1998 – Page 91

Impoverished Dominicans will receive free legal assistance in the future through a new government program to be implemented as of August. The program is coordinated by the Comisionado de Apoyo a la Reforma y Modernización de la Justicia. The program will benefit those accused of criminal offenses and who cannot afford a lawyer. The Dominican …

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President Leonel Fernández headed a seminar to analyze the behavior of the Dominican economy during the first two years of his administration. Also attending were: Vice President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal A delegation from the Interamerican Development Bank including Enrique Iglesias, president; Ricardo Haussman, principal economist; Miguel Martínez, regional manager; Carlos Solchaga, Moises Pineda, Juan …

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The Interamerican Development Bank will lend the Dominican government US$11.5 million to implement the first phase of a financial management system that seeks to make more transparent and efficient the handling of public funds. The new system will gradually release the Central Bank from managing public credit so it can concentrate on maintaining the stability …

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The State Sugar Council (CEA) is requesting RD$1,000 million in subsidies to produce the 1998-99 harvest. The moneys would have to be included in next year’s budget. El Siglo reported that technicians forecast that the CEA would not even reach 170,000 short tons of sugar, and that the entity is seeking to make future sales …

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Minister of Public Health Altagracia Guzmán Marcelino announced that the Fernández administration will build three new hospitals calling for an investment of US$35 million. Of the three the largest is the 120-bed hospital in the industrial area of Herrera. The other two are one in Guerra, on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, with 20 beds, …

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President Leonel Fernández will be in La Romana this weekend to participate in a workshop during which the behavior of the Dominican economy in the past two years will be evaluated. Representatives from international organizations, such as the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank and the US Agency for International Development will bes participating in …

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Work is advancing on the completion of the first stage of the Arroyo Barril Airport in Samaná. The Oficina de Ingenieros Supervisores de Obras del Estado, the office of the Presidency that supervises government constructions announced that the works could be finished by 5 August if the weather allows. Work is advanced on the extension …

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The Fernández administration signed an agreement with 15 universities and six high schools to train some 30,000 public school teachers. The program will last through year 2005 and the goal is that by then, 80% of public school teachers will have university education levels. The program will cost upwards of RD$70 million. During the signing …

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The government will build a softball stadium, a 400-meter running track, a 50-meter swimming pool, a gymnasium pavilion, four tennis courts and a villa-hotel for the athletes in La Romana during the next 12 months. La Romana is site of the 12th National Sports Games that will take place in August 1999. The baseball events …

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Government revenues by way of the Department of Customs are up 20%, according to a report from the director general of Customs. During the first semester of 1997 RD$4,153 million was collected in import taxes. These increased to RD$4,900 million during the first semester of 1998. The department attributes the increase to the honesty, efficiency …

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