2008 – Page 283

Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez says that the US$150 million investment in Puerto Plata in the last three years has rescued the northern region’s coasts from neglect. According to the Minister, Puerto Plata will be the Caribbean’s premier tourism destination in years to come. Jimenez made his comments during a press conference at the ITB fair …

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The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) believes that a motion apparently being planned by political parties to press for the substitution of seven judges on the Supreme Court of Justice would reverse 10 years of progress in the Dominican legal and judicial system. FINJUS vice president Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman said that if the motion …

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According to a report released during the Global Education Forum, most students in the Dominican educational system aren’t getting the basic educational tools needed to succeed, which are important building blocks for their academic progress and is leading to unprepared students at the higher educational levels. The report was prepared by the Organization for Economic …

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Mexico and the DR have signed a cooperation agreement and with the assistance of the German Cooperation Agency (GTZ) will launch a training program to educate workers how to manage solid waste and how to recycle. The program will be implemented with a EUR100 million budget. GTZ and DR government reps signed the agreement at …

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Environment Minister Omar Ramirez Tejada has given eight national organizations checks for use in reforestation programs. The funds, US$100,000, were donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Facility initiative that provides environmental support to seven countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The funds were handed out during …

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Dominican drug officials have once again decided to try and work together in order to stop the recent wave of crimes against the country’s drug enforcement officials. The call for cooperation comes as a seventh National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) official was killed this week. National Police Chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, DNCD president …

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For a second day running Dominican doctors kept their promise and walked the picket lines yesterday as part of a two-day work stoppage. The strike is aimed at putting pressure on the government to give the doctors a pay raise, but the doctors haven’t accomplished much other than keeping thousands of citizens out of the …

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Listin Diario is reporting that 300 fighting cocks and chickens have been killed in Hato Mayor, following the detection of avian flu. Details of this latest development were announced by Ricardo Beriguete, sub director of the Regional Agricultural Ministry (SEA). Beriguete did not provide any explanation for how the bird flu got to Hato Mayor. …

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No, you are not reading yesterday’s news briefs. Yet again, international oil prices have reached all-time highs of US$106 per barrel of crude oil, closing at US$105.97. Brent oil prices also reached the all-time high of US$102.95. This is the second record broken by oil prices this week and is the fourth time that oil …

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Her final wish is to die in her native Dominican Republic and she might have her wish granted. Diario Libre is reporting that the Presidential Social Plan will provide US$22,000 in funds in order to bring Lucy de Silfa back to the DR on a medical plane. Eighty-one year old de Silfa, who fought against …

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