MARCH 2009

Politur gives motorized units in order to reinforce protection

Politur gives motorized units in order to reinforce protectionIn tourist poles like Bayahíbe

BREAKING NEWS: BAYAHIBE - The managing director of the Tourist Police (Politur), brigadier Henry de Jesús Gómez Bueno, under the orders of the president of the Republic Leonel Fernández, gave several motorized units to the troops in order to reinforce the preventive actions, protection and orientation in the national tourist poles.

He explained that thanks to the support of the Head of the State, there are 35 motor bikes, 15 vans and three 4 wheel vehicles which were integrated into the equipment of Politur this Sunday.

In the same way, Gómez Bueno informed of the inauguration of a new Module of Tourist Assistance, equipped with offices which can receive denunciations.

He explained that these modules were distributed on various strategic zones of the country, like the España Avenue, Bayahíbe, Bávaro and Juan Báron, Palenque; and that they can be moved anywhere in the country.

Politur also presented SegWay, a new patrol method for the pedestrian zone which will be used by this entity in order to reinforce the security measures for the foreign and national visitors.

He also thanked Franklin Almeyda Rancier, Secretary of Interior and Police, for his support.

Bayahíbe Live, 03.03.09

Dominican Environment chief fumes at liars and cheats

Dominican Environment chief fumes at « liars and cheats »National Park of the East

BREAKING NEWS: The Minister of the Environment today accused Chamber of Deputies Environment Commission president Mario Jose Fernandez Saviñón and deputy Sergio Cedeño of lying and seeking to conceal particular interests, by promoting a bill aimed at modifying the Protected Areas Law, to allegedly take over the beaches and establish new borders in the National Park of the East.

Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal said he stated his opposition to the bill on two occasions and both deputies alleged that his agency hadn’t responded.

He also affirmed that the town Boca de Yuma isn’t part of that National Park and that Cedeño and Fernandez Saviñon, both members of the opposition PRSC party, have also confused the community.

In a press conference the official challenged those legislators to clarify what their interests are, which led them to urge other deputies to vote for a bill of « deceit » and for saying that Environment never issued a response to the first draft.

Dominican Today, 11.03.09

Meeting of the Participative Democracy in Bayahibe

Meeting of the Participative Democracy in BayahibeThe event will finish this Friday

BREAKING NEWS: BAYAHIBE, La Romana. - The First International meeting for the Participative Democracy, Decentralization and Local Development in Dominican Republic was inaugurated in Bayahíbe, in the presence of the vice-president Rafael Alburquerque.

The event to which attend the mayors of the country and the outside delegations takes place with the Hotel Dreams of Bayahibe.

It is organized by the Dominican Federation of Communes (FEDOMU) chaired by the mayor of La Romana, Jose Reyes.

In his opening speech, Jose Reyes indicated that the goal of the meeting was to produce a debate on how to look further into the participative processes which are developed in the world, in a great movement for a more direct democracy.

In this way, he indicated that one tried to tighten and consolidate the bonds of friendship and of permanent exchange which link them and to make known and to discuss about the most significant experiences occurring as well as in the interior as out of the country.

During the ceremony, Marcos Villamán, director of the National Council of the Sate Reform (CONARE); Juan Temístocles Montas, Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development and Diego Bermejo Romero, ambassador of Spain, also spoke.

The event will finish this Friday.

Bayahíbe Live, 19.03.09

The delegates of 12 countries issue the Bayahibe Declaration

The delegates of 12 countries issue the Bayahibe DeclarationAs the result of the International Meeting for the Participative Democracy

BREAKING NEWS: BAYAHIBE : The delegates of 12 countries, who met in Bayahibe, issued the Bayahibe Declaration, during the International Meeting for the Participative Democracy, the Decentralization and the Local Development. This meeting was organized by the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU) and the National Counsil of the State Reform (CONARE).

The 430 participants expressed their worries concerning the global crisis, that confirm the inabilibity fot the unique and dominating system to guarantee the equality and the well being of the persons.

The Declaration, read by the General Secretary of FEDOMU, Fausto Ruiz, explains that the decentralization and the participative democracy were the best resources to face this situation.

The Declaration of Bayahibe adds that the local powers, autonomous and experienced, have to work with the citizens and the social movements in order to stimulate the local alternatives of development.

These one have to go with the democracy, the development and the sexual equality.

The delegations of Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Spain, Haiti, Italia, Mexico, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and the United States were present.

Bayahíbe Live, 24.03.09