2009 – Page 24

The high taxes levied by city councils in the DR’s rural communities are proving to be the latest hurdle for the expansion of broadband Internet services in these communities. Broadband Internet project consultant for Indotel Edwin San Roman says that many telecommunications companies don’t want to install services in rural communities because of the “exorbitant” …

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The president of the Dominican Business Owners Confederation, Marisol Vicens is stressing the need to adapt the Dominican Labor Code to new times. She says it dates back to 1992. She says that today’s DR is different, it has open markets, and there is a Dominican Social Security system in place now. She says the …

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News commentator Jose Israel Cuello draws parallels between the Falconbridge and Barrick Gold mining contracts. Writing in Hoy, he comments that the initial contract signed with Falconbridge soon proved to be non-functional, with the company producing just to keep up with its operations, earn a profit, and no profits for the state. Changes in government …

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First Lady Margarita Cedeno received 28% of public preference for running on the PLD ticket in the Gallup-Hoy poll. The poll was conducted between 16 November and Sunday 22 November, and 1,200 people of voting age resident in 31 provinces and the National District were surveyed. Other options for presidential candidate for the ruling PLD …

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Will discussions of corruption and drug trafficking just become an argument about who was more corrupt and supportive of drug trafficking – the Mejia or Fernandez administration? “Don’t make me laugh,” were the exact words quoted by journalist Adalberto de la Rosa, when he questioned Presidential drug advisor Vincho Castillo about the Gallup-Hoy poll on …

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Former governor of the Central Bank and Dominican ambassador to the US, Bernardo Vega says Dominicans are losing the battle against drugs. In an opinion piece in Hoy, he makes the point that it becomes more evident every day that members of the Armed Forces and the National Police are collaborating with drug traffickers. “And …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) is investigating shipments of more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine from the DR to neighboring Puerto Rico hidden amongst yams and manioc (yautia) over the last year. The DNCD investigation appears to have taken on greater significance since it was linked to fugitive Puerto Rican drug capo Jose A. …

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Authorities at Najayo jail have arrested a woman who was about to visit former Navy officer Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero, who is in custody in connection with the Paya massacre, in which seven suspected drug traffickers were killed. As reported in Hoy, the woman, Sussi de la Rosa Castillo, had hidden 4 tubes of hair …

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The Dominican representative at the Latin American Idol reality TV talent show, Martha Heredia, goes up against Ruben Alvarez (Chile) and Eduardo Aguirre (Costa Rica), in the semi-final round this evening. The judges have narrowed the competitors down to three. Modeled on the American Idol show, Latin American Idol is a reality TV series broadcast …

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Tony Pena might be exactly what the Aguilas were looking for. In their first game with their new manager, the Aguilas looked like their old selves as clawed over the Estrellas Orientales, 4-3. Escogido continued their winning ways as they eked out a win over the Toros del Este, 5-3 and the Gigantes got into …

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