2011 – Page 78

The approach of Tropical Storm Emily has forced the Ministry of Education to cancel today’s second round of Standardized National Scholastic Assessment Tests throughout the country. The Ministry told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that this was just a precautionary measure, and the tests would take place on Saturday 6 August at the normal times …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez and Haiti’s newly installed President Michel Martelly met at the Presidential Palace yesterday. The President welcomed Martelly on the staircase at the Palace along with Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Presidency Minister Cesar Pina Toribio and Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas. At first, Presidential spokesman Rafael Nunez promised the …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez became quite upset for a moment during a meeting with businessmen interested in investing in the natural gas business. According to Hoy reporter Adalberto de la Rosa, during an explanation given by the advisor to the National Association of Gasoline Retailers (Anadegas), Juan Ignacio Espaillat, who said that the business was not …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez has convened the National Council of Magistrates (CNM) for Thursday, 11 August, in order to begin the process of appointing the judges of the Higher Electoral (TSE) and Constitutional (TC) courts. The meeting is set for noon at the Presidential Palace and the agenda also includes the replacement of 13 Supreme Court …

Read more…

Ukrainian bus manufacturer Chekasski Avtobus will supply the Dominican Republic with 150 minibuses that can seat 24 passengers, according to the Ukrainian Minister of Industrial Policy. The agreement for the sale of these vehicles to the DR was reached during a visit last week to Ukraine by Ignacio Ditren, the head of OMSA and a …

Read more…

The Greater Santo Domingo municipal authorities and the National District city council have announced that garbage collections may be reduced for the next few days because of the problems caused by Emily and the condition of the road that leads to the Duquesa landfill site. In view of this situation, the municipalities are asking the …

Read more…

With harsh comments about the “real” interest rates on the sovereign bonds recently placed on the world market, two bankers explain how the figures were reached. Diario Libre said that two executives of Barclays and J.P. Morgan who negotiated the US$500 million in sovereign bonds that were recently issued by the Dominican Republic on the …

Read more…

Dede Mirabal, the mother Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal, and the surviving sister of the three Mirabal sisters who were murdered during the Trujillo dictatorship, is currently being treated at the Diagnostic Center for Advanced Medicine and Tele-medicine (Cedimat). She is suffering from a knee infection. The minister told El Caribe newspaper that Belgica …

Read more…

The murder of journalist Jose Silvestre, a.k.a. “Gajo”, whose body was found yesterday with signs of torture, barefoot and with three bullet wounds after being kidnapped, could be related to the constant revelations that the reporter filed on cases linked to drug trafficking. His relatives fear that his death might be connected to revelations about …

Read more…

The president of the Dominican Central Electoral Board (JCE) Roberto Rosario says that President Leonel Fernandez can grant special Dominican nationality to outstanding MLB prospects of Haitian origin. Yesterday, El Caribe reported on the plight of many Haitians who have caught the attention of MLB scouts, but who have problems with their identification documents. The …

Read more…