The Ministry of Labor has created a branch of the Ministry of Labor in Las Terrenas, the popular Samana small hotel community along the North Coast. The new Minister of Labor is former Samana senator, Milton Ray Guevara who justified the new office due to the increase in business activities in the area. The Agencia Local de Trabajo of Las Terrenas falls under the jurisdiction of the Representación Local de Trabajo de Samana. (3 January 2001)
