2008 – Page 34

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (SEIC) has ordered a slight reduction in the price of premium and regular gasoline and diesel, LPG, kerosene and aircraft fuel, ranging between RD$0.42 and RD$0.90. These prices will be in effect until next Friday. A gallon of gasoline will now sell for RD$123.70, RD$0.70 lower. Premium gasoline is …

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that the Dominican monetary policy observe “a certain margin of relief” next year, in proportion to the fiscal adjustment that the IMF mission agreed with the Dominican authorities. In a report that is published in today’s El Caribe, the organization says that an IMF mission headed by Andy Wolf …

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The European Union has conditioned disbursement from a EUR179 million development program fund to the government fulfilling pre- established requirements. The chief of the EU mission in the Dominican Republic, Alicia Escuin, signed the agreement with Domingo Jimenez, the director general of Multilateral Cooperation in the presence of the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, …

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia is focusing his attention on developing the southwest coastline of the Dominican Republic. As reported in Diario Libre, Javier Garcia said that the time has come for the southwest and he soon would announce multi-million investments forthcoming for the area. Javier Garcia says that he has the blessing of Environment …

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Writing in today’s Listin Diario, deputy Vinicio A. Castillo Seman says that citizens should become aware of the urgent need to reform the Penal Procedures Code. He points to three recent cases that highlight the need for this reform. He criticizes the fact that the code, which has been in effect for four years now, …

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The Deputy Minister of Protected Areas at the Ministry of the Environment reaffirmed yesterday that the first squatters to leave Los Haitises National Park were high-ranking military officers from the armed forces or the National Police who had occupied the lands in an irregular fashion. Deputy Minister Eleuterio Martinez said “Everyone will have to get …

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A total of 93% of all the jails in the Dominican Republic are sources of pollution. An estimated 60% do not have sufficient beds for the number of inmates, while in others overpopulation has reached 300%, according to the results of a study by the Ministry of Public Health Environmental Health Division. This overpopulation, ranging …

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Families of over 90 travelers that are still missing after attempting an illegal crossing of the Mona Channel to Puerto Rico on 14 November are losing hope. The boat departed from Miches, but according to reports the captain accepted more passengers than the boat could safely hold. The US Coast Guard abandoned the search mid …

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The beats of the Caribbean are now mixed with the sounds of Japan, in new tracks recorded by maestro Chichi Peralta for his new release “Amor Samurai,” included in his fourth CD, “De aquel lao del rio” that will be available to the general public in January 2009. The shamisen, shakuhachi, Japanese strings and taiko …

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Cool breezes and temperature lows for the year – in the low 20s Celsius – are reminding Dominicans that Christmas time is approaching. Traditionally, the chilly weather welcomes the Christmas holidays. The Meteorological Office says that the lows will continue throughout the week nationwide due to a front moving in from the north.