Diario Libre reports that the Minister of Industry and Commerce Hugo Guiliani Cury favors the creation of a National Council on Productivity that would define strategies to foster production and exports. He said the global opening up of trade does not mean increasing the number of imports. “Opening means that our internal prices need to be competitive with those abroad,” he said during a ceremony held in the presence of President Hipolito Mejia at the National Palace to recognize those responsible for the development of the free zone industry. Those honored were: Richard Hsu and Odette Hsu, Parque Industrial Nueva Zona Franca de San Pedro de Macoris Luis Tejada Pimental, Corporacion Zona Franca Banileja Carlos Manuel Alvarez Torres, Empresa T&M, Santiago Celso Antonio Portela Alonso, Corporacion Zona Franca Industrial de Santiago Marcelo Bermudez, Dominican Sport, Santiago Bud Paine, Meilink World Holding, Santiago Manolo Quezada Penabad, Empresa Manufactura de Tabaco, Santiago Manuel Enrique Tavares Sanchez, Parque Industrial de Itabo, Haina 40 illegal cable TV providers The director of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel), Orlando Jorge Mera, said that more than 40 companies are illegally offering cable TV service in the DR. These stations could be closed down if they do not comply with the law. Orlando Jorge Mera said that Indotel is preparing a ruling so that companies can share the cable lines networks.
