Dolores Vicioso – Page 7225

The World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin American and Caribbean Region, Guillermo Perry, said that the timing is not right for emerging countries to place sovereign bonds. A former Minister of Finance of Colombia, Perry favors the DR participating in international capital markets, but warns that the economic woes of Argentina could have a …

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El Caribe newspaper criticizes the Municipality of Santo Domingo for turning down Colombit’s offer to build 46-square-meter homes for residents in Los Praditos neighborhood for RD$60,000 or US$3,500 each in 1999. The Municipality now favors a company known as Breica that offers to build the homes for US$5,200 to US$9,200. El Caribe points out that …

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The Dominican government has signed loan agreements with Fortis Bank of Belgium for the construction of hospitals in Santo Domingo and the interior for US$169 million yesterday. On the same day, the government approved $6.6 million financing in Euros for the installation of a laboratory to clone fruit trees. The loan agreements were signed by …

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El Caribe newspaper reports that Attorney General Virgilio Bello Rosa has ordered that no pharmaceutical dispatches be made from the warehouse of the government program that distributes medicines to pharmacies in public hospitals. The Programa de Medicamentos Esenciales (Promese) has been questioned for importing and selling over 20 different pharmaceuticals of questionable origin and without …

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The government will build 12,000 dwellings on State Sugar Council lands near the communities of San Luis and El Tamarindo. The dwellings will be allotted to residents now living in the Ozama and Isabela riverside slums. Other dwellings will be built along the Carretera Mella. The Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda and the Inmobiliaria BHD, …

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Statistics show that about 80 crashes occur each day in the DR, making it especially important for drivers to be always on the defensive. From January to May, the Police Transit Department lists 6,954 accidents. Most occur in Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Pedro de Macoris and Puerto Plata. Fundacion Maricely Estrella says that around 2,000 …

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Multimedia Teleradio America (HIZ-UHF 45) has announced that it will no longer broadcast on radio or TV the talk show, “Los Hechos y su Historia” (the facts and their stories) hosted by Rafael Flores Estrella and Tomas Castro. The channel says “the highest echelons of the government suggested removing the program from the air immediately.” …

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The chief of the Puerto Rico Police, Pierre Vivoni, has ordered an investigation into the complaint that a boat carrying 34 Dominicans and one Haitian attempting to illegally enter Puerto Rico could have been rammed into by the Puerto Rican Rapid Defense Force. The 24 people who reached land after their ship capsized claimed the …

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