1999 – Page 175

Although there have long been nongovernmental events and unofficial governmental observations of the anniversary of the 1965 war that eventually led to U.S. intervention, never before has the Dominican Government sponsored a series of official events to commemorate the anniversary. The move to do so this time caught many by surprise, and the schedule was …

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The Dominican Center for Export Promotion (CEDOPEX) released figures yesterday showing that Dominican exports to the member nations of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) rose 68.4% during the 1995-98 period, from US$44.9 million to US$75.6 million.

The nation’s nurses began a 48-hour strike yesterday morning at 8 AM, affecting services in all the nation’s public hospitals. The strike, due to end on Friday morning at 8 AM, was called by the National Union of Dominican Nursing Services (UNASED) to push for their salary raise demand and to force the government to …

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A meeting yesterday failed to produce an agreement between the Dominican Medical Association (AMD) and Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzmán Marcelino concerning the doctors’ demands for a substantial pay raise. AMD is demanding a raise of RD$15,000 per month for most doctors, and RD$25,000 more per month for service chiefs and specialists. Guzmán yesterday only …

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The president of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects (CODIA), Eng. Alejandro Montás favors the moving of the Herrera Airport to the outskirts of the city. While the Ministry of Public Works has not announced the move of the inner city airport, the director of the State Sugar Council confirmed the sale of the …

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Former President and founder of the ruling government party, Juan Bosch returned to Santo Domingo yesterday. He had traveled abroad, first to Havana and then to Miami, for medical care. Press reports say he has recovered from the nasal-bleeding problem that took him abroad. In Miami, he checked his vision.

El Siglo newspaper highlighted that the Dominican economy is the world’s fastest growing economy. The newspaper said that the most recent World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund forecasts that the DR GDP will increase 7.3% in 1999, with a year’s end inflation of 6.2%.

The National Hotel & Restaurant Association supports efforts of the National Police to remove sidewalk vendor shacks from city streets. City areas have been taken over by so-called "padres de familia" (fathers of families that say they have a right to do what they are doing because they are the bread-winners of their family). Asonahores …

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Pedro Alfonso, director of urban planning urban and Pablo Bonnelly, director of the city plan office, in an interview in the Listín Diario today highlight the changes they foresee to improve driving in Santo Domingo. The city government was elected for 16 August 1998 through 16 August 2002, and thus would have the time to …

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President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico took advantage of his five day visit to the Dominican Republic this month to go scuba diving. He took a dive in the area of La Caleta. La Caleta National Underwater Park is regarded as an excellent area for enjoyment of reef and wreck dives, night dives and fresh water …

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