2009 – Page 81

The Constitutional Revisory Assembly of the Constitution (ANR) approved an amendment within the Statute of Public Function that makes corruption illegal. It establishes that penalties will be imposed on anyone who steals public funds or takes advantage of their position in a government department to obtain any economic advantages for themselves or for others. Moreover, …

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Dominican environmentalists say the Constitution that is about to be approved by the PLD and PRD majorities in Congress reverses progress that has been made on sustainable environmental protection. At a press conference yesterday, the environmental campaigners said that the new Constitution goes against world trends. “It is contradictory that at these times when international …

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Speaking during yesterday afternoon’s session of the Constitutional Revisory Assembly, PLD legislator Isabel Bonilla said that with the latest decisions during the second reading of the new Constitution, Congress is just earning the public’s contempt. She said that these latest changes went against what had been approved in the first sessions and had enjoyed a …

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Listin Diario today editorializes on what it calls the five cancers affecting Dominican society: The massive influx of narcotics and increasing consumption of drugs. The massive penetration of illegal Haitians, and the tsunami-like vocation of this migration to depredate natural resources. Generalized corruption in public and private sectors with bribes prevailing for the obtaining of …

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Late Wednesday night the National Organizing Commission of the PRD’s XXVII Ordinary Convention declared that the winner of the post of Secretary General was Orlando Jorge Mera and the winner for the post of party Organizational Secretary was Geanilda Vasquez. In the last bulletin issued by the organizers, Jorge Mera had obtained 286,525 votes for …

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculates that the Dominican Republic will see growth of 0.5% this year and 2% in 2010, the same numbers that it predicted for the country last April, according to its latest “World Economic Outlook” report. Last year the country’s GDP grew by 5.3%, according to the report. The IMF did …

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The technical report on the import of electrical wires from Costa Rica confirms that Dominican Customs should charge import duties. The DR has a free trade agreement with Central America, but it was determined that these products violate rules of origin set out in DR-CAFTA, the regional free trade agreement. Likewise, the electrical wire producers …

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United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, former US President Bill Clinton went to bat for Haiti yesterday in Port-au-Prince. He led a two-day visit of a delegation of 500 business leaders from around the world, including around 200 businessmen from the US, that met in Haiti to do business. Clinton wants the business community to …

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Number portability means that Dominican telephone users now own their telephone number. In other words, they can pick up their number and move to a new service provider. The idea is for telecommunications companies to strive harder to provide a good service to keep their clients. But what seems to be happening is that each …

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The Centro Cultural Leon is celebrating 6 successful years promoting Dominican culture in the country. For the celebrations, in recent weeks a discussion with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was held, and this week a special exhibition in coordination with the Louvre is coordinated. In time for the 6th anniversary celebrations, the Centro Leon …

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