1999 – Page 166

The Education Ministry is racking up large debts with the nine firms supplying milk and juice for the much-touted school breakfast program. The debt, estimated at RD$100 million, is due to late and non-payment for supplies already provided by the companies. Last April 10th the nine suppliers gave the Ministry 15 days to pay off …

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In a ceremony to be held today in the Bella Colina de Manoguayabo sector of Santo Domingo, President Leonel Fernández officially will accept receipt from Japanese Ambassador Masato Akazawa 52 schools donated by that country. For each of the schools, the DR supplied the land on which they were built, access roads and streets, utility …

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The President of the Senate, Ramón Alburquerque (PRD-Monte Plata), yesterday called for the closure of the state-owned Rosario Dominicana mining firm. He said that, given that the company has been operating at a loss for some time and given the recent reports of heavy pollution of surrounding areas and rivers caused by the firm, La …

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The Dominican Republic’s national selection team faces off against Belize’s team today at 5 pm in the first round of play in the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Basketball Tournament ("Centro-basket 1999"). The Tournament is being held in La Havana, Cuba. The DR is expected to easily defeat Belize, despite the loss of one of …

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Baninter, the small Dominican bank that turned into a giant when it purchased the Banco del Comercio, now announces the DEG Bank of Germany is its newest shareholder. Baninter says that it will now have more funds available for lending to small and medium-sized firms. Vice president financial institutions Werner Breden signed for the DEG. …

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The director of the Dirección Nacional de Impuestos Internos, the government internal revenue department, said that the number of taxpayers has increased 30% in 1998 over the previous year. He also said there has been an increase in tax collections in general, despite the elimination of some taxes and the reduction of others. He said …

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The executive director of the Dominican Port Authority, Francisco Javier García, gathered the leading cruise ship businessmen in the country to discuss new efforts to clean up the Ozama and Isabela Rivers. Several cruise ship companies have threatened to discontinue visiting Santo Domingo if the port is not dredged as soon as possible. The slum …

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The Instituto Nacional de Protección Ambiental (Inpra), an office of the Presidency of the Republic, confirmed that the Rosario Dominicana mine is contaminating the Cotuí area with its toxic residuals. El Siglo newspaper carries a report confirming that the Margajita and Mejita rivers in the province of Sánchez Ramírez are affected. The toxic waste treatment …

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Laura Faxas, Dominican ambassador for Paris-based UNESCO, announced that executives from the French Ministry of Culture and the French firm Pactarin will be in Santo Domingo 16-20 May to present their proposal for the development of cultural programs and colonial monument conservation programs. The program would facilitate loans to the indigent persons who live in …

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Hoy newspaper reported that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano would announce on 10 May if its extraordinary national convention to choose the party’s presidential candidate in the year 2000 election would be postponed. The convention is set for 16 May. Dr. Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, president of the organization, said that by then the technicians of the …

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