Dolores Vicioso – Page 8267

Speaking at the Asociación de Industrias de Haina, a group of businessmen in Haina, in the National District, PLD presidential candidate, Leonel Fernández said that the government is presently exporting taxes and penalizing exporters because of all the obstacles to selling any product abroad. He considered it is unacceptable that to export anything, exporters must …

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Judge Aura Celeste Fernández said that those interested in being an observer at the national election needs to be individually accredited by the Junta Central Electoral (JCE). The JCE will require that the observers do not belong to any party and will limit their numbers. She said that observers will be mere witnesses of the …

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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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