1999News

A Christmas jeep

Juan Guzmán, Pedro Julio Astacio, Ramón Martínez, three successful Dominican Major League baseball players surprised Dodgers scout Elvio Jiménez with a brand new Mitsubishi Montero jeep last Tuesday. The players engaged him in conversation and tricked him into accompanying them to the Quisqueya Ball Park parking lot. There they presented him with a brand new …
1999News

AMET gets praise for impressive express bus services

Secretary of Transport Rodney Slater also met with the local director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, Hamlet Hermann. He had praise for the AMET program. "I am very impressed with the express bus services," he said. He commented the DR could in the future use its telecommunications capabilities to implement Intelligent Transport Technology. He commented …
1999News

New RD$2,000 bills

Central Bank has placed into circulation new bills for RD$2,000 and RD$10 that will begin to circulate today. The government has issued new bills for RD$500, RD$100, RD$20 and RD$10. The new bills have a special mark so that blind persons can identify the amount. The new RD$2,000 bill is printed in blue and gray.