1999 – Page 202

The Government announced last night that a Canadian-led consortium, Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI ("Aerodom"), won the bidding for a contract to operate four of the DR’s airports. In a formal ceremony convened by the Public Works Minister Diandino Pe?a but presided over by President Leonel Fern?ndez, yesterday’s rumors that Aerodom had won were formally confirmed. …

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Peter Romero met with President Fern?ndez yesterday at the National Palace. The U.S. official also met separately with the nation’s Attorney-General and the President of the Supreme Court. In a subsequent press conference, Romero said that he expressed to each his government’s concern over recent political disputes …

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The official forensic report released yesterday confirmed what has been suspected since the teenage Albino sisters were found dead in Santiago: the two committed suicide by consuming rat poison. The girls, 13 and 15, had been found on March 9th in an advanced stage of decay, rat poison at their side, with no signs of …

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Lidio Cadet announced yesterday that he will shortly submit his resignation to President Fern?ndez from his post as Minister without portfolio. The announcement came on the heels of the election of Jos? Tom?s P?rez to replace Cadet as the new Secretary-General (SG) of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Cadet that while his Minister post …

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The directorate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), the Presidium, decided yesterday to insist on its current stance regarding the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) when the political dialogue is reconvened at the National Palace. The PRD is calling for a group of eminent persons be appointed to run the LMD until the courts can decide …

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The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the interagency Trade Negotiations Committee (CNNC) has been expanded to formally include four more entities: the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR), the Customs Directorate-General, the Office of the Lom? Convention Coordinator and the Office of Investment Promotion (OPI). The expansion was mandated by President Fern?ndez via Decree 74-99. The CNNC was …

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The Caribbean-U.S. First Trade and Investment Forum will formally open tonight at 7 pm with a welcoming ceremony at the Museo de las Casas Reales in the Colonial Zone. The event really kicks off, however, at 9 am tomorrow at the Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo, where it will continue until closing at 5:30 pm …

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Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) Director Hamlet Hermann told the news daily El Siglo yesterday that, all impressions to the contrary given in recent weeks, the tramway project for Santo Domingo is by no means a sure thing. He revealed that AMET originally opposed the proposal, and that he retains serious doubts about its possibilities to …

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The Directorate-General of Internal Revenue (DGII) has given until April 8th a group of some 7,000 companies that have never registered for tax purposes to sign up and "regularize’ their tax reporting. The deadline applies to companies formed prior to 1996. The companies have to add their names to the National Register of Taxpayers (RNC), …

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The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) held a press conference yesterday to display large quantities of drugs recently seized in the nation’s airports and to discuss the cases of several "mules" – people hired to transport drugs – captured during the last week with cocaine and heroine. In one case, two Ecuadorians and one Dominican …

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