2013 – Page 283

The parents of a Canadian man beaten to death at a resort in Punta Cana have been granted an appeal after a judge said several errors were committed in a previous trial. Jordan Morrison, 19, died in February 2011 after injuries sustained in an altercation that began at the bar of the Punta Cana Grand …

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Judge Xiomara Tineo from Puerto Plata has issued a three-month prison sentence for protective custody against the assistant prosecutor Maria Leonarda Conte Gomez, who was arrested and suspended for taking a bribe of RD$2,000. Conte Gomez was arrested last Friday, 8 March on the orders of the Public Prosector of Puerto Plata, Rosa Alba Nunez …

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The Dominican team beat the Italians and earned the right to face the United States in a Thursday, 14 March game that guarantees a seat in the World Baseball Classic semifinals in San Francisco, California. News commentator Huchi Lora described the game played yesterday Tuesday 11 March in Miami, Florida as a case of “mangu …

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The Ministry of the Armed Forces is sponsoring the celebration of the Caribbean Air Show on 6-7 April 2013 with the air acrobatics best seen from the Malecon of Santo Domingo, primarily the stretch from Maximo Gomez to Abraham Lincoln avenues. Admission is free, but there will be VIP tickets sold. For more information, call …

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The cattle ranching and farming sector in the Dominican Republic’s Feria Ganadera is under way at its Malecon location in Santo Domingo until 17 March. The annual weeklong agricultural fair is a showcase for national farming, attracting an estimated one million visitors every year. The fair is a good place for families to go shopping …

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Yesterday, Monday 11 March, Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu revealed that the first two months of the year have been positive for the economy, with inflation at 1.26% in January and 0.33% in February, and just 1.46% over two months, and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was up over 4.6% in January, while during …

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The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) is asking the government for a fiscal pact as agreed to in the National Development Strategy. Circe Almanzar, executive vice president for AIRD says: “We have proposed the need for a fiscal pact because the tax reforms have not worked.” The executive committee of AIRD is …

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A report in Diario Libre questions the wisdom of highway concessions as a model and points to the higher cost of the Samana toll road due to minimum revenue levels guaranteed by the government to contractors. Built to facilitate the connection of the capital with the cities of Nagua, Sanchez and Samana, as well as …

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Much to the relief of authorities in many countries around the Caribbean region and the Dominican Republic in particular, the Venezuelan government has discarded the possibility that the death of Hugo Chavez would alter the circumstances of the Petrocaribe Agreement, which provides oil at favorable prices and payment conditions. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said that …

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The block of organizations that make up the Dignified Education Coalition (Coalicion Digna) believes that the teachers who work a single session could only earn RD$13,740, even with incentives. The Coalition said that with the proposal by the Ministry of Education of a 20% wage increase, 81% of teachers would have wages of less than …

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