2000 – Page 118

Ambassador of Japan Masato Akasawa said that Japan is the principal donor of international funding to the DR. He said that 50% of the present collaborations the country receives come from Japan. Japan is investing in education, agriculture, infrastructure, health and technology projects. He spoke during a conference on Japan and Dominican Republic bilateral relations …

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"El Merengue se Viste de gala," the Los Toros Band show, will be on stage tonight at the Gran Teatro del Cibao. Santiago de los Caballeros. 8:30 pm.

Fundación Alternativa has prepared "Bosch, Pensamiento y Canto," a night dedicated to honor the former President and founder of the PRD and PLD political parties. Bosch is also an outstanding Latin American writer. It will be an evening of drama, music, dance, with the special performances of Sonia Silvestre, Fernando Casado, Ileana Reynoso, and Manuel …

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The Listin Diario reports that the state electricity utility (CDE) says the power distribution companies owe it around RD$1,000 million for discounts these are illegally making to what they are billed by the CDE. The CDE said it is considering taking these companies to court for the illegal discounts. The CDE says that the companies …

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Radhames Segura, general administrator of the state electricity utility, said that the Dominican government is following an alleged case of fraud that could take Unión Fenosa to the courts in Spain. Unión Fenosa, which for many years was managerial consultant to the CDE, won the largest contract for distribution of power supplied in the DR. …

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Ignacio Alarcón, the general manager of the Organismo Coordinador del Sistema Electrico Interconectado, the organization that is supposed to coordinate players in the electricity sector, has one of the highest salaries in the DR. Radhamés Segura confirmed in Hoy newspaper that Alarcón makes RD$270,000 a month, a salary that is three times that of the …

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The National Police and the City Hall of Santo Domingo agreed to rid the streets and sidewalks of Santo Domingo of ambulatory vendors, workshops, garbage deposits and visual (billboards, advertisements, signs) and noise pollution (music, power plants, mufflers). Illegal constructions will also be torn down. Ambulatory vendors install themselves wherever, alleging that they have the …

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Secretary general of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), Dr. Rafael Suberví Bonilla said that that political organization would use its political influence and majority in the legislative chambers to get around the recent appointment of a new director of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL). Suberví favors Congress passing a new bill that would modify …

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The director general of Impuestos Internos, Juan Hernandez said that tax collections have increased 104% when compared to levels in 1996 when he took over the department. He said that evasion of the value-added tax is down from 37% in 1996 to 22% in 2000. He says the next big step is to pass a …

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The president of the British Chamber of Commerce said that exchange between the DR and Great Britain is about US$110 million a year. Jose Manuel Cabral, president of the British Chamber of Commerce, in an interview for Hoy, said that the DR exports US$40 million to the UK US$40 million and imports US$70 million. The …

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