2000 – Page 122

El Siglo newspaper reports that President-elect Hipólito Mejía made a first stop in Paris, France as part of a European tour that will take him also to Belgium, Norway, Italy, Portugal and Spain. In Europe, he will meet with political leaders of the International Socialist movement and with persons interested in doing business in the …

Read more…

A Dominican Republic Merengue Festival is planned for Sunday, 9 July in Central Park, New York City. The festival is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism of the DR, the New York City Hall and the New York City Department of Parks. Merengue-dancing activities start at 3 pm. There also will be a talk on …

Read more…

The Heineken Jazz Festival will continue at the Casa de Teatro, this 29 June with the performance of guitarist Jaquez Martinez. The festival marks the 26th anniversary of Casa de Teatro, a home for new and old performers of all the arts. The festival started 15 June and continues through 27 June. Casa de Teatro …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez flew on Thursday, 22 June to Panama to be with his father, José Antonio Fernández Collado, who suffered two consecutive heart attacks early morning on Tuesday. The President’s father is the Dominican consul in Panama. Upon his return in the evening, President Fernández said his father is in critical but stable condition.

Haitian Minister of Foreign Relations Fritz Longchamps met with President Leonel Fernandez at the National Palace. He traveled to the DR to discuss the death of six Haitians who were hidden under a canvas as they clandestinely made their way to Santiago from Haiti. The incident has unfolded the complicity of the military in the …

Read more…

The high-ranking military commission in charge of investigating the death of six Haitians and one Dominican in a people-smuggling operation along the frontier released its report on Wednesday in a press conference. Five Haitians and one Dominican died of bullet wounds, while another Haitian died of contusions when the truck overturned following a chase with …

Read more…

Minister-to-be of Public Health, Dr. Jose Rodriguez Soldevilla said in an interview in the Listin Diario newspaper that he would try to obtain European Union funding for the construction of four hospitals on the Haitian side of the Dominican border. He said he would seek soft loans or donations from international organizations to build the …

Read more…

There is talk in the press of the creation of another government ministry the Secretaría de Transporte. This follows in line with other ministries of recent creation, such as the Ministry of Culture, and the ministries of Environment and Youth that also could be forthcoming this year. Congress is on a spur of creating new …

Read more…

The Fernandez government chose to place the burden of the increasing petrol bill on private business. The government monetary authorities announced a ceiling to the level of commercial banking loan portfolios to that of 16 June. This will result in an increase in lending rates, and will have a negative effect on productive activities in …

Read more…

President Leonel Fernandez appointed former Attorney General, lawyer Mariano German to head Indotel, the state telecommunications regulatory agency. German replaces Jose Guillermo Sued, who resigned. The agency is in the process of obliging telecommunications businesses to stick to the rules.