Dolores Vicioso – Page 7214

After President Mejia’s meeting yesterday with former President Joaquin Balaguer, he said the construction of sports venues for the Pan American Games would continue in Mirador del Este Park. Mejía said there is no turning back on the commitment. The Listin Diario newspaper revealed that the construction violates the Environment Law. In June, Minister of …

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The Municipality of Santo Domingo has banned the installation of giant billboards in Santo Domingo and ordered the dismantling of existing ones. The measure was taken by city hall after torrential rains and gusts produced by a recent thunderstorm toppled several of them in Santo Domingo. The 100 kilometer per hour gusts revealed the fragility …

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The Armed Forces has carried out a second surprise crackdown (Operation Centella) in major Dominican cities. Occupants of vehicles were frisked in search of illegally-held guns. The measure is part of government actions to reduce crime in the DR. The searches caused bottlenecks yesterday evening on the Las Americas and Duarte Highways.

Santo Domingo’s Transport Authority has agreed on new one-way street directions near Maximo Gomez Avenue. From now on, the street directions are: Desiderio Valverde: South-North Wenceslao Alvarez: South-North Elvira de Mendoza: North-South Filomeno Rojas: East-West Aristides Fiallo Cabral: East-West Santiago: West-East Juan Sanchez Ramirez: East-West Jose Contreras: East-West Felix E. Mejia: East-West Maria Montez: North-South …

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The Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) has criticized the shortage of refined sugar that occurs every year at this time. Engineer Ivan de Jesus Garcia, president of the FDC, said this is due to a lack of preparation by the Dominican Sugar Institute (Inazucar), which he described as a government body manipulated by sugar producers. …

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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) expects the Dominican economy to grow 3.5% this year, down from 7.8% in 2000. Inflation is estimated to reach 10%. Eclac forecasts a Latin American and Caribbean growth rate of 2% for this year, down from 4% last year. For more information, see the Eclac …

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The Dominican Association of Gasoline Stations, Anadegas, will no longer accept credit cards for gasoline and diesel at gas stations. The organization says that the fees charged by the credit card companies are too high. They say the companies were charging them RD$0.95 per gallon of gasoline sold.

Telecentro, Channel 13 has announced it will produce a Dominican version of the successful US TV show, “Survivors.” The local version, “Operacion Hispaniola” will air from mid-September to mid-December. The channel is looking for 16 participants who will be grouped into two “tribes” of four men and four women each and will have to survive …

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Shakira, the Colombian pop star, vacationed at Punta Cana Resort and Club for four days. She was resting after completing her new CD in English. During her stay she visited the nearby Corales Golf and Marina resort of the Punta Cana hotel group.

Juan Morel, executive director of the Association of Vehicle Concessionaires (ACOFAVE), has criticized that the GATT valuation will mean 10-30% increases in the local prices of utility vehicles. He forecast luxury vehicles could suffer 120% increases. Car sales are down 50% following a boom in sales last year as consumers rushed to beat the car …

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