2008 – Page 195

The residents of San Cristobal are in shock today as they come to terms with the death of a 14-year old at the hands of a child of the same age. Although names weren’t released, El Caribe reports that as the children were leaving the San Rafael school one child insulted the other. Angered by …

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The Plastic Surgery, Esthetics and Reconstructive Surgery Society (SODOCIPRE) has come out in defense of Dr. Roberto de Guerrero Daniel who is under house arrest in Puerto Rico. The doctor is accused of illegally performing a medical procedure on a patient, but SODOCIPRE denies the charge. SODOCIPRE president Jean Paul Giudecelli says that the doctor’s …

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Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols and Manny Ramirez are among the world’s best-paid athletes, according to Forbes Magazine. The list considers base salaries and estimated endorsements, revenues and royalties among other things. Rodriguez is seventh on the list among North American athletes, with an estimated contract of US$300 million. Ramirez is making around US$20 million per …

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Plaza Lama has potatoes for RD$10.95lb, red onions for RD$7.95lb, green bananas for RD$2.95ea, squash for RD$4.75lb, watermelon for RD$7.95lb, rice for RD$16.50lb, fresh carite for RD$79.95lb. Bravo is advertising 30% off fruits, vegetables, fresh juices, flowers for its supermarket card member holders. Jumbo has green bananas for RD$5.95lb, limes for RD$6.95lb, watermelon for RD$4.95lb, …

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President Leonel Fernandez is looking for investors. As the President finished his latest junket to Europe, he met with investors in Barcelona and announced that he wanted to create a railway link from Santiago to Santo Domingo to match his Santo Domingo Metro system. He called it a “small AVE (High Velocity Express)” between the …

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The Presidency recently signed the ruling for the first Consumer Protection Law No. 358-05. The law obliges manufacturers to label the contents of the goods in Spanish on their packaging. The law also obliges companies selling goods and products in foreign currency to state the equivalent in Dominican pesos. The bill, presented to Congress by …

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TV journalist Nuria Piera dedicated most of her investigative journalism TV program screened on Saturday, 7 June to denouncing the low quality of the breakfast drink purchased by the Ministry of Education for distribution to public school children nationwide. Piera revealed that the level of protein and fat in the product produced by Ladom, the …

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In an unusual move, the International Monetary Fund has requested the formal substitution of the Dominican Republic representative at the IMF general headquarters in Washington, D.C. The formal request came after an incident in which security personnel were called in to forcibly remove Ruddy Santana from the IMF premises. Sources in Washington indicate that Santana …

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Delegates from 50 Western Hemisphere countries are meeting at the Santo Domingo Hilton for the 32nd assembly of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The meetings run through Friday, 13 June.

The United States Embassy says that the US has increased its aid to the DR from US$29.4 million in the 2007 fiscal year to US$45.2 million in the 2008 fiscal year, a 54% increase. The funds are directed at programs to strengthen democracy, health, education, farming, environment and biodiversity, as well as trade under DR-CAFTA. …

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