank. The funds would be used to finish the Oriental (Barrera de Salinidad) Aqueduct project that feeds off Ozama River waters and supplies water to the eastern side of …

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Aristides Fernandez Zucco, president of the National Energy Commission, says that energy prices for consumers will not increase until the government figures out a way to expand the subsidy program and coverage of the Solidarity Card. He says the government wants the subsidies to reach the most needed. Electricity Superintendent Francisco Mendez said that any …

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Dominican drivers wonder if we are going forward or backward. Many streets now have modern LED stoplights that countdown the seconds between green, orange and red lights. The new lights were installed to increase efficiency and reduce traffic jams. But drivers find it frustrating when at an intersection AMET transit cops disregard the functioning traffic …

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