Dolores Vicioso – Page 7494

President Hipólito Mejía placed under the newly created Ministry of Environment all equipment and personnel of the Plan Nacional Quisqueya Verde. The Quisqueya Verde program was a very successful reforestation effort directed by former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal. The program converted rural inhabitants that had been destroying forests into planters of trees by …

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National Weather Department (Oficina Nacional de Metereología): Engineer Jose Maria Duquela National Zoo: Alfonso Ferreiras National Professional Baseball Commissioner: Jose Daniel Calzada

President Hipólito Mejía appointed engineer Jose Daniel del Rosario Valdez as the new executive director of the Oficina de Promoción de Inversión Extranjera. He will have the rank of ambassador. In Decree 532-00, he also created a support committee for the office, to be known as Comité Consultivo y de Apoyo Institucional al Organismo. Members …

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The president of the National Council of Private Business, Celso Marranzini criticized that the government was buying social peace by permitting the duty free import of vehicles and granting generous subsidies to unionized cargo and passenger transporters. The government on Monday announced generous benefits to unionized cargo and taxi and minibus union members. Marranzini said, …

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The ruling Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) expelled six mayors that have not complied with the 2×2 political agreement made in 1998. The party says that several deputies are also on the verge of being expelled. The agreement was reached in 1998 to maintain party unity when a large number of aspirants sought municipal and congressional …

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Participación Ciudadana, a civil society group, urged the government to put a stop to the numerous cancellations of government employees being made. Francisco Alvarez, spokesman for the organization said that the cancellations will contribute to public services becoming inefficient. He said that the mass firing is a loss to the state that have invested taxpayers …

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President Hipólito Mejía appointed Mario Peña as the new president of Rosario Dominicana, one of the largest gold mines in the Americas. The mine is at the present time closed after a tender process organized by Salomon Brothers was aborted. Peña replaces General Antonio Imbert Barrera who was appointed inspector general of the Armed Forces. …

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News reports say that the RD$5 subsidy per gallon of gas purchased in tanks of 25 and 50 lbs has been difficult to apply. News reports say that the subsidy was only being applied to those filling 25 and 15 lbs tanks, as the tickets for those filling 50 lbs tanks had not arrived to …

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News reports say that for around seven hours the people of La Romana yesterday lived hours of tension under the impression there had been a kidnapping at the Hotel Restaurant Adamanay, a cheap La Romana hotel. At 10:45 am two individuals showed up at the hotel, tied up five employees, and stole RD$4,000. They were …

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Arthur Valdez, formerly executive vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce, was promoted to the post of Commissioner for the Pan American Santo Domingo 2003 Games. As Commissioner he has been given the responsibility to supervise the marketing, technology and television negotiations of the leading sports event in the Americas. Valdez has been a …

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