2008 – Page 281

With the approach of Easter week, 16-22 March, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) plans to launch a campaign targeting alcohol consumption. Last year, more than 500 traffic accidents were recorded during the week, so this year a campaign called Guardian Angel will be implemented starting on 17 March. The program was created by Diageo, a …

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The town of Moca, in the heart of the Cibao Valley is now a WiFi city, thanks to the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL). The WiFi network also benefits the neighboring towns of Villa Trina and Gaspar Hernandez, according to INDOTEL president Jose Rafael Vargas. Vargas said that anyone in a two-kilometer radius from Moca’s central …

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The Ministry of the Interior and the Police has advised the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) that their marchers will not be allowed to use the Dr. Delgado Street nor Mexico Avenue for their next protest, announced for 12 March. Nonetheless, the doctors have told reporters that they will not bend to pressure and that they …

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Today, PROINVEST, in conjunction with Caribbean Export, is hosting a workshop where regional furniture manufacturers can learn about opportunities for cooperation with their Caribbean and European Union counterparts. The EU-Caribbean Partnership Meeting – “Furniture and Complementary Decorative Items” will be held at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel between 10 and 12 March. The three-day workshop will …

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Eighteen people, all students and teachers, were injured in Puerto Plata when a balcony they were watching a parade from collapsed under their weight. As reported in El Caribe, two of the students are still in intensive care and it is feared that one of the teachers could lose one of her legs as a …

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With the price of oil reaching US$106 a barrel on the international market, the Dominican Republic is facing the very real possibility of having to spend US$150 million on its electricity sector subsidies program. This warning comes from superintendent of electricity Francisco Mendez. Mendez told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that this is nearly three …

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The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has fined the Liberian registered Seaboard Caribbean, owned by Neils Jules, a total of RD$7 million for spilling nearly a thousand gallons of fuel oil in the area around Punta Caucedo, near Andres, Boca Chica on the Dominican south coast. Resolution 02-2008, dated 7 March, puts the …

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The Dominican Teacher’s Association (ADP) has complained about the lack of schools, pointing out that in many cases teachers have to teach as many as 78 kids in a classroom. Maria Teresa Cabrera, the head of the association, reports that the school system only has 5,417 buildings housing 11,000 schools. (In the Dominican Republic, a …

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Dominican universities are faced with an unfortunate reality: graduates in many fields are not finding jobs. As a result, according to the article in today’s El Caribe, universities need to look at the courses on offer. The latest statistics from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology say that recent graduating classes have provided …

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One again investigative journalist and television commentator Nuria Piera has exposed a government scandal of immense proportions. Said to be more pervasive than the Sun Land US$130 million loan issue, the CB affair (Comite de Base in Spanish) purports to reveal payments, using state funds, of between RD$3,000 and RD$4,000 per month for thousands of …

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