2008 – Page 6

More that half a million elderly people are excluded from the Social Security System because the government did not prioritize the funds needed for them to get out of poverty during their lives. According to Hoy newspaper, social security expert Fulgencio Severino proposed that part of the monetary surplus that the Social Security Treasury receives …

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The Electricity Distributor of the North (Ede-Norte) will suspend service to clients in the circuits denominated “B”, “C”, and “D” all during this week, including the 24th and 25th, in order to repair transmission lines. The press release, according to El Nuevo Diario, says that service will be suspended Wednesday from 4 to 7pm and …

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The sole survivor of the Paya massacre, Orin Clinton Gomez, has been sentenced to a year in preventive custody on charges of suspected people smuggling. Judge Mariano Abreu rejected charges of his complicity in drug trafficking on the grounds there was not sufficient evidence to incriminate him on those charges. According to news reports, Gomez …

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Eight people were killed in road accidents over the weekend. One accident caused five deaths and another three. The first accident occurred on the Sanchez highway between Azua and Bani, and the other one at Km 12 of the Las Americas Expressway. The first was a three-vehicle crash at Km 2 of the highway between …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) is forecasting good, cool weather for a while. They say that the flow of winds from the east/northeast will continue to affect the weather over the whole country, keeping temperatures down to pleasant levels everywhere. Onamet said that the winds will also bring some light rains in the northeast, north, …

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On Friday night the big news was that the Aguilas Cibaenas had guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot by beating Escogido 9-3 in Santo Domingo. In La Romana, the Tigres del Licey lost but still guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot. The Toros beat them 2-1 in …

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Diandino Pena, director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) has announced that as of Monday, 22 December, rides will be free on the Santo Domingo Metro. The Metro will run from 9am to 7pm and the free rides will end on 6 January. Pena explained that only 10 train cars will be used for this …

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In a divided opinion, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has ruled that the charges of violation of the Constitution placed by the PRD opposition party and the Foro Social Alternativo civic group against the Dominican State for the Sun Land Corporation loan contracts are inadmissible. The Supreme Court accepted that the Executive Branch was …

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The ‘Que se Dice’ (What’s Being Said) column in Hoy points out that one does not have to be a lawyer or an expert in constitutional law to understand that the Supreme Court went off on a tangent when declaring unacceptable the recourses of violation of the Constitution presented by the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) …

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In recent months the Supreme Court and minor courts have issued sentences that potentially signaled a change in the once weak legal system. But critics feel that yesterday’s ruling on the Sun Land corruption case has revealed that not much has changed in the Dominican judicial system and that the old demons are still plaguing …

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