1996 – Page 46

The president of the Asociación Dominicana de Exportadores, Alberto Bonetti, emphasized the need for the next government to establish a zero rate of duty for machinery and equipment imported for agricultural purposes. He said that this is the only way the country’s agriculture can continue to be competitive. He added that under the prevailing conditions …

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This week, the Central Romana Corporation announced that the sugar cane crop for 1995-1996 ended with an unprecedented production of 380,000 short tons. It ground 3,353,000 short tons of cane, which permitted it to satisfy the demands of both the domestic and foreign markets. Central Romana added that 120,000 tons were refined and 21 million …

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According to the coinciding opinions of the economist Juan Guilliani Cury and Pedro Féliz, president of Financiera Credicorp, S.A.., the next government must be careful about subsidies, and it should not permit them to enter the agricultural sector. Juan Guilliani, as well as Pedro Féliz, consider that one must seek other financing mechanisms for agriculture, …

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President Joaquin Balaguer’s term will end in less than 40 days, with more than 100 public works yet to be officially opened. Dr. Balaguer has put emphasis on building new schools, roads and other facilities since his return to power in 1986, and he would like to put his personal stamp on each one. In …

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Last week, Doctor Alexis Henríquez, the judge in charge of the investigations into the murder of 12 year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar and the plan to kidnap a young girl, requested President Balaguer to petition President Carlos Menem of Argentina to remove diplomatic immunity from the husband and a son of the Argentine Ambassador …

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Six senators of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) have declared their wish to preside over the upper legislative body for the next session which begins on 16 August. The senators vying for the post are: Amable Aristy Castro of Villa Altagracia, the current president; Miguel Andres Berroa of Hato Mayor; Frank Martinez of La …

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Dr. Bautista (Bauta) Rojas will replace Vice President-elect Jaime David Fernández Mirabal as the lone senator of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), according to various high-ranking members of the PLD. Mr. Fernández Mirabal has come out in favor of Dr. Rojas, who was mayor of their native city of Salcedo from 1990 to …

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The Santo Domingo municipal council, the Armed Forces and the Attwoods Dominicana refuse collection company are currently removing all the political publicity from the streets of the city after a campaign of almost two years leading up to the 1996 presidential election. Main traffic arteries in the capital including the Avenidas Winston Churchill, 27 de …

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For most of the last two weeks, the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) has been reducing the length and frequency of power cuts both in the capital and the interior. On Thursday, 4 July, the CDE’s general administrator Amilcar Romero told the news media that the state-owned electricity company was generating 1,200,000 kilowatts, 100,000 more …

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The Ministry of Education has canceled the exclusive contract of Editorial Santillana, which was to provide textbooks for primary schools in the D.R. for the 1996-97 school year. The contract was revoked after the Minister of Education, Jose Andres Aybar Sanchez, announced that the books were not acceptable to the Ministry’s Commission on Books and …

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