2010 – Page 240

None of the three women who died when the small boat they were traveling in from Isla Saona to Bayahibe capsized were wearing life jackets, as reported in Diario Libre. Tourists are obliged to wear the life jackets when traveling on these excursions. But why the locals were not wearing the life jackets has not …

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News commentators are blaming the marked deficiencies in the Police and judiciary for a man known to have killed at least 17 people still being out on the streets. Yesterday, a Police patrol killed the suspect. Among those he is suspected of murdering are 3 policemen, according to the Police. Pavel Ricardo Castellanos Batista (Nono) …

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Two Solenodons have been found in Hato Mayor. Last week, children captured the Hispaniolan Solenodon, one of the island’s few native mammals. It is categorized as an endangered species due to the gradual destruction of its habitat, and hunting by dogs, cats and humans. The brown solenodon lives on insects and has a long tail, …

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Pop Art from the Collection of the Institute of Modern Art in Valencia, Spain can be seen at the Museum of Modern Art as of this Thursday, 22 April. The exhibition is being held as part of the events for the Santo Domingo International Book Fair that will last through 9 May. The exhibition will …

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President Leonel Fernandez traveled to Venezuela on Sunday. Tops on his agenda is the signing of the agreement for the sale to Venezuela of 49% of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa). Last year the government purchased these shares from Shell Company. Fernandez was accompanied by Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Presidency Minister Cesar Pina Toribio, …

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Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu expects the Dominican economy to close the year posting an 8% increase in the Gross Domestic Product. He says the economic recovery is showing 6% growth so far. He made his forecast based on the results of the first three months of the year. Valdez said that interest rates …

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Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa says that the government is unable to fund a 30% increase in wages, in reaction to reports of an agreement between Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas and the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), which represents public hospital doctors. CMD president Dr. Senen Caba said that Bengoa is creating confusion with his statements. …

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Preliminary medical tests on the conjoined twins born last week at the Luis Aybar hospital in Santo Domingo indicate that the separation operation needs to wait until the twins are at least nine months old. The two girls, Maria Teresa and Teresa Maria, are now at the Robert Reid Cabral Hospital. They will be relocated …

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Political analyst Juan Bolivar Diaz writes that President Leonel Fernandez seems to be on the campaign trail, and “wants it all.” As reported in Hoy, the President has been campaigning in the municipal and congressional election of 16 May as if he were the candidate. “Traveling around the country as if he were the candidate, …

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Sociologist Tahira Vargas Garcia disputes statements by Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez and others who favor the modification of the Children’s Code in order to increase penalties for children who commit crimes. The pressure to modify the code has increased following gruesome revelations about five minors who have been accused of murdering seven taxi drivers. Vargas …

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