2011 – Page 57

On Monday, the judge of the First Court of the Higher Administrative Tribunal, Sarah Henriquez Marin, ordered the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Manuel Garcia Arevalo, to deliver the information requested by the Movement “Bajame la Gasolina” (Lower Gasoline Prices) which is composed of several civil society groups. Henriquez Marin issued her decision in response …

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There are dry days ahead for the National District. The repair of two 67-inch pipes at the Valdesia Dam will force the interruption of water service in the National District neighborhoods south of John F. Kennedy Avenue for at least three days. An unofficial source at the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) …

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According to a report delivered by the Chamber of Accounts to the Office of the Controller of the Republic, the CDEEE does not follow most of the accounting guidelines and this makes an audit impossible. According to El Nuevo Diario, Chamber of Accounts president Licelott Marte de Barrios revealed yesterday that “the many irregularities discovered” …

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The Superintendent of Banks and the Agricultural Bank said yesterday that the call made to rice growers in Sanchez Ramirez province by PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia was harmful, dangerous and unfortunate. Mejia urged farmers not to pay the debts contracted with the state financial agency with the promise that if and when elected he …

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Five people, including four Central Electoral Board (JCE) employees, have been arrested during an operation against a gang that allegedly forged birth certificates to help people obtain “cedulas” for personal identification and for use as a voter registration card. More than 50 false birth certificates have been found so far, which were used for issuing …

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Journalists have criticized lawyer Raul Reyes Vasquez’s aspirations to one of the country’s higher courts. Reyes is the lawyer who is representing Insurance Superintendent Euclides Gutierrez Felix in his case against journalist Nuria Piera, seeking to intimidate the advertisers of her investigative TV show. President Leonel Fernandez has convened the National Judicial Council to meet …

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The latest series of cables between the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo and the State Department in Washington, D.C. focuses on the Dominican banking system and pension funds deposited in local banks. The Embassy advised the Department of State that locally hired employees should have their pension money deposited in dollars in United States …

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The Dominican Republic has at least a million and a half single mothers, whether by choice, widowhood, divorce or some other reason. This means that 35% of households are headed by a single parent and of these, some 90% are headed by women. More than 20% of single parent households survive on less than two …

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The Haitian authorities have freed seven Dominicans who were arrested and thrown into prison in Port-au-Prince after a confusing incident. According to El Caribe, Ramon de la Rosa, the consul general of the Dominican Republic in the Haitian capital, reported that the Dominicans were handed over after the Dominican authorities filed the legal paperwork. No …

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US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, together with the embassies of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and El Salvador has signed an agreement that will protect the rights of workers who migrate from these countries to the US. The Department of Labor states its intention to help any workers who experience any type of abuse …

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