2000 Travel News ArchiveTravel

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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Major seismological center to be built in Northeast

Secretary general of the North Chapter of Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Agrimensores (Codia), the leading association of engineers and architects in the DR, William Reyna told Listin Diario that the US, France, Italy and Japan are working together on the installation in Pimentel, in the Northeast of the country, of a sophisticated seismological …

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Senate approves international loans

The Senate passed seven loan contracts with international financial organizations totaling US$131 million. President Hipólito Mejía had urged their approval. These are: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos (Indrhi) and the Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia. US$18 million for the Los Tres Saltos hydroelectric project. Financing of the development of farming projects for small and …

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Congress to get final say on duty-free imports for transport unions

According to the president of the Senate, Ramón Alburquerque, President Hipólito Mejía promised to prepare a bill incorporating the contents of Decree 618-00 by which the Mejía administration had authorized unionized taxi drivers the import of duty-free vehicles for transport and cargo transporters a reduction in tariffs on new trucks down to 8%. The President …

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Chickens nobody ever ate

One million, two hundred lbs. of poultry that was frozen in warehouses on behalf of the Instituto Nacional de Estabilización de Precios, a government organization whose role has been constantly changing. The imported chickens spent eight months stored in the cold room of Frisi Dominicana that charged Inespre RD$0.30 per lb. The chickens were valued …

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Government orders 10% decrease on salaries

The Government Council established a public sector austerity plan that freezes the government payroll and establishes a reduction of 10% on salaries of government officers, including those with positions in autonomous and decentralized institutions. Earlier, President Hipólito Mejía had announced a 40% cut in salaries, starting with his own, but apparently this did not appeal …

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