2003 – Page 276

In his State of the Union address to Congress, President George W. Bush forgot all about Latin America, except in one very important sector. Bush announced that he would ask Congress for US$15 billion to fight AIDS in Africa ?and in the Caribbean.? This important sum of money could go a long way in countries …

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The Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference opens today at the Bavaro Convention Center. The European Union is the event?s leading sponsor, with a contribution of 100,000 Euros. Locally, the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is organizing the event.  The conference is being held in preparation for the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, …

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Diario Libre reports that former US President George Bush will be visiting the Dominican Republic, arriving on 4 February at La Romana. He is expected to vacation there for several days and is scheduled to play golf at the Casa de Campo resort. The newspaper reports that Bush accepted the invitation of Venezuelan Gustavo Cisneros …

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The triumph of the Aguilas Cibae?as over the Leones de Escogido in the Winter Baseball League kept most of Santiago up till the wee hours of this morning. Despite a light rain and cooler than normal temperatures, the fans set off fireworks, drove through the streets with cans and other pieces of metal attached to …

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President Hipolito Mejia was present yesterday for the initiation of the Proyecto Habitacional Ciudad ISSFA, which will undertake the construction of about 8,000 dwellings for members of the Armed Forces. The construction site comprises an area of three million square meters and is situated at Km. 22 of the Duarte Highway. To back the project …

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In front-page articles of the Listin Diario and Hoy newspapers, members of the business community expressed their worries about the upcoming introduction of the new social security system. The Dominican Association of Industries (AIRD) and the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo are insisting that the provisional system, which was launched by Law …

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Articles in the newspapers Informacion of Santiago and Hoy of Santo Domingo focus on the need to streamline access to the power grid for major energy users. In a speech given in La Vega, Luis Jose Bonilla Bojos, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santiago, told his audience that direct purchases …

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Today?s Hoy newspaper contains two announcements from the Civil Aviation Board. The first lists the request of US Airways for routes from Santo Domingo, Santiago, La Romana, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata to Boston, New York, Newark, Washington, Baltimore, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Charlotte (NC), Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg. This would make US Airways …

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A new informal money market has opened for business solely designed to deal with the marked, disfigured or torn currency that is being removed from circulation this week. For a 10 percent fee, the otherwise worthless marked currency will be exchanged. According to the president of the Dominican Federation of Businesses (FDC), Ivan Garcia, businesses …

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An alleged thief and his arresting officers were taped yesterday as the policemen punched the alleged criminal inside the police station. This punishment was seen on national television last night, via RNN, Channel 27, and appears in today?s Listin Diario. The incident occurred in Pueblo Nuevo, north of the city of Ban?, where the suspect …

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