2007 – Page 64

The Dominican Republic became the first country in the Americas to introduce WiMax technology yesterday, with the launch of sales to the public of OneMax, the first wireless broadband mobile company. The technology is also available in Korea, but will not be launched in the US until Sprint does so, reportedly by the end of …

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In the DR, 65 out of 100 Dominicans have a phone, 55.6% of which are cellular phones, according to Jose Rafael Vargas, president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL). Vargas added that the increase in telephone use is due in large part to the increase in the use of the cellular phone in everyday Dominican …

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The executive director of the National Competitiveness Council, Andres van der Horst Alvarez, is advocating for the development of an export culture as a way of mitigating the continuing increases in the price of imported fuel. “The most sustainable way to confront the increase in the price of petroleum is to stimulate an export culture …

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The Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) is reaching out to enlist 10-15 small to medium-sized companies that seek to export their products to the northeastern US markets, primarily the Dominican ethnic market in New York/New Jersey. The department has teamed up with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and presented its II …

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Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez has announced that the arrival of tourists has only grown by 1.6% in the first nine months of the year. Jimenez says that this relatively low growth comes at a time when travel to the Caribbean region in general decreased by almost 3%. Jimenez said the decline would be analyzed by …

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Yesterday President Leonel Fernandez officially received the credentials of new Israeli Ambassador Amos Radian, Ecuadorian Ambassador Carlos Manrique and Trinidadian Ambassador Ivonne Gittens Joseph. Fernandez was accompanied by Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Vice Minister Jose Trullols, Roberto Blandino and Pedro Gomez.

CIES International, a polling service based in New Jersey, publishes the findings of its most recent poll of 1,223 Dominican voters, held on 3-6 October 2007. Andy Abreu of CIES reports that the figures reveal an improved positioning for PRSC candidate Amable Aristy. He is basing his campaign on giving away $100 peso bills, chickens, …

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The Presidency has announced that from now on any planned sale of government property by municipalities needs to reach the legal advisor’s office accompanied by a technical study establishing that the property is not located in a protected area. Legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio made the announcement following the scandalous sale of the Dunes of …

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With many questions still unanswered regarding the US$130 million Sun Land scandal, details of several other deals coming out of the woodwork. Yesterday, Sun Land general manager Heredia Lombert told radio journalist Huchi Lora that there were no more loans. But now Diario Libre is reporting that there are more Sun Land loans. The first …

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Commercial manager of flour mill Molino de Ozama, Teresita Vargas and CSM Bakery Supplies Latin American representative, Luis Navarro have said that the prices of a metric ton of wheat and corn have increased by up to 100% in some cases. The increase is due in part to rising fuel prices but is also the …

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