2012 – Page 266

According to the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, the Dominican Republic increased the amount of trees by 8% since 2003 with 39.7% of the country now covered in woodland. The data was released during a ceremony commemorating World Forest Day and was supported by the Foundation for Global Democracy and Development (Funglode) Center …

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Delegations from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic met on Thursday 22 March to strengthen and revive regional integration in the provision of postal services, reported the Venezuelan Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation. The president of the Postal Telegraphic Institute of Venezuela (Ipostel), Juan Carlos Rodriguez, received the head of the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom), …

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Three women are running for Vice President in the 2012 presidential elections: First Lady Margarita Cedeno on the ruling PLD party ticket with Danilo Medina, Scherezada (Chiqui) Vicioso, a poet and women’s affairs director at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, on the ticket with minority party Alianza Pais’s Guillermo Moreno, and sociologist Luz Maria Abreu …

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Various sectors have criticized PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia for saying yesterday Thursday, 22 March that when he took over as President he would not pay money owed by the previous government. Ligia Bonetti, the president of the Dominican Republic Industrial Association (AIRD) said that she thought he was joking, or that his comments were …

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Political patronage is evident in the long list of legislators appointed to Congress, reports El Caribe in an analysis of the number of deputies in the DR compared to other countries in the Americas. The 222 legislators in the Dominican Republic are among the best-paid government officials, enjoying some of the highest salaries in government …

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The Dominican Supreme Court has remanded PRD deputy Ramon Antonio Fernandez for one year in jail, accused of sexually abusing a minor. Fernandez said that it was political persecution and that he would sue the Supreme Court for its decision as it was unconstitutional, and insisted that the proof presented by the prosecutor, including medical …

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The electricity distribution company covering the northern region, Edenorte, issued a warning to the public yesterday Thursday, 22 March about the existence of conmen who are telling people that their meters have been tampered with and if they pay a bribe they will not report it. According to the note sent out by Edenorte, a …

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According to a report by Osiris de Leon, “The Diagnosis of Water in the Americas”, only 36 out of every 100 households in the Dominican Republic have water inside their homes, and the water does not reach the 95% level of suitability for drinking. He said that the situation is worrying and that Dominicans have …

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More than 20 flights were cancelled by Air Canada today, Friday 23 March, after some of the airline’s ground workers walked out on a wildcat strike. The union said the incident began around 10:30pm Thursday 22 March when Canadian Minister of Labor Lisa Raitt walked through the airport and a few employees clapped and cheered …

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El Nuevo Diario carries a story from the United States, where investigators from the New York police Robbery Department suspect that a Dominican known as the “Vaseline Thief” is responsible for robbing apartments in Upper Manhattan over the past few weeks. He is so named as he uses petroleum jelly to cover the spyhole in …

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