2008 – Page 176

The DR was one of two featured countries at the 2008 Zaragoza Expo yesterday when the DR delegation presented its water conservation model, “Madre de las Aguas 2008,” which spans four national parks and a scientific reserve located in the Central Cordillera. Seventeen major rivers providing 80% of the DR’s water start in these mountains. …

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After last years disasters associated with two tropical storms, people are listening more closely to what forecasters are saying. The National Hurricane Center in Miami has sent forecaster John Morales to Santo Domingo to give a lecture on “The Eye of the Storm”. According to Morales, this will be an “active” storm season with fifteen …

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President Leonel Fernandez has agreed to a press conference with newspaper economic editors and members of the international press accredited in the country on Thursday at 7:30pm. Presidential Palace spokesman Rafael Nunez said that the President would focus on the recent fuel and food price increases. Several business groups have been urging the President to …

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The National Hotels & Restaurants Association (Asonahores) is calling on the government to reorient its economic policies to favor productive sectors. Asonahores understands that macro-economic stability is not enough, and highlights the fact that the economy has grown asymmetrically. According to the hoteliers, there are many sectorial, social and regional inequities because the policies in …

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Airport Department director Andres Van der Horst is urging the government to give priority to the tourism and export sectors. Interviewed by Manuel Jimenez on Channel 27, he observed that at a time when the government is making concessions to the land transport unions, including a recent freeze on fuel prices, they need to turn …

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A recent study by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with the National Competitiveness Council and the Ministry of Agriculture, points to the agricultural products with the strongest potential for export and domestic consumption, as reported by Diario Libre. These products are beans, garlic, onions, mango, avocados, bananas, Asian vegetables, beef, chicken and …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio Cesar Valentin, is proposing the reduction of the Legislative Branch to a single section, merging the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. He said the upcoming constitutional reform could fix the number of legislators at 150. Valentin said that this would lead to savings in the cost …

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Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua says the contract with Codasa, the company building the San Pedro de Macoris-La Romana highway project, will be voided because the company has violated the construction agreement. According to El Caribe, the Minister took action after reading a company letter that said they would be selling the concession for …

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Even though Chamber of Accounts member Andres Terrero quit his post last week, he showed up at work on Monday as if nothing had happened. Terrero walked into his office and wrote a letter to the Senate explaining that he was not leaving the Chamber of Accounts. He said he would continue working as usual …

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Judges from the Second Chamber of the Contentious Tributary and Administrative Court have ordered a stop to the construction of a high-rise apartment building in the Cacicazgos section of Santo Domingo. A neighborhood association campaigned against the construction, arguing that the tower had been irregularly authorized by city councilors in violation of city building regulations. …

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