2012 – Page 107

Minister of Agriculture Luis Ramon Rodriguez has said that the consumers and sellers of plantains and bananas should not be concerned about price increases as only 13% of plantations had been affected by tropical storm Isaac. He added that President Danilo Medina had ordered RD$200 million to be handed over as a special fund to …

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Lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo, director general of the newly formed General Department of Ethics and Government Integrity (DGIG) has announced that the entity will be hearing several cases involving employees and public servants who have been dismissed even though they were administrators as opposed to government employees during its first meeting on Friday, 31 August. …

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The director of the Transport Reorganization Office (Opret), Diandino Pena, is hopeful the funds will start flowing again for the completion of the first part of the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro. Yesterday, Wednesday 29 August, Pena met with President Danilo Medina. He said that the President guaranteed that within its limitations, the …

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Following a meeting at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Wednesday 29 August, President Danilo Medina agreed to pay the debt owed by the electricity sector, of over US$1 billion, by investing US$500 million in bonds to be placed in local banking, as contained in the Complementary Budget approved by Congress last July. In addition, it was …

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Following a warning by the United States embassy to its citizens about accidents being provoked on the Duarte highway in order to rob travelers, the mayor of Villa Altagracia, Jose Miguel Mendez Restituyo and various community organizations have denied the claims. The mayor and the president of a local neighborhood group, Milagros Mejia, together with …

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At a press conference yesterday, Wednesday 29 August, the Federation of Dominican Students (FED) announced that they have reached an agreement with the rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Mateo Aquino Febrillet, and stated that the increase in the cost of credits and services that had been imposed by him will only …

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Speaking at the American Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon, Helena Perez, an executive for the Swiss company, Corporate Solutions, a world reinsurance company, has confirmed that the Dominican Republic should have contingency funds to pay for the damage caused by natural disasters, and that in the last 28 years they have cost the country US$3.3 …

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The National District public prosecutor’s office says that it will be asking for one year remand in jail for the ex Director of Prisons, Mario Acosta, for allegedly receiving a bribe of RD$1 million from the supposed head of a gang of drug dealers Pascual Cordero Martinez, also known as El Chino or El Gordo. …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) is investigating an immigration inspector at Las Americas airport who supposedly received a RD$50,000 bribe to allow a Dominican passenger to leave the country, although he was subject to an exit ban as a suspected drug trafficker. The employee, whose name has not been revealed, was taken to the …

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The charity, The Maestro Cares Foundation, co-founded by Marc Anthony and Henry Cardenas has now raised enough funds to build a residence hall and learning facility for more than 200 children at Orfanato Ninos de Cristo (Children of Christ Orphanage) in La Romana. www.examiner.com/article/marc-anthony-s-charity-raises-100-000-for-orpans