2010 – Page 281

The meeting between President Fernandez, the leaders of Congress and the Minister of Hacienda is beginning to bear fruit. In the Senate yesterday, members discussed the need for the urgent approval of a legislative proposal that would authorize the Executive Branch to issue US$1 billion in bonds that would be placed on the international capital …

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The National Council of Social Security (CNSS) has announced that at least RD$14 billion of the RD$95 billion accumulated in pension funds have been cleared for investing in bonds issued by the government. Bienvenido Martinez, the recently appointed general manager of the CNSS said that Labor Minister Max Puig had issued CNSS Resolution 232-02 that …

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Superintendent of Electricity Francisco Mendez says that the electricity service has been suffering since last Friday, due to the fact that several generators are out of service for breakdowns or due to a lack of fuel. He attributed a good part of the deficit to the reduced production from the San Felipe (Puerto Plata-the old …

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Following a recent series of outages in the Codetel/Claro mobile service notably widespread on the 15th, 16th and the 26th of February and the 1st of March of this year, the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) board of directors decided, during their 2 March meeting, to issue a deadline for Codetel to explain its plans to …

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Superintendent of Electricity Francisco Mendez estimates that even with rationing of service at the levels that are currently in use, the subsidy that was budgeted for the electricity system for 2010, US$350 million, will not be enough to cover the global deficit that the sector will have this year. According to Mendez, the sector will …

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The National Water Committee met yesterday and reported that the shortages affecting many parts of the National District could begin to ease off in April. Even though they announced that the service is improving, there is still a 63 million gallon daily deficit. Ramon Rivas, the director of the Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation …

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The saying that “The Lord helps those who get an early start” found no responses among the leadership of the country’s main political parties yesterday. They all waited until the last minutes before midnight to beat the deadline set by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) for filing the documents that support their political alliances. In …

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced yesterday that Michaelle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond will visit Haiti and the Dominican Republic from 8 to 10 March. Haitian-born Jean will visit as part of efforts to strengthen the partnership between Canada and Haiti in its recovery and reconstruction. The …

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On Monday, 1 March, the White House hosted a briefing for Dominican-American leaders to discuss public policy issues affecting Dominicans in the United States. Over 100 community leaders, educators, and elected officials traveled to Washington, DC for the briefing that was done in commemoration of Dominican Independence Day. Dominicans who were appointed by the Obama …

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The dean of the New York delegation to the United States Congress, Charles B. Rangel, has announced that he will step down temporarily as House Ways and Means Committee Chairman following a series of inquiries by the House ethics committee concerning alleged violations of the Congressional gift rules. He is said to have accepted corporate-sponsored …

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