1999 – Page 238

The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a highly-respected, widely-read political and economic information and analysis service, reported this week that the DR’s 1998 growth rate was one of the highest in the world, and several times higher than the average for Latin America. The EIU says that the Dominican economy grew 7.3% last year, one …

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At the opening yesterday of the National Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) Protection at Santo Domingo’s Plaza Naco Hotel, Commerce and Industry Minister Luis Manuel Bonetti called for the urgent passage this year of the IP reforms contained in the draft Market Regulation Code the Fern?ndez Administration recently sent to Congress. Bonetti explained that the …

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The Ministers responsible for Public Health and Social Security of the Central American nations, DR and Cuba will meet today and tomorrow at Boca Chica’s Hamaca Hotel. The two-day meeting, sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will promote an exchange of experience, information and ideas among ministers about the management of health care …

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The Labor Ministry, National Office of Personnel Administration (ONAP) and the Geneva-based International Labor Organization (ILO) signed an agreement yesterday under which the ILO will help the Dominican government update and modernize the human resources management of its civil and administrative services. Under the agreement, the ILO will assist the Ministry and ONAP in creating …

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The Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS) and the IDSS Medical Group (AMIDSS), which represents doctors employed by IDSS, yesterday signed an agreement to try to resolve their dispute over the dismissal last week of 242 doctors. After the sudden dismissals the AMIDSS and the larger Dominican Medical Association (AMD) had put their members on alert …

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The Escogido Lions came from behind in the sixth inning to eventually win 4-3 last night against the Licey Tigers, breaking the tie in games won in the Final Series of the Winter Professional Baseball Tournament. The victory puts Escogido just one game away from winning the Series – to get the Tournament trophy, a …

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Venezuelan President-elect Hugo Ch?vez will not be coming to Santo Domingo on Thursday as originally planned, Ch?vez spokesmen announced yesterday. Alfredo Toro Hardy, tapped by Ch?vez to be the next Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S., told reporters that health problems will prevent the President-elect from making planned Thursday visits to New York City and Santo …

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Two prominent industry associations and the group representing remittance agents together called yesterday for urgent passage of the draft Monetary and Financial Code reform law now before Congress. The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), Association of Industrial Companies of Herrera (AEIH) and the Dominican Association of Remittance Agents (ADEREDI) called for urgent …

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The Dominican Agro-business Board (JAD) yesterday made official what it has been saying informally for weeks to the Fern?ndez Government: do not re-negotiate the agricultural portions of the free trade agreement with Central American nations. In a letter to Foreign Minister Eduardo Latorre, JAD President Fernando Cabrera called for the Government to resist pressures from …

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The Education and Culture Ministry and the Fundaci?n Corripio announced yesterday that writer-poet Mariano Lebr?n Savi?on is the 1999 winner of the National Literature Prize. Announced by Foundation Vice President Jos? Luis Corripio at a press conference, the award won a unanimous decision by the judges. Corripio also announced that beginning this year, the prize …

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