Monthly Archives: March 1999

More than 60 organizations, meeting last night in the city of San Pedro de Macorís (SPM), agreed to call a strike for Monday and Tuesday, April 12th-13th, that will cover the entire SPM province. The strike is being called in support of a laundry list of demands on the Fernández government, such as honoring promises […]

The Federation of United Transport Unions of the North (Fesitrapurno) last night called on all its members in the 14 northern provinces to return to work today. Fesitrapurno had called a strike to paralyze bus transport between Santo Domingo and the cities and towns of the Cibao region in protest to a police action taken […]

The interagency Natural Resources and Environment Coordinating Commission announced that a series of public hearings will be launched on the draft General Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, beginning Wednesday, April 7th, in Santo Domingo, Barahona, San Pedro de Macorís (SPM), San Francisco de Macorís (SFM) and Santiago. The project, on which the Commission […]

National Police (PN) chief Major General Pedro de Jesús Candelier yesterday led a "cleaning operation" contingent of over 100 police agents at La Victoria prison aimed at dismantling a drug ring allegedly operating there. During the dawn raid and cell-to-cell search four people were hurt while trying to block police officers from entering. Police say […]

The DR has opened a consulate facility in Barcelona, Spain. The recent opening was presided over by Dominican Ambassador to Spain Pedro Bergés and Dominican consul in Barcelona Néstor Carón. The DR has had a consul in Barcelona for some time, but not a consulate facility, and the local Dominican community has long called for […]

Yesterday the head of the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investment in the DR (OPI), Eddy Martínez, announced that the DR will soon sign two important treaties regarding the resolution of investment disputes. One, the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, requires signatories to enforce international arbitral […]

The Public Works Minister told the news daily Listin Diario that the Fernández Government has decided to proceed with the creation of two more public transport corridors in Santo Domingo which will be put under the direction of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET). One, known as the Southern Route, would run from the Port of […]

The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved ratification of the international Minimum Age for Employment Convention. Since the Senate already approved ratification in February, the measure now merely awaits official transmittal and deposit by the Dominican Government with the Geneva-based International Labor Organization (ILO), which originated the convention and oversees its proper implementation. The Convention, No. […]

Education Minister Ligia Amada Melo said yesterday that on Friday, April 9th, the National Education Board will begin discussing a proposed regulation that would allow the Ministry to cap tuition and fees demanded by private schools. If approved, schools not meeting the set rules would be have their doors shut for the school year starting […]

The Cuban Ambassador to the DR, Miguel Pérez Cruz, announced yesterday that his government is indeed engaged in discussions with Dominican authorities about the possibility of negotiating a free trade treaty between the two nations. Such discussions have been rumored for weeks, but never directly confirmed.