1996 – Page 42

President Joaquin Balaguer, under decree No. 206-96, has created the Free Trade Zone at La Romana International Airport. Among other terms stipulated by the decree, it was established that licenses to operate businesses would be granted on a one year basis.

President Joaquin Balaguer ordered the grounds previously occupied by a Barceló rum distillery on the bank of the Ozama river to be declared as being in the “public domain.” The 5,982 square meter area, according to the decree, will be incorporated into the “beautification and general clean-up” of the Villa Duarte sector, where the government …

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The big Mercado Nuevo market on Avenida Duarte, sometimes characterized by a lack of care and hygiene, is being cleaned up and better organized by a brigade sent by the Santo Domingo city council. Since the 30 June presidential run-off, units sent by Mayor Rafael Suberví Bonilla have collected refuse which had piled up over …

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After organizations from the nearby community of Haina met and decided to block the entrance from Santo Domingo to trucks from Attwoods Dominicana, the mayor of Haina, Manolo Mesa Morillo, ordered the dumping of refuse from Santo Domingo to stop. On 20 June, Mayor Mesa Morillo agreed to permit the dumping of refuse collected in …

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Dr. Ramon Pina Acevedo was appointed Attorney General for the Republic on Tuesday, 16 July. He replaces Dr. Luis Nelson Pantaleón González, who was not given another appointment by President Joaquin Balaguer. Dr. Pantaleón González had served as National Attorney General since last September, after being promoted to the position from that of Attorney General …

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Five well-known actors have been invited to the “Cena Niebla de Paz” cigar smokers’ charity dinner at the Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo on 26 July. Andy Garcia, Tom Selleck, Robert Wagner, Joe Mantenga and George Hamilton are just some of the 125 guests who will pay RD$3,500 for a place at the dinner, the …

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The three major unions of nurses in the hospitals of the Ministry of Public Health have threatened to strike on 29 July, if previous agreements reached with the government are not honored. As well as the doctors in the public hospitals, who held a six-month work stoppage from October 1995 to April 1996, the longest …

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Germinal Muñoz Grillo has resigned as General Director of Prisons, just two months after being appointed by President Joaquin Balaguer. Mr. Muñoz Grillo denied rumors that his decision to leave the post was provoked by the appointment of Dr. Ramon Pina Acevedo as National Attorney General just two days beforehand. Mr. Muñoz Grillo replaced Julio …

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The Compania Dominicana de Teléfonos (CODETEL) has announced the start of its Telemedicina video telephone communications system for doctors in the D.R. who wish to exchange ideas and techniques with doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in cooperation with the Video Conferencing System Company. During a press conference to introduce the new service, the president …

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Enrique Iglesias, president of the Interamerican Development Bank, said that the institution has between US$150 and US$200 million available annually to assist with the priorities that will be addressed by the new government taking over power on 16 August. He also said that the new government can expect a strong involvement on the part of …

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