2000 – Page 107

President-elect Hipólito Mejía announced that his choice for Minister of Public Works is engineer Miguel Vargas Maldonado. He said that Engineer Hernani Salazar will be the director of the Oficina Supervisora de Obras del Estado, the government office that supervises government contractors. He also announced that engineer Roberto Rodríguez will be appointed the new director …

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President-elect Hipólito Mejía said he would prefer to confirm Hamlet Hermann, the present director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority in the post and not delegate the transport responsibilities of Santo Domingo to the city government. Santo Domingo Mayor Johnny Ventura has requested that the government that starts 16 August 2000 return to the municipality the …

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El Caribe reports that the Mexican sugar consortium, Consorcio Azucarero del Caribe (Conazucar) has announced it is willing to reach an agreement with the government to give up the Ozama sugar mill it won in the privatization tender. The Mexican company won the tender but has not been able to fully operate the mill properly …

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Jose Manuel Luna Valiente, manager of the radio station department of Indotel, the government agency that regulates telecommunications in the DR, said 30 stations have been shut down following a first operation. Luna said they have shut down 12 stations in San Pedro de Macoris, 7 in La Romana and 11 in Higuey. The government …

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Toque Profundo and Tabutek, two leading Dominican rock groups, will be on stage for an outdoor Rock Summer Concert on Saturday, 29 July at the Kokomos Café of Tiradentes Avenue, almost corner Gustavo Mejia Ricart Street. Free.

Jumping competition. RD$175,000 in prizes. Masters 2000 Series. Centro Ecuestre Las Marismas. Av. Republica de Colombia near Av. Cristo Redentor. Tel. 809 560-6600

The best regional juvenile (16 years and younger) volleyball will be staged in La Romana this coming 24-29 July. The North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Championship will bring teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Haiti to the southeastern La Romana city. The winner of the championship …

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The XXXI National Blue Marlin Tournament of the Monte Cristi Yacht Club on the northwestern coast of the DR is scheduled for 19-22 July. The most important fishing event held in the north coast waters every year, this tournament features a RD$100,000 prize for any sports fisherman who captures a blue marlin weighing 700 lbs. …

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X Blue Marlin Fishing Tournament, Baninter Cup, will take place at the Cabeza de Toro Yacht Club, 20-23 July. Prizes include a luxury jeep for the fisherman who catches a blue marlin weighing more than 600 pounds and RD$100,000 for the fisherman who catches one of more than 500 pounds.