2008 – Page 121

Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia was in Puerto Plata on Saturday and pledged to continue government investment projects in tourist areas along the North Coast. “We have come to review what the government has been implementing and what the Ministry of Tourism is executing in the area. We can tell you we will continue the …

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Businessman Jose Antonio Martinez Rojas writes in the Sunday Hoy of the numerous tourism investment projects the DR is losing out because of the common practice of government officers asking for graft to process the paperwork. He backs the request by Gilberto de los Santos, of the Association of Real Estate Companies (AEI) and Arturo …

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El Nacional newspaper editorialized on Sunday asking why the government let expire the offer of the International Monetary Fund to monitor the Dominican economy as a follow up to the previous Stand By Arrangement. El Nacional writes that it appears the government is not interested in the IMF reviewing the present or future status of …

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Only four members of the Political Committee of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, the key group that decides party policies, are not part of the Fernandez 2008-2012 administration, according to a report in Diario Libre today. In its first government in 1996, the PLD had considered no member of the Political Committee should be in …

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While the nation’s problems press on, news headlines indicate that President Leonel Fernandez continues to give priority to finding room in government for his political supporters. The pressure on the government for the coveted jobs continues, and President Fernandez himself has complained that there cannot be enough jobs to meet the demand. Business sector groups …

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Peravia senator Wilton Guerrero is alerting on the criminal practice of illegal tree-cutting at El Pino, near the Valdesia Dam. This action will cause an increase in siltation, or erosion causing alarming deterioration of the dam. He said the forests are essential to keeping Valdesia as a source of water to Santo Domingo, Peravia and …

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Propane gas is again scarce at distributors, causing long lines and inconveniences to vehicle owners and housekeepers. As a result, over the weekend and on Monday there were less multi-fare taxis, or conchos, offering their services. These operate on the subsidized propane fuel, given that gasoline is too expensive for taxi operations. Most distribution stations …

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