Dolores Vicioso – Page 7507

With the ink not yet dry on the dismissal papers of hundreds of Fernandez administration employees, the aspirants for their vacant positions were thronging the corridors of every government office Thursday. Job seekers began forming lines in the National Palace before 8:00, which by midday had become throngs. Similar scenes were repeated at most of …

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The new Secretary of Agriculture, Eligio Jaquez, announced that the government will invest DR$2.1 billion (around US$ 130 million) in the production of agricultural products of first necessity and tobacco before year?s end. The purpose of the investment, he said, is to guarantee sufficient food supplies for the population. The sum represents an increment of …

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The government of Hipolito Mejia will spend DR$50 million (around US$3.1 million) on projects to improve commerce agriculture and quality of life along the Haitian border. The Director of Frontier Development, Leonidas Ignacio Caraballo Caba, told El Siglo that the funds would be directed toward reforestation of river basins, planting of new forests, irrigation systems …

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The pace of high-level appointments continued during the first day of the Mejia administration with the designation of the thirty provincial governors. Unlike the mayoral positions (sindicos) who are elected in off-year voting, governors are appointed by, and serve in representation of, the President. The new designees are; Azua: Bolivar Pi?a Bahoruco: Frank Acosta Barahona: …

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Just 24 hours after leaving office, former president Leonel Fernandez made a call on two other former presidents. At 11:00 a.m. the 46-year old former chief executive arrived at the Santo Domingo home of Joaquin Balaguer to express his ?friendship, greetings and gratitude for the support he gave me in second round of voting in …

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Less than a day after her inaugural as Vice-President, Milagros Ortiz Bosch took over as Secretary of Education. She arrived at the Education ministry at 11:00 and was greeted by around of applause from staff as well as PRD Party faithful who were already clogging the building lobby in pursuit of jobs. Outgoing Secretary, Ligia …

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The country?s net international reserves dropped by 47.5% in the past six months. The period December, 1999 to June 30 of the current year saw a reduction from US$547 million to US$287 million. The information is found in the ?January-June 2000 Economic Report? researched and published by the Central Bank. This represents a loss of …

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Minutes after his inaugural as 46th President of the Republic, Hipolito Mejia affirmed that he would personally instigate proceedings against any official of his administration suspected of corruption. He promised to impose "true morality" in public administration, eliminating, all "lies, duplicity, fraud and trickery." He will govern, he said, from a crystal palace, transparent in …

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Hipolito Mejia found a time yesterday to attend to his first two presidential acts. Sandwiched between a High Mass in the Cathedral, a wreath laying at the ‘Altar of the Fatherland,’ official luncheons, receptions, receiving lines, and other formalities, Mejia issued his first decree. He stripped their titles from some 300 cabinet officers, sub-cabinet officers, …

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Some $500 million in loans and grants from foreign governments and international agencies is awaiting congressional approval, according to Rafael Albuquerque, senate president. Speaking at yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony of Hipolito Mejia and Milagros Ortiz Bosch, the legislator said that approval of the loans and grants would be the first priority of the new legislative season, …

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