http://www.diariolibre.com/ es-es Copyright 2008 Diario Libre powered by OverKontrol 60 News http://www.diariolibre.com/rss/rss.gif http://www.diariolibre.com/ Todas las noticas que se publican en nuestra portada. http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183830 DL English Amid complaints that the constitutional reform, the blackouts and the hoopla of a “pre-campaign” are taking up legislator’s time, it is the world economic crisis, its impact on the Dominican Republic and its diverse repercussion make up the principle points that will the national agenda for 2009, according to two experts consulted by Diario Libre. Because of the personalities and... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183830 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183831 DL English The recent announcement that the Central Bank, in it meeting on 30 December 2008 on monetary policies, decided to lower some interest rates, has awakened hopes among debtors that their interest payments will also go down. The interest rates on loans underwent successive increases over just a few weeks in 2008, caused by the restrictive policy applied by the Central Bank due to the... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183831 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183832 DL English Some ten thousand legislative initiatives are sitting in the filling cabinets of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the majority of them sales contracts for state-owned land and apartments to private individuals, projects of important laws, pensions and international resolutions. Of the bills, 6,399 are sitting in the Chamber of Deputies and 5,670 are in the Senate, both bodies in... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183832 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183833 DL English Three Kings Day was celebrated yesterday, 5 January, instead of today, the traditional 6 January date because of Law 139-07.  Even though it was celebrated less then in years gone past, the children of the different barrios of the National District celebrated the Day of the Three Magi (or Three Kings Day), and may of them played with toys that had been recycled because their parents did not... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183833 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183834 DL English The United States Coast Guard Service, the Dominican Navy and the Dominican Air Force have called off all searches for aircraft N-650LP, brought from Puerto Rico and that piloted by Adriano Jose Basilio Jimenez Henriquez left for the Bahamas with ten persons on board from the Cibao International Airport.  The decision comes after an intense search during which it could not be established... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183834 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183835 DL English The pre-commercial trials of the Santo Domingo Metro finish up yesterday, after a two week period of free rides for anyone, and which was called a huge success by the promoters. Beginning tomorrow the technicians of the Office for the Reordering of Transportation (OPRET) will begin an evaluation process of the trains functioning that will last three or four days according to a report given... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183835 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183544 DL English Six persons died in traffic accidents over the past two day, and with these deaths, the total for the Christmas-New Years Holiday reached 24. Of the 18 fatalities reported last week, 16 perished in traffic accidents and two died of alcoholic intoxication. According to the Centro of Emergency Operations (COE) in the second phase of operation “Christmas Dawning” that began on Tuesday, 139 persons... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183544 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183560 DL English The Director of the Darío Contreras Hospital, Hector Quezada, reported that during the month of December 2008, the hospital just received 158 persons injured by knives, an 11.24% reduction from 2007 when they saw 178 cases. According to Quezada, regarding persons wounded by gunshot, the total was 110 persons, a 37.85% reduction over 2007 when the total was 177. Dr. Quezada said that the Emergency... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183560 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183546 DL English President Leonel Fernandez will head to Puerto Rico today to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuño. He will leave at 1:00 in the afternoon from San Isidro Air Base and return tomorrow at noon. The swearing ceremony is set for 4:00 p.m. and an hour and forty minutes later the Chief Executive will at a photo session in the area of the Capitol Rotunda... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183546 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183547 DL English Speaking before a national meeting of evangelicals, Pastor Ezequiel Molina called for a clean up of the Supreme Court and the Chamber of Accounts.  He begged for a high court that would neither convict the innocent nor free the guilty. “The Chamber of Accounts, the auditor and inspector of all of the institutions, should give an example from top to bottom, and since they... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183547 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183548 DL English In the main barrios of the capital the people dances, drank and enjoyed themselves all day yesterday as the New Year arrived.  Many person shared with friends and danced to bachata and meringue music in markets and “colmadones” and in back yards, in many cases using the tradition “money in the hat” as a way of paying for  things. In the streets, with little traffic, the... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183548 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183549 DL English The accumulated debt owed to the electricity generators as of December 2008 was over US$500 million, but the authorities have still not disbursed the amount of resources that they have announced, even though they promised to pay US$130 million before the end of the year. Last week they also promised to pay US$50 million. The theme of the accumulated debt in the electricity sector continues to... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183549 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183550 DL English When I immigrated to the United States from Santo Domingo in the early 1950's, America was more different than you would ever imagine.  Men used hats in the streets and women wore gloves to church. Looking back, I thought it was neat and still cannot get used to seeing women using short shorts to Sunday religious services nowadays. One of my favorite American Presidents was in office, President... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:29:00 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183550 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183435 DL English President Leonel Fernandez justified the pardons given to Vivian Lubrano de Castillo and the people convicted in the Renove scandal. He said that the pardons were based on considerations that were "strictly humanitarian" and concerns for the health of the persons benefited. "The only thing here has been the humanitarian criteria, reasons based on compassion, pure and simple," was... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183435 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183436 DL English The District Attorney's office in Santo Domingo is preparing the return of 20% of the property that was taken from family members of former Army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, 18 of whom will begin their departure from the Dominican Republic on the 15th of January, 2009. The value of the assets that will be returned to the relatives of the former military officer is as much as RD$200... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183436 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183437 DL English The clinics that belong to the National Association of Private Clinics (Andeclip) will continue to give assistance to persons affiliated to the Family Insurance of the national health Plan that suffer traffic accidents after 1 January 2009. The decision of Andeclip is contained in an agreement signed on Tuesday afternoon by the president of the institution, Dr. Rafael Mena and the executive... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183437 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183438 DL English With the five men killed yesterday at dawn near the Mirador del Sur Park, the total for death by police gunfire during "exchanges of fire" reached 22, and the overall total for the month of December climbed to 89 deaths by violence. It was family members of two of the five men killed at dawn yesterday, in a supposed gunfight with police, that said that their men were bus drivers on the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183438 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183439 DL English The Quartet for the Middle East (The United Nations, the United States, Russia and the European Union) insisted yesterday on an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip whish has been bombarded for four days by the Israeli Air Force. "The members of the Quartet insist on a declaration of an immediate cease-fire that must be completely respected," announced the United Nations spokesperson... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183439 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183294 DL English President Leonel Fernandez said that in spite of “2009 looming as a year full of challenges, the Dominicans would come out of it better, thanks in part to the climate of peace and the investments in the projects that are in planning stages.”  He said that although many are predicting that the country is nearing the abyss and the apocalypse is near, based on dreams and hope the people will... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183294 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183296 DL English Hundreds of Israeli tanks fenced in Gaza yesterday awaiting orders to invade the Palestinian strip whose geography has been declared “a restricted zone” by the Israeli Army.  Only the main highways and the principle urban area are open to civilian traffic, where units of armored vehicles and combat vehicles are posted and lined up.  At 500 meters from the Eretz gate, deserted now, but... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 -0400 http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=183296