2000 – Page 12

President Hipólito Mejía announced he will travel to the US to receive a honoris causa doctorate from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina in Raleigh. President Mejía studied tobacco processing at that university. The Universidad Santa María in Caracas, Venezuela already has honored him. Today, he is scheduled to be honored by the …

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The president of the Asociación Nacional de Importadores y Distribuidores de Gas Propano, Arturo Santana denounced that government officers want to keep what he called the chaotic state of purchasing fuel at three prices and selling for four. The president of the importers and distributors of propane gas says these days should be in the …

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The Dominican College of Engineers and Architects (CODIA) has requested that Hernani Salazar, of the government office in charge of supervising public work constructions, explain the procedure used by the state to assign a major construction without carrying out a tender. CODIA is objecting the granting of the construction of the four-lane highway going up …

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Centennial Dominicana announced in an interview in El Siglo that it will start offering Internet service next week. The president of Centennial, Erik Pérez Vega said that it will be offering very competitive packages. Centennial initiated operations in the Dominican offering cellular service. It has rapidly gained market share by selling the minute within the …

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Pedro Martinez may get his dream of winning a Major League Championship. The Boston Red Sox reportedly reached a US$160 million eight year agreement with Cleveland Indians’ slugger Manny Ramírez. Ramírez will join fellow Dominicans José Offerman, Wilton Veras and Manny Alexander on the Boston roster. Pedro Martínez, a strong promoter of the signing of …

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The Central Bank is forecasting a Gross National Product growth of 8.5% for 2000. According to a report from the Central Bank, the economy grew 9.5% from January to September of this year. The DR has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. By sectors, growth was as follows: Mining 16.4%, Tourism 16.1%, …

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Codetel, the leading Dominican telecom company, signed yesterday with President Hipólito Mejía and Minister of Education, Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch an agreement to create 90 virtual classrooms at public schools. Jorge Ivan Ramírez, recently arrived new president of Codetel, signed for the Verizon company. The idea is to reduce the digital divide between the …

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There was not majority to extend their congressional period to two more years, but the Senate gave priority to a bill that would call for a General Assembly to reform the Constitution. On the 30-point reform agenda are items such as extending the terms of the President, Vice President, legislators, mayors and aldermen to five …

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