2008 – Page 224

Forty people have been killed in road accidents in less than two months. Of this total, at least five died during political activities. In the last two weeks of April, 22 people perished in just three accidents and more than 25 were injured, according to Police reports. During the first part of May, ten accidental …

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Approximately 200 workers and artisans who helped in the remodeling of the Monument to the Restoration in Santiago de los Caballeros were demonstrating on Friday in hopes of getting overdue pay for their efforts. The remodeled Monument was officially re-opened over nine months ago. The protesters threatened to occupy the facade of the Monument and …

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The baby taken from his dead mother’s womb after a domestic dispute has been removed from an incubator and is being breast fed by his aunt. The baby was saved after doctors performed a C-section on the mother who was killed by her husband, who then committed suicide. The mother’s sister-in-law is now breastfeeding the …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in Puerto Plata to inaugurate a number of new venues estimated to have cost half a billion pesos. The works included the completion of the remodeling of the San Felipe Cathedral and Central Park, as well as water supply systems in 23 neighborhoods.

The Ministry of Environment has signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the German Construction Bank (KFW) to create a US$10 million fund, which will be administered by the National Protected Areas System (SINAP). The organizations will provide US$6.5 million for the fund, while the Dominican government …

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Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez has welcomed the decision by public hospital doctors to hold off from taking any further strike action between now and the 16 May presidential elections. Rojas Gomez says that he is sure that both sides would be able to sit down and have a sincere discussion on the issues …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge Robert Rosario says that all the Taiwanese-manufactured scanners that will be used to expedite the vote count in the 16 May election arrived yesterday. The scanners will transmit the voting tally sheets and will be located in 103 municipalities, as reported in El Caribe. Rosario was responding to concerns voiced …

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The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (Anje) and the National Business Council (Conep) are warning that once the election is over, the government will have to concentrate on being more efficient and controlling public spending to adjust to the US economic slowdown and the increasing price of fuel. As reported in Hoy, Anje warned that …

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The Association of Industries of the DR (AIRD), the Agribusiness Board (JAD) and the Dominican Association of Free Zones (ADOZONA) have decided to act on a common agenda to foster local manufacturing and promote exports and contribute to the maintaining of macroeconomic stability. Only by strengthening local production can we confront the international pressures and …

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The country’s power distribution companies are feeling the pinch of the continual increase in international fuel prices. According to the State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) administrator Radhames Segura, fuel price increases added US$103.79 million to distribution costs during the first five months of the year. The average price for a kWh of energy at the beginning …

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