2000 Travel News Archive – Page 6

During the meeting of the Development Council the government also announced he was appointing a commission to study changing the time. Members of the commission: Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, legal consultant Guido Gomez Mazara, Minister of Work Milton Ray Guevara, Minister of Tourism Alfredo Bordas, and Minister of Public Works. Decree 820-00 of 29 …

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The new director of the Corporacion Dominicana de Empresas Estatales (Corde), Felix Calvo favors the outright sale of Dominicana de Aviación, the grounded state airline. He said in an interview in El Siglo that the process of organizing a tender is advanced. He also favors selling Pidoca (the paint factory) and the Industria Nacional del …

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While there are major differences over the tax bills that Congress is studying, where everyone seems to be in agreement is that equating the time in the DR to the time in the Eastern Seaboard of the US was a big mistake. Now the sun is up at 5 in the morning, and it’s begins …

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The Department of Passports announced it is prepared to renew passports in less than 20 minutes time at the Las Americas International Airport. The press note does not explain which other airports may offer this service. From 1 December 2000 to 31 January 2001, the service will be offered at Las Americas. The government will …

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Good news for those driving along Dominican roads and highways. The Dominican government will be taking out a US$10 million soft loan with the government of Mexico for posting signs on major highways and roads. The Ministry of Public Works announced the program calls for signs to go up along 811 kilometers throughout the country. …

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