2008News

Dominican doctor defended

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 …
2008News

Million dollar ballplayers

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 …
2008News

Tuesday sales

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, …
2008News

Leonel in Barcelona

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 …
2008News

Consumer Protection Law

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 …
2008News

IMF boots DR rep

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 …