2014 – Page 43

The chairman of the bi-cameral commission that is studying the proposed budget for 2015, Senator Tommy Galan, confirmed yesterday, Monday 3 November 2014 that some chapters are being reshuffled, but the RD$630.93 billion total will remain the same. The new budget will be formally presented to the Senate tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November, he said. From …

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The Dominican Republic will uphold mandates from its Constitution and the Constitutional Court, says Foreign Relations Minister Andres Navarro, adding that he would not dispute any decisions coming from the highest court. He made the comments yesterday, Monday 3 November 2014, in response to the recent Inter-American Court of Human Rights court order that says …

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Sugarcane cutters are demanding that the Haitian government provide them with documentation as established in the work contracts signed between 1953 and 1959 that brought them here. Jesus Nunez, coordinator of the organization that works with the sugarcane cutters, says the Embassy of Haiti has not shown any interest in helping the 40,000 association members. …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) says it is operating under financial constraints. This includes paying for telephone and electricity bills, and even toilet paper and soap. It appears that the JCE is waiting for funds that as yet have not been paid. On Saturday, 1 November 2014, the JCE said that it did not have …

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Enrique Ramirez, the administrator of BanReservas, the government-owned commercial bank, says that 67% of its lending portfolio is privately held. Ramirez made the announcement on the progress that has been achieved in the process of improving the country’s largest bank’s competitiveness and quality of service yesterday, Monday 3 November 2014. Ramirez said that this year’s …

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Three Dominican cement companies are ready to generate power using the solid waste that they produce. This will help reduce the volume of waste and fossil fuels emitted by the industries. The companies are Cementos Cibao in Santiago, Domicen in San Cristobal and Cemex in San Pedro de Macoris. The initiative is part of the …

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Social media is full of comments criticizing the US$1,000 per person luncheon talk-interview that former President Leonel Fernandez is giving at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Av. Tiradentes in Santo Domingo tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2014. Acento.com.do reports that a group of young people is organizing a protest against the former President. The talk-interview is …

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Supreme Court judge Frank Soto will decide today, Tuesday 4 November 2014 whether to accept a request from Felix Bautista to lift the restraining order on the assets of the Rofi real estate company, in which he is a major shareholder. The date for the hearing was set after the Supreme Court decided to allow …

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A San Cristobal judge, Tomas Isaac Jorge, has sent Juan Diego Montero to three months in prison on remand. Montero is one of the two men accused of taking part in the attempted escape from Najayo jail on Friday, 24 October 2014. He will serve his protective custody sentence at the La Victoria prison. The …

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A Haitian man has drowned in Santiago Rodriguez and more than 100 homes have been damaged in the Loma de Cabrera area in the northwestern province of Dajabon, due to floods caused by the heavy rains affecting the Cibao region since Saturday 1 November 2014. The Santiago Rodriguez prosecutor, Rafael Bueno Rodriguez, said that Nelton …

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