2009 – Page 106

An editorial in today’s Hoy calls on the government to resort to sustainable ways of improving the State-owned Electricity Company (CDEEE) revenue levels. It urges the new authorities to pursue those who do not pay for all they consume, government institutions that do not pay for the service, and those who do not pay because …

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Since 4 August 2006, when unemployed laborer Angel Sosa carried a cross from Dajabon to Santo Domingo and became what the press and television called the ‘Dajabon Pilgrim’, a wave of self-sacrificing people seeking to draw the government’s attention to their communities’ problems has, generally speaking, failed. Some would even say the protest mechanism has …

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With many expectations about changes and amendments, this Wednesday the Constitutional Revisory Assembly begins the second reading of the 255-article Constitution bill submitted by the Executive Branch. A large number of changes were made to the bill in the first reading. Assembly president Reinaldo Pared Perez told Diario Libre they would pass the articles on …

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Today the Superintendence of Health and Labor Risks (Sisalril) will begin to receive requests for the Sickness Compensation package that is being offered for common illnesses. The actual program began last Tuesday, according to the Director of Subsidies. Fausto Perez Espinosa said that the measure would benefit thousands of employees who work in shopping centers, …

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Gasoline and diesel prices are down this week, according to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce weekly fuel price bulletin. Propane gas remained unchanged. Premium gasoline will sell for RD$151.10, a RD$2.90 decrease. Regular gasoline will cost RD$141.50 for a RD$3.50 price break. Diesel fuel will now be RD$117.20, a reduction of RD$5.40 a gallon. …

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Government authorities and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have described the prevailing Dominican tourism model as “highly unsustainable.” The UNDP criticizes the lack of diversification, the irresponsibility of tourism project developers and the thirst for fast profits from businesspeople in the sector. Also criticized is the culture of exploitation and poor management of natural …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) has issued over 850,000 tickets for traffic violations over the past year, an average of 2,850 per day. These tickets were issued for disobeying traffic signs and signals, excess speed, reckless driving or for consuming alcoholic beverages while driving, among other issues. According to AMET, these are the main causes …

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National Department for Drug Control (DNCD) agents have carried out two searches in apartments in Santo Domingo’s upscale residential La Esperilla neighborhood. The result: US$4.6 million in cash in a Mercedes Benz SUV parked outside the Torre Alto Paraiso building. This is the largest ever confiscation of cash by the DNCD. According to Hoy newspaper, …

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Fugitive Cristian Almonte and his suspect companion Sobeida Feliz Morel are accused of leading a powerful network of drug traffickers with tentacles in the east and north of the country whose members have to report the operations that they carry out. They battle other networks over the control of drugs that enter the nation from …

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US Coast Guard Cutters Venturous (WMEC 625), Kodiak Island (WPB-1341) and several vessels from the DR Navy concluded a seven-day joint maritime law enforcement operation in the Mona Passage off the southeastern coast of the DR on Saturday. “Working together and developing ways to improve and increase US and Dominican interoperability are critical to our …

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