2008 – Page 301

The government has created yet another committee, this one named the National Livestock Committee (CNP), to deal with the issues connected with the presence of Asian bird flu in the Dominican Republic. According to Enriquillo Rivas, a poultry sector consultant, chicken producers have put up RD$15 million and the Ministry of Agriculture has contributed an …

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A new US$100 million company, Wind Telecom will launch its services tomorrow. According to company president Manuel Bonilla, its services will include Wimax, Internet, television and data. The company will offer Wi-Fi broadband access to its clients, as well as 132 television channels, with two channels reserved for educational use. Universities and other institutions will …

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One of the Dominican Republic’s most successful exports, bananas, has seen a 37% reduction due to the effects of two strong tropical storms, Noel and Olga, late last year. Unfortunately, these natural disasters hit at a time when new competition was appearing on the scene, and both organic and conventional banana exports are now facing …

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Newly arrived US Ambassador P. Robert Fannin will be the keynote speaker at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon scheduled for Wednesday, 20 February at the Salon Anacaona at the Hotel Jaragua. Admission to the event, which starts at noon, is RD$2,000 for members and RD$2,500 for non-members.

Former President Hipolito Mejia is reported to have given the new US ambassador, Robert Fannin, files on the use of state funds for the current presidential election campaign as well as files on the case of the US$130 million Sun Land loan, according to PRD president Ramon Alburquerque. The PRD has taken its complaint on …

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The Gasoline Distributors Association (Anadegas) is very unhappy about the way in which subsidized diesel fuel is being shared. As a result, the association is reiterating its threat to shut down most of the nation’s gasoline stations if the government does not provide a positive response to all the complaints that have been registered over …

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Over the weekend, Fenatrano transport union leader Juan Hubieres threatened a halt to all public transport in the southern and western regions of the Dominican Republic as a way of calling attention to what he called the unequal distribution of subsidized diesel fuel. After meeting with Melanio Paredes, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Hubieres …

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In a round table discussion at the Listin Diario offices, several legal and police officials presented a number of possible modifications to the Code of Penal Procedures instituted in September 2004. The Chief of Police, Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin suggested that the police should be given 48 hours to present their case instead of the …

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The frontier between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is experiencing mounting tension as armed cattle farmers crossed into Haiti and took 16 cows and two horses that they are holding to exchange for the nearly two dozen cattle that were stolen and taken into Haiti just a few days before. The cattlemen were led by …

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The leader of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic, Nicolas de Jesus Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez, has told the nation’s police force that the criminals they confront should not be treated with “pious thoughts”. Despite being an opponent of the use of force, the Cardinal said that people who commit crimes do not have more …

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