1996 – Page 53

According to the Centro Dominicano de Promoción de Exportaciones Cedopex, exports for January-December 1995, including those from the industrial free zones reached US$2,528.69 million. Based on September 1995-April 1996 results, Cedopex expects exports in 1996 to reach US$2,938.90 million – a 16.22% increase. This includes an increase of 19.71% in traditional exports, 18.4% from mining, …

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Pedro Caba has been appointed director of El Siglo newspaper. The newspaper is now property of the Central Bank as it has taken over the operations of the Banco del Comercio Dominicano, turning it into a second government commercial bank, while efforts are underway to find a buyer. The state already owns and operates the …

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Rodolfo Rincón Martínez was named director of the Rentas Internas, replacing Alexandra Izquierdo de Peña, who has been appointed the director general of the Income Tax. She succeeds the late Florencio Lorenzo Silva.

The representative of the Interamerican Development Bank in this country, Leonardo Da Silva, said that for the nation to achieve the sustained growth of its economy and productive sectors, it has to eliminate the deficiencies in its infrastructure. He said that priority number one should be the resolving of the electricity shortage, then the deficiencies …

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After a more than seven-months on strike, doctors of the Asociación Médica Dominicana (AMD) employed at the hospitals of the Instituto Dominicano de Seguro Social (IDSS) returned to work. The agreement reached between the IDSS’s executive council and the AMD’s IDSS chapter includes the payment of salaries corresponding to the months of February, March and …

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Both Mario Jose Redondo Llenas, 19, and Juan Manuel Moline Rodriguez,19, the confessed killers of 12-year-old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, were questioned separately for several hours last week by Judge Alexis Henriquez Nunez. The original police report contains the confessions of Mr. Redondo Llenas and Mr. Moline Rodriguez, who claimed that they killed the boy …

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President Joaquin Balaguer made changes in his cabinet and other government posts on 4 June. In decree 187-96, Dr. Balaguer appointed Francisco Amaro Guzman Minister of Public Works in place of Ramon Antonio Garcia Santos. The President also named Carmen Leyba Mora governor of the Monte Plata province (governors are appointed by the president, not …

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The rector of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Edylberto Cabral, met for more than ten hours with authorities of the state-run and financed university in order to find a solution to what he has called a “profound crisis” in the institution’s finances. Mr. Cabral complained that UASD has yet to receive the monthly …

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The General Controller of the Republic, Victor Grimaldi, is continuing his audits of several government departments. Mr. Grimaldi met with President Balaguer on 4 June to discuss the progress of the audits, which was not revealed to the local news media. Upon leaving the office of Dr. Balaguer at the National Palace, Mr. Grimaldi refused …

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Despite the efforts of the Armed Forces, who were ordered by President Balaguer to help the Attwoods Dominicana company to collect refuse in Santo Domingo, streets in some sectors of the capital are still without a refuse collection service. Dr. Antonio Carreras, who operates a clinic in the poor sector of Cristo Rey, has warned …

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