2008 – Page 239

Dozens of doctors took to the streets once again to demand a wage increase and other benefits. A group of women doctors walked from the Women’s Hospital on Ave. Bolivar in Santo Domingo and made their way to the National Police Department where they were met by a line of mostly female police officers. The …

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The DR has the unwanted distinction of being ranked fourth in the world in terms of the number of women working abroad in the sex trade. According to the Aquelarre Support Center (CEAPA), 50,000 Dominican women work as prostitutes abroad. The sex trade is usually tied in with human rights violations and involves large sums …

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Convicted drug trafficker Rolando Florian Feliz is still in jail and is likely to stay there for a while. El Caribe is reporting that Judge Leydi Esther Ciriaco Montilla granted him parole in a hearing on 15 April, but in an interesting twist it emerges that Ciriaco was removed from duty on 9 April, which …

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On this day in 1965 a group of Army officers overthrew the de-facto government led by Donald Reid Cabral. Reid was part of a triumvirate government that was set up in 1963, after a coup d’etat that saw the ousting of President Juan Bosch. Bosch had been fairly elected after the assassination of dictator Rafael …

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In two games against the mighty Boston Celtics we have found out that rookie power forward Al Horford is great talent and a future perennial All-Star, but he doesn’t have the chops to cut it as a magician. Horford scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds, with three assists in a 19-point shellacking at the …

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Nueva Dimension at Roberto Pastoriza 456 and Costa del Sol 1 in Juan Dolio furniture stores are advertising 50% off new merchandise. Majorca Joyas y Perlas has 15-25% off its jewelry selection, on the occasion of Secretary’s Day, this 26 April. Viva.com.do telecom company is introducing the Samsung F250 with a RD$3,990 plan. La Nacional …

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The silhouette of a longhaired beauty with red lips and a rose inside a book has seduced thousands of people to the XI International Book Fair in the Plaza de la Cultura. Students from both public and private schools flocked to the fair, which features 1,158 artistic displays, 64 theatrical performances, 10 art exhibits and …

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The free rides on the new Metro system are, apparently, one of the principal attractions drawing visitors to the Book Fair. According to Diario Libre, neither bargains for books or the cultural attractions on offer can rival the Metro rides. Long lines of people have waited to get on the train at all the stations, …

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Faced with strong criticism over high food prices, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has begun to implement a program to ship low-priced foods to local grocery shops known as “colmados”. According to El Nuevo Diario, there are 100,000 of these small, neighborhood stores in the DR. They are due to receive rice, beans and …

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Santo Domingo is getting a heliport for public use. The Airport Department and the City of Santo Domingo are in charge of the construction of the city’s first public heliport on the grounds of the Malecon by the Caribbean Sea, near the Metaldom factory on the intersection with Ave. Nunez de Caceres. Andres Vanderhorst of …

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