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Richard Coles, president of the Association of Manufacturers of Haiti (AIH) and Fernando Capellán, president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones signed a strategic alliance yesterday. "It is time to see Haiti as an opportunity, not a problem," said Capellán upon announcing the agreement. The agreement will create new jobs in Haiti and will …

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Minister of Public Works Diandino Peña said that 11 major construction works will be finished in the next 15 days. In the list, he did not include the new Higuero Airport which reportedly would be finished this month. Works included in the Fernandez administration priority list are: Tiradentes, Lope de Vega, Ortega y Gasset/John F. …

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A United Nations study shows that 25.8% of the Dominican population, or more than two million persons, live in households with a per capita income below the level of poverty (less than US$60 per month). The study shows poverty is greater in rural than urban areas. Poverty in the National District-Santo Domingo is 12.5% of …

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Businessman Jose Antonio Najri could be next Santo Domingo senator. Hoy newspaper says that a source within the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) indicates that Najri is the leading choice to replace Vice President-elect Milagros Ortiz Bosch in the Senate. Najri had lost the senate seat to Milagros Ortiz Bosch in the party primaries in 1997. …

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El Siglo newspaper says the following persons could occupy ambassadorial positions in the Mejía government that starts 16 August. Unesco (Paris): Lil Despradel. She is described as a veteran diplomat, who has worked for Unesco through her agency, Union Latina. Haiti: Chico Despradel. He is a brother of Lil Despradel and a former ambassador of …

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Union Fenosa denied that the case against it in Spain is for installing tampered counters. Earlier it had been said that a Spanish magazine, Interviu magazine report contained the information. But now it was clarified that the Spanish judicial case against Unión Fenosa focuses on the dispute over the levering of an unauthorized charge, not …

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The president of the Commission of International Relations of the House of Representatives Benjamin Gilman was able to block on Thursday the donation of a US Navy ship (valued at US$3 million) to the DR. The move seeks to press Dominican government to step up efforts to locate Pablo Almonte Lluberes. Almonte is accused of …

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Candido Bido, one of the most valued Dominican painters, gave inmates at the Monte Plata jail a short course in painting, as reported by Hoy newspaper. He also encouraged them by telling his life story of how being born into a very poor family he had developed into one of the leading Dominican painters of …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the Pan American Sports Organization (ODECABE) approved the change of the site of the Pan American Village for the Santo Domingo 2003 Pan American Games. The villa will go up on an extension of 519,734 square meters in the La Caleta area, near the Las Americas International Airport. Spanish group, Empresa …

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Teatro Guloya, one of the better local drama groups, is back on stage with "Frankenstein". Frankenstein will be showing as of this weekend Friday, 7 July, Saturday, 8 July and Sunday, 9 July at the Sala Ravelo of the National Theater. The adaptation of the Mary W. Shelley novel continues Thursday-Sunday of the following weekend.