Dolores Vicioso – Page 8117

Luis Toral, chief of the campaign for the PRSC in Santo Domingo, said that surveys and polls they have carried out indicate that their support has experienced significant growth in the last few weeks. He said that from 15-16% of voter preference in December, the presidential candidate of the PRSC, Jacinto Peynado, had increased his …

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As happened during the 1994 election period, President Balaguer has announced the reconstruction and paving of streets in 29 provinces. Engineer Ramón Antonio García Santos, Minister of Public Works, said that the program began in San Pedro de Macorís with the repaving of all its streets at a cost of more than RD$20 million.

Eleven renowned Dominican performers, including Maridalia Hernández, Manuel Jiménez, Fernando Casado, Adalgisa Pantaleón, Victor Víctor, José Antonio Rodríguez, Ileana Reynoso, Alicia Baroni, Audry Campos, Manuel Frías and Edilí are supporting Leonel Fernandez. Likewise, Johnny Ventura, Vickiana, Sonia Silvestre, Olga Lara and Cuco Valoy are lining up for a show in favor of Dr Peña Gómez. …

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The Central Bank announced that the inflation rate had decreased from around 9.22 percent in December to 7.48 percent in January. The consumer price index also moved down from 999.71 in December to 998.94 last month. Central Bank officials attributed this reduction in the rate of inflation to an increase in the supply of some …

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The state-owned gold mine, Rosario Dominicana SA, will not be able to take advantage of the latest increase in world gold prices due to its low production levels. The price of a Troy ounce on the London Metal Exchange has now exceeded US$410, and appears to be moving towards the US$420 mark. This is probably …

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Several business associations have announced the development of a plan which seeks, amongst other things, to improve competition in the textile industry, to vertically integrate the manufacture of clothes, and to increase promotional efforts to encourage fresh investment in the free trade zones. The move comes as a response to the loss of business in …

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Esso Standard Oil and Texaco executives have appealed to the Dominican government to free imports of oil. They maintain that new market realities demand the end to the existing oil monopoly in the country. Only the Dominican Oil Refinery, operated jointly by the government and The Shell Company, is authorized by executive decree to engage …

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The government recently announced that it is giving RD$100 million to the run-down National Sugar Council to start up the operations at the state-owned sugar mills. The money will be used to cancel out debts contracted with the private sector, especially those owed to the sugar cane growers. The sugar-making season had been under threat …

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Negotiations between the United States and the Dominican Republic to allow the latter to impose tariffs on eight agricultural items are still under way. The Dominican Republic has submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organization asking for permission to protect its domestic producers of chicken, whole milk, onions, beans, corn, rice, and sugar with …

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Manufacturers that use sugar as their main raw material have voiced their disagreement with the efforts made by the Dominican authorities to obtain permission from the U.S. government to impose tariffs ranging from 100 to 133 percent on imports of sugar in excess of 17,000 tons. They say that this measure could badly hurt their …

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