Manning is the representative of AES and was referring to local media reports that a lawsuit had in fact been filed by the investment firm TCW which had previously bought AES's shares.

Manning in defence has stated "We have no certification of any lawsuit, it is totally wrong, it is TCW which has the shares of Ede-Este, we have nothing to do with it."

In response the executive vice president of the governments energery conglomerate called CDEE, said that notification of the suit was received by them late last January.  The vice president is called Radhames Segura.

The litigation commenced by international shareholders of the United States based Trust Capital West, TCW, to which AES sold it's shares to in December 2004, and remained only as operator of the Dominican Electricity distributing company Ede-Este.

Pavel went on to say that authorities hide alot of facts and figures on hunger and undernourishment.

Quoting Pavel from the Dominican Today on line newspaper he said "The problem of undernourishment has aggravated in the last years.  According to official statistics, after a chronic downward tendency during the 1990's, the present decade reflects an increase of the incidence of chronic undernourishment with 6.1% in 2000 until reaching 7.2% in 2006.  This means that between 2004 and 2006 the number of undernourished children grew by some 20,000".

If these horrendous statistics do not change then the projected number of undernourished children will grow every year by another 2,500 hungery children.

The worst affected areas in the Dominican Republic for starving children are Santo Domingo, San Cristobal, Pedernales, Bahoruco and the Monte Plata Provinces.

Julio Cesar Castanos is the president of the central goverment and will regulate the accounting and administration of all funds to secure their proper usage.

The funds will be allocated and broken down as follows:- monthly installments of RD$24.7 million of which 80 percent, with RD$6.6 million each to the governing Liberation Party (PLD), the opposing Revolutionary Party (PRD) and also the Reform Party (PRSC).

The remaining balance of 20 percent will be distributed to those parties who obtained less than 5 percent of the vote in various amounts which range from RD$5111 thousand pesos to RD$184 thousand pesos, proportionate to their received votes.

AMET who are the Metropolitan Transit Authority otherwise known as traffic cops have commenced training in the use of alcoholmeters to be put into practise to test the measure of blood alcohol levels in motorists.

AMETS PR spokesperson Jose Jaquez has informed press that training began this Monday for the Interior and Police Ministry and will continue with police agents commencing usuage later on in February.

Depending on the amount of alcohol present the level apprearing on the alcoholmeters screen will range from a scale of 0.075mg/L to 0.75. obviously deterring the amount of alcohol found in the blood system.

How to tell when not under the influence - Please Print This Part Out

The Alcoholmeter is at its lowest level (less than 0.075 mg/L in the breath) and the screen will turn green, the indicators will not show digits which will determine that the driver is not under the influence of alcohol.

When the screen turns from green to an oragne colour it will have an indication of 3 decimal points eg.,. from 0.15 to 0.24 whcih will determine a "pre alert" level.

When the screen appears red and a "flashing NO DRIVE" warning appears, the digits will have a level greater than 0.75mg/L and the motorist will not be able to continue their journey.