1999 – Page 171

The Central Bank announced yesterday the start of the bidding process for the Playa Grande resort, located on the North Coast between Puerto Plata and Nagua, approximately 80 kilometers east of Gregorio Luperón International Airport. National and international investors wishing to bid for the property need to present by May 31st their credentials to a …

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A general strike has been called for the city of Bonao starting today and will continue indefinitely until strikers’ demands are met, say its organizers. The strike is organized by a community group calling itself the Dignity Bloc of Monseñor Nouel Province (Bonao is the provincial capital, located northwest of Santo Domingo along the highway …

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The Executive Director of the Airport Department, Melanio Paredes, yesterday rejected calls to reconsider the move of Santo Domingo’s Herrera Airport to El Higüero, north of the city near the Duquesa city dump. Paredes said that "there’s no going back" on the decision, and that any government official who wishes to make public observations about …

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In its latest statistical report, the Labor Ministry says that 676,000 more workers were brought into the Dominican workforce in 1998 than in 1997. Industry employed 355,615 workers, while commercial establishments employed 103,743 men and 50,966 women.

With the arrival of a new shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the lines at business refilling gas tanks are slowly returning to normal. The blame game, however, has just started. Over the weekend, Industry and Commerce officials blamed the private firm Mundogas for the shortage, saying that it had a serious financial liquidity problem …

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The Republic’s Controller-General, Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas, reported yesterday that an audit of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) conducted by his office cannot account for 20 motor vehicles put into use during the prior administration of Julio Maríñez Rosario. The audit had been requested by Amable Aristy Castro, one of the two LMD Secretaries-General "elected" by …

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National Police (PN) Chief Major General Pedro de Jesús Candelier Tejada led a "lightning raid" on Najayo Prison yesterday, in the process putting under arrest the entire penal service contingent at the prison ­ including its commander — and seizing from prisoners large quantities of drugs, arms, cellular phones, refrigerators and even air conditioners. The …

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The Dominican Medical Association (AMD) has called a 24-hour nationwide doctors’ strike beginning at 8 am tomorrow. The strike will affect all regular services in public hospitals and clinics. It does not affect private clinics and hospitals and emergency services will still be offered in public hospitals. The strike is to press the AMD’s demand …

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The International Book Fair continues in Santo Domingo through 2 May. The event, described as the most important cultural event of the year, is held on the grounds of the National Music Conservatory, at Alma Mater and Cesar Nicolas Penson streets. The fair is dedicated to Dominican national poet, Pedro Mir and to Mexico. This …

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The Summit of Heads of State and Government of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) that will take place in the DR in November, will be the most important international event ever held in the history of the DR, Max Puig, the Dominican in charge of the Lome IV program in the DR said. …

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