2000News

Political parties spend RD$332.9 million in past campaign

According to documents presented by the three leading political parties, these spent RD$332.9 million to promote their candidates during the past presidential campaign. The party that spent the most was the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), with RD$143.4 million. Then the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) with RD$99.6 million, and then the winning …

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State to relieve former President of charges against him

The Listín Diario headline story today tells that President Hipólito Mejía instructed Attorney General Virgilio Bello Rosa to in the name of the Dominican state revoke any action or claims for damages against former President Salvador Jorge Blanco (PRD/1982-86) and others judged as part of the same anti-corruption in government case. President Mejía says that …

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La Isabela Airport a go, but with private sector funding

Minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas told El Siglo newspaper that the construction of the Aeropuerto International La Isabela in northern Santo Domingo will be postponed until a private partner is found to take up the project. The project was intended to be operational in April 2000, but at the end the Fernández government abandoned …

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More on the austerity program

Dr. Pedro Franco Badía announced that the Mejía government will not purchase new vehicles for government officers. He said President Mejía has instructed officers to use the vehicles left by the previous administration. Furthermore, he said that vehicles confiscated by Customs should be auctioned off, and not distributed among government officers as occurred during the …

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Tourism sector appointees

President appointed Pedro Antonio Peralta González director of the Corporación de Fomento de la Industria Hotelera y Desarrollo del Turismo (Corphotel), the government institution in charge of state-owned hotels. President Mejía also appointed Magaly Josefina Gonell Villanueva as the new director of the Tourism office in Montreal, Canada. Hector Antonio Lizardo Jorge was appointed chief …

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