2009 – Page 72

Members of the PRD and PLD have expressed disagreement with yesterday’s decision by some PLD members to defy an agreement between President Leonel Fernandez and PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The pact included a series of stipulations on which senators would agree to vote on during the Revisory Assembly of the constitutional reform. However, during …

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The PLD has officially launched its internal electoral campaign. The party’s Electoral Commission rejected 73 initial candidacies, including San Pedro de Macoris senator Alejandro Williams. Readers may recall that Williams was involved in a scandal earlier this year, after it was revealed that the Senator hardly ever attended Congressional meetings. Instead, Williams was a practicing …

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A dubious honor, but there it is. The DR ranks first amongst all nations as a drugs trans-shipment point, with 11% of all drugs that go to Europe or Latin America passing through the DR. The DR is followed on the list by Argentina and Brazil. The information was revealed in a report from the …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) is joining the chorus of groups that believes the DR needs to draw up a new migration policy. Conep is urging the government to create a new policy on migration, saying “now is the time” to draw up comprehensive migratory laws, that respect the human rights of the migrants, but …

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Despite having been hit hard by the world economic crisis, Spain has pledged EUR25 million to the DR in 2010. This is about the same amount that the DR received in aid from Spain in 2009. Spanish Ambassador to the DR, Diego Bermejo Romero made the announcement. Bermejo said that the DR continues to be …

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Arguments about the first line of the Santo Domingo Metro are still raging, but the government has already started work on the second line of the public transport system. The second line, which will link Los Alcarrizos with San Luis and run under the John F. Kennedy Avenue, will have 14 stops. The planned line, …

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Six teachers of Dominican origin and three members of the Association of Dominican-American Supervisors and Administrators (ADASA) received awards during a ceremony sponsored by the Dominican Studies Institute in New York, the City College of New York, Apec University and the Dominican Heritage Week Organizing Committee. Andres L. Mateo, Luz Carmen Minaya, Edwin Quezada, Adan …

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If Robert Stack were alive now, it’d make for a great piece on Unsolved Mysteries. The story of Dona Beatriz Batista can only be described as a scene out of the show made popular by Stack. “I am rich, but my family thinks I am dead,” were the words that Dona Beatriz kept repeating. The …

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In the last 45 days a total of 900 new cases of dengue fever have been reported in the northern provinces of the DR, including Santiago, Espaillat (Moca) and Puerto Plata. Of these cases, 5 people have died in the last 20 days in the city of Santiago, where the highest rates of dengue are …

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The post-season is here and many Major Leaguers will be joining us for the rest of the Fall Classic’s festivities. This year’s version of the Classic has brought some unfortunate and quick surprises, including 3 first-round sweeps. In the Al, the Red Sox came in with high hope of repeating their 2004 World Series success, …

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