1998 – Page 205

The president of the Dominican Refinery of Petroleum, engineer Rafael Segura, agrees with Pedro Pablo Cabral, president of Shell in the Dominican Republic, that the price difference between leaded and unleaded gasoline should serve to encourage an increased consumption of leaded gasoline and not discourage this. The government increased the tax on gasoline in 1996 …

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Luis Manuel Pellerano, president of the Association of Dominican Free Zones, said local industry is accepting the challenge of seeking industries that require skilled labor. He said that the free zone industries hope to attract an increase in the number of firms in the emerging fields of telecommunications, electronics, jewelry, pharmaceutics and footwear industries, and …

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Julio Marínez, aspirant to the candidacy for mayor of Santo Domingo on the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) ballot for the May 1998 municipal election, reiterated that he won the primaries held to choose the PRD candidate. Engineer Maríñez released to the press a letter he addressed to PRD leader, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, dated …

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Temístocles Montás, general manager of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, CDE, said that the biggest headache of the state electricity utility is the operation of the Smith-Enron power plant in Puerto Plata. He said that in the past eight months that company has been unable to maintain its optimum production levels for even 15 consecutive …

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The Senate approved the Telecommunications bill with all the reforms that telephone companies, as well as television and radio companies, had approved by consensus. The bill was sent with the new modifications back to the Chamber of Deputies. Nevertheless, the Executive Branch has said it would observe the bill, if eventually passed by the Chamber …

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Sectors related to local aviation and tourism sectors, including the Hotel & Restaurant Association, oppose the signing of an open skies agreement. Aviation sectors say that if the agreement is signed by the Dominican government, it is unlikely that Dominican aviation companies will be able to develop. Dominican airline entrepreneurs favor the exchange of air …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Dr. Jorge Subero Isa, criticized the formation of 20,000 lawyers, many of which he said, were formed in inadequate law schools. He also was critical of the more than 4,000 notary publics in Santo Domingo, and said the number of these should not exceed 1,800. He requested …

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Residents in the Gazcue area near the Mahatma Gandhi and Juan Sánchez Ramírez streets closed off that intersection to traffic and demanded that the authorities prohibit the transport of minibuses in the area. Forty families living in the area said through a spokesperson that the reckless driving of the public transport minibuses has been the …

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Businesses using the sidewalks of the 27 de Febrero Avenue as a parking area will have to find alternative solutions. The 27 de Febrero Avenue crosses the city of Santo Domingo East-West. The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) police agents began firmly telling owners of these businesses that vehicles found parked on the 27 de Febrero …

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The Listín Diario reported that the leading international Dominican music groups that are most likely to make it big internationally are Juan Luis Guerra, Los Ilegales, Chichí Peralta and Sin Fronteras. The report lists the names of the local groups that are represented by international record companies responsible for their international projection. The companies and …

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