2000 – Page 119

Hoy newspaper reports that the taxi business is no longer as lucrative as it was in previous years. The reduced profit margins of taxi companies is attributed to an increase in the number of cars offering taxi service, and a decline in the demand for the service due to an improvement in public transport and …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that in the first four months of the year government expenditures for salaries increased RD$797 million. Salaries from January to April 2000 were RD$3,623.3 million, up from RD$2,825.8 million for the same period in 1999. This is a 28% increase in the amount of money paid out in salaries. The government …

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Former President Juan Bosch, 91 years old, was flown to Cuba in a private plane for medical attention. His condition is stable but he is showing a loss of appetite, speech difficulties and other neurological problems since 5 June when he was hospitalized in Santo Domingo. He was taken to the Centro de Restauración Neurológica …

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The Dominican rock group, Top 40, probably the longest-standing group, announces presentations in Puerto Plata, in the north on Friday, 30 June. Top 40, probably the longest-standing rock group in the DR, will perform at Hemingway’s Café, at Plaza Dorada in the Playa Dorada shopping mall. The concert is scheduled for 10 pm. On Saturday, …

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Max Puig, coordinator of European Union-Lomé programs in the DR, told El Caribe newspaper that if the Mejía administration follows through with the programs developed by the Lomé office in Santo Domingo during the Fernandez administration, the country could enjoy resources of up to RD$5,000 million for the period 2000-2004. This is up from RD$2,500 …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that work continues at a fast pace on the construction of the Santo Domingo Cyberpark and the Las Americas Institute of Technology under construction near the Las Americas International Airport. Reportedly, President Leonel Fernandez has given orders that the first phase be concluded by August, when his term ends, and has …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that dozens of government megaprojects have been practically stopped by the builders as they await government funding to continue. These projects are 20-80% completed, but regardless of funding would not be finished before the end of the Fernández administration, in mid August. Among projects that have come to a stop or …

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Hoy newspaper reports that from 2 January to 23 June of this year, 34 Dominicans were killed in 39 traffic accidents along the Las Americas Highway. This highway leads from and into Santo Domingo, from the East of the country, including the Las Americas International Airport. Most of the accidents occurred between Kms. 7 and …

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The president of the National Council of Businessmen (CONEP) rejected that the state electricity utility (CDE) ordered the reestablishment of power to government institutions that are in arrears with private power distributors. In a press release, Celso Marranzini president of CONEP said that this sets a bad example and can only can be backed by …

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