2008 – Page 243

The stalls at the Flea Market located underneath the elevated portion of Luperon Avenue have spilled out and now occupy parts of Independencia Avenue and the 30 de Mayo Highway. Three thousand vendors are currently registered by the market management association. One of the more pressing issues is the lack of sanitary facilities in the …

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Miguel Ceara-Hatton, of the United Nations Development Program and coordinator of the Human Development reports for the DR, highlighted the fact that the DR has many challenges ahead if tourism is to translate into progress for the poor of the Dominican Republic. He said that new data that is just becoming available because of in-depth …

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Economist Frank Tejada is proposing a ten-year plan for restoring prosperity to the agricultural sector, providing exports and satisfying local demand. The economist stressed that the government needed to work in partnership with private interests to bring about these changes. Tejada sees agro-business and industrialization as part of the process. Tejada, not known as a …

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The nearly 60% increase in the price of diesel fuel over the past 16 months has added RD$300 million to food production costs in the Dominican Republic. This reality increases costs by 20%. In January of 2007 a gallon of diesel fuel was RD$100.50. The current price is RD$159. Osmar Benitez, a leading farm producer …

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The cost of medicines from European sources as well as from local pharmaceutical houses has increased due to the strengthening of the Euro against the dollar. The Euro is being quoted above US$1.50 in many places, and, as a result, medicines for treating hypertension, diabetes, pain and colds have increased by as much as 25%. …

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For many years in the future the word “Tavera” will only bring sorry memories to thousands of Dominicans. The events following Tropical Storm Olga in December will not be forgotten, and the Cibao Ecological Society is warning that the entire watershed that carries water to the reservoir behind the Tavera Dam is a disaster waiting …

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At least one death was reported and several people were wounded as tornadoes struck La Vega, Santiago and San Pedro de Macoris yesterday afternoon. The Dominican Republic does not have a tornado warning system because they are such a rare occurrence. The only reported fatality, Mercedes Torres, 62, died while being treated for her injuries …

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The National Emergency Commission (CNE) is maintaining a Green Alert for the provinces of Puerto Plata, Santiago, Samana, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, (especially Rio San Juan and Nagua) and Espaillat (Gaspar Hernandez and Moca), Duarte – especially the Lower Yuna River Basin, Hato Mayor and El Seibo. The Green Alert has been extended to include San …

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A young woman apparently drove her car off the third floor parking garage at the Body Shop Gym in Naco last Thursday, and was lucky enough to walk away with no visible injuries. Photographs in Diario Libre showed the vehicle lying upside down in the adjacent parking area. The accident occurred at seven o’clock in …

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Two young men from Moca, one of whom is a minor, have been arrested for defamation after they published doctored nude photographs of the daughters of local officials and other lewd photographs. The two, Michael Rodriguez, 23, and the minor, known as “Mandingo” published an Internet site that shocked Moca society. The two were tracked …

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