2009 – Page 153

President Leonel Fernandez was unanimously chosen as general rapporteur to deliver the concluding remarks at the XV Summit of Non-Aligned States (NAM), which took place in Egypt. The NAM meeting, which ended yesterday, included 118 member countries represented by a contingent of no fewer than 8,000 delegates from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Fernandez was …

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The Ministry of Education is issuing high school graduation certificates to thousands of recent graduates. The certificates had been on hold as the Ministry investigated fraud detected in the Standardized National Tests. Following coverage by El Dia newspaper, the Ministry authorized the issue of the certificates so as not to jeopardize university registration for thousands …

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The energy system is once again on the verge of collapse. With initial power generator plans on hold, the state-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) resorted to importing barges loaded with power generators with a view to adding 242 MW to the energy grid, but Hoy reports that the barges have yet to leave the Philippines. CDEEE …

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Manuel Cabrera, president of the Herrera Industrial Association (AEIH) is warning that the increase in blackouts is leading to an increase in the costs of business and reducing competitiveness. Meanwhile Jacobo Ramos, president of the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD) lamented the fact that the chief executive of the State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) Radhames …

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A 24-year old man and a 13-year old boy died of bullet wounds suffered during protests in the Santo Domingo slum neighborhood of Capotillo. Local residents were protesting the recent increase in power blackouts. Carlos Francisco Peguero and Miguel Angel Encarnacion died of the fatal wounds. Neighbors say that neither of them were participating directly …

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Manuel Quiterio Cedeno, writing in today’s El Caribe, says that despite claims by government officials that no legislation exists that prohibits government officials from employing their relatives and friends in their departments or doing business for profit taking advantage of their posts, this is not the case. He says that there are articles in the …

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District prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra says that state prosecutors could provisionally retain assets belonging to Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz (Maconi), who was extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges. On Wednesday, 15 July, El Dia reported that the Supreme Court of Justice had omitted including an asset confiscation order in the extradition sentence issued …

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General Juan Tomas Taveras Rodriguez, who was forcibly retired from the Police after publishing critical comments, wasn’t being insubordinate or rude when he decided to go the civil courts to challenge a ruling that he considered in violation of the Police’s Organic Law. Taveras was disciplined by the Police Department for expressing his opinions on …

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Customs department spokesman Abinader Fortunato told El Caribe newspaper of the department’s concerns following the shooting of former deputy director of the DGA, Luis Manuel Sanchez Diaz. He said that Sanchez Diaz was behind the discovery of a large number of fraud cases over the last few years and many of those deemed responsible have …

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Members of the Specialized Border Corps (Cesfront) have arrested six Haitians who were allegedly members of a gang that smuggled Haitian children to the DR to beg for their profit. Cesfront said that three Haitians, Joseph Dorsevil, 30, Martha Jean Guise, 27 and Atuan Pierre, 24, of the group of 6, were arrested while they …

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