2008 – Page 2

The ruling on the Sun Land case, the dismissal of members of the Chamber of Accounts and the pardons issued by President Leonel Fernandez have made a negative stain on institutionalism in the DR, says Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, spokesman for the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS). Castanos Guzman is quoted in El Caribe …

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Will the Aguilas ever get a playoff win? The answer seems to be no, as the team has lost its third straight match. With continued play like this the Aguilas could be looking at an early playoff exit this year. Last night Aguilas faced rivals Licey at the Quisqueya Stadium and lost the match 5-2. …

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After a week of harsh criticisms of their decision to collect Christmas bonuses and incentives without having served the minimum three months on the job, the members of the Chamber of Accounts, the body in charge of auditing government, decided to return the money. In a press release issued on Friday afternoon, the nine members …

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Fuel prices in the Dominican Republic have gone down for the twelfth week in a row. The exception was propane gas, LPG, which remained at RD$50.00 a gallon, unchanged from last week. New prices for both types of gasoline and diesel and for Avtur and kerosene all reflect the changes in international oil prices. The …

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Diario Libre has consulted a series of legal experts on the situation created by the Supreme Court’s latest decisions. A reduction in citizens’ right to find justice and the lack of leadership in the Supreme Court are cause enough for 2009 to be a year of profound changes within the high court because, according to …

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The final tally of deaths during the Christmas holiday was placed at 18 by the Emergency Operations Center (COE), with 197 reported injuries. Of the deaths, 16 were due to traffic accidents and two were from alcoholic intoxication. As he gave details of the first phase of “Operations Christmas Dawn 2008”, COE director Juan Manuel …

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A study carried out by Fundacion Red de la Dignidad (Dignity Network Foundation) reveals that the motorcycle is the ideal vehicle to use for crime and that the Dominican Republic has more than a million of these machines. Nonetheless, the study also reveals that the motorcycle is also good for use in commercial, political and …

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The Dominican energy sector ended 2008 with few bright spots and a lot of shady areas. In the area of electricity generation, the market has not extended its generation capacity and recovery has been very slow, as reported in El Caribe. The end of the year saw declines in generation because of breakdowns, and over …

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As well as scandals and serious questions, 2008 will end dominated by an increase in crime and with an uneasiness among many Dominicans that shows a marked feeling of insecurity. According to El Caribe, although the authorities insist on supporting their statements with statistics to try and show that crime has diminished, attributing the increase …

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Hoy newpaper’s Que Se Dice columnist Claudio Acosta comments on the career of missing pilot Adriano Jimenez. Acosta writes that his career covered drug trafficking, assaults, robbery, fraud, forgery and attempted murder, and regardless, he was in and out of the armed forces, joining the Air Force, the Navy, the Army and the National Investigations …

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