2000 – Page 11

In an interview with Hoy newspaper, the president of Orange, the France Telecom brand, Raoul Fontanez announced the company has plans to use the Santo Domingo headquarters as launching point for penetrating Latin America. In the Americas, the company operates in Guadaloupe, Martinique, St. Martin, St. Barts and the Guyanas. The company has started its …

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President Hipólito Mejía and Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez were present to inaugurate the new Oncology, Hematology and Medula Transplant Center at the Plaza de la Salud, the government’s advanced medical center.

The representatives of the governments of Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan and the US met yesterday with Ramón Alburquerque, president of the Senate, to lobby for the including of new chapters in the money laundering bill at present in the Senate. The new bill seeks to make it obligatory for real estate, casino, and car …

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According to the Central Bank, inflation from November 1999 to November 2000 was 8.14%. The 12-month average was 7.39%. Accumulated inflation for this year through November is 7.83%. Thus, the Central Bank is forecasting that inflation will be single digitized, despite the hefty increases in price variations that reflect the increases in the cost of …

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The director of the Oficina Coordinadora y Supervisora de Obras del Estado, Hernani Salazar said that how the government allots a project is not what is important. In his opinion, what can guarantee if there will be corruption or not, or overvaluing of a work is that there be good supervision. He was referring to …

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Christmas brings many good shows for the entire family. See the Calendar Page of the DR1 for details on the scheduling of Tchaikovsky’s "Nutcracker Suite," a Folklore Gala, Christmas carols presentations, and many others.

Whether intentional or not, the timing couldn’t have worked better for the government. The congressional surprise of a call for the National Assembly (Senate and Chamber of Deputies) to convene eclipsed resistance to the "paquetazo". The "paquetazo" is the bill that will levy new taxes on the Dominican people to bolster the National Treasury. The …

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Deputy Pelegrín Castillo Semán (PLD-Santo Domingo) expressed in an article published today his concern that the new tax bill may be the issuing of a blank check to the government. The congressman says that the majority PRD Senate legislated to increase its government’s revenues, far beyond compensating the expected decline in income that will result …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer described as precipitated the decision of the Senate to approve a constitutional reform that would extend the presidential and vice presidential terms. He met yesterday with president of the Chamber of Deputies Rafaela Alburquerque and Vice President Máximo Castro, both members of his party. "Dr. Balaguer said that a constitutional reform …

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During the inauguration of the nation’s first organic sugar mill, Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jáquez highlighted the country’s potential as a producer of organic products. He said the country could soon become a leader in the export of organic sugar. The Procesadora de Caña Orgánica Cruz Verde was inaugurated in Yabacao, Monte Plata. It is …

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