2009 – Page 100

A low-pressure trough remains to the northeast of the DR and the predominant winds continue from the east-southeast. Onamet says that the current heat wave will continue and only some showers will occur over most of the country. The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) predicted rainfall for the provinces of Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, …

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The Doing Business 2010 report, recently published by the World Bank now ranks the DR in 86th place of 183 countries. The DR climbed 16 places, up from 102 in the 2009 report. See http://www.doingbusiness.org/ Maria Victoria Abreu, of the National Council of Competitiveness (CNC), says that the new Corporation Law (No. 479-08) promoted by …

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The new administrator of the State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Celso Marranzini is well aware of the fact that the country’s electricity system depends on old generators, is weak and that all consumers must be made to pay for the service they receive. If not, nothing will change. After barely three weeks on the job, Marranzini …

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The solution to the financial and distribution problems that plague the DR’s electricity sector require a sustained investment of US$600 million over the next 4 years, the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas said yesterday. The minister said that a substantial part of these resources would go towards protecting transmission lines to prevent …

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While the new CDEEE administrator is calling for the heads of those who steal electricity, Diario Libre reporter Jose Javier writes about how technical issues and very low water levels in the hydroelectric reservoirs prevent them from supplying more than 90 megawatts to the entire system. The dams are also under a new administrator, engineer …

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The Constitution Revisory Assembly’s Constitutional Reform Verification and Auditing Commission is now ready to submit its report on the creation of a Constitutional Court made up of 13 judges that can be renewed and whose leadership will be changed every 3 years. All the judges will be appointed for 9-year terms. Commission president and assembly …

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In an important political agreement the two major parties have agreed on the process that will see the Law on Political Parties and Groups approved as soon as possible. The Dominican Liberation (PLD) and Dominican Revolutionary (PRD) parties are ironing out the details in order to know how viable it will be to put the …

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Of the 2,400 officers who work for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), 900 are women and most are under the age of 30. AMET chief General Rafael Oscar Bencosme Candelier said that he was proud of the fact that 37.5% of his force was female. As part of celebrations of the 12 anniversary of AMET, …

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There are 1,192 foreigners in the Dominican Republic’s 35 jails. Of these, 43% are in jail for drug-related offenses, mostly trafficking. Haitians make up the majority of foreign prisoners, followed by Dutch, United States and Spanish citizens, according to information that El Nuevo Diario obtained from the Director General of Prisons. There are also 29 …

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The National Police has named three of the men accused of robbing the Banco Popular branch office in Juan Dolio. Police chief Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin has called on the other members of the gang to give themselves up. Agents attached to the Criminal Investigations Department identified Rafael Soriano Rincon, Ariel Olivo Amador …

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