2000 – Page 143

The Listin Diario reports that in seven to eight weeks, or by mid July, 80 to 100 leatherback turtles will hatch on southeastern Dominicus Beach, in front of the Club Viva Dominicus. The mother turtle laid her eggs there on 14-15 May. The mother turtle is estimated to weigh over 600 kilos. Scientists believe she …

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The Santo Domingo Yacht Club announced the celebration of the 35th Alberto Bonetti Burgos International Fishing Tournament. This is the most important sport-fishing event held annually in the DR. It will take place 10-15 June. The Santo Domingo yacht club facilities at Cabeza de Toro near Punta Cana will be used. This year’s prizes include …

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The second race of the National Car Racing Championship will take place this Sunday, 4 June at the Autódromo Internacional de las Américas. A record number of 60 racers will be participating, announced Marcos Pichardo, president of the Club Dominicano de Corredores de Circuito. The best Dominican racers will be participating, including Luis Rafael Mendez, …

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President Leonel Fernández appointed yesterday the members of the transition team. These are Secretary of the Presidency Alejandrina Germán; Minister of Finance Daniel Toribio; Administrative Secretary of the Presidency, Simón Lizardo; Minister of Agriculture Amilcar Romero; Planning Director Rafael Camilo; Controller Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas. The commission is created to assist the new authorities with the …

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President-elect Hipólito Mejía promised that bills deemed important for the development of the DR and that have stagnated in Congress will move. The PRD party will be in power as of 16 August, and party members have majority in both congressional houses. Pending in Congress are the health code, energy bill, social security bill, copyright …

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President-elect Hipólito Mejía said that he would revise the privatization contracts signed during the Fernández government. He said that he is especially interested in holding talks with the Mexican sugar company that won the concession for the Ozama and Consuelo sugar mills. Mejía feels these should be transferred to the sugar cane producers and the …

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The representative of the United Nations Food, Agriculture Organization (FAO), Roberto Arias Miller said that studies show that two million Dominicans, or 26% of the population, cannot afford to buy dinner. He urged measures to increase local farm production.

The Listin Diario reports there are more than 1,100,000 million Visa cardholders in the DR. In 1999, Dominican visa cardholders carried out RD$958 million in transactions. Lorna Rossler, Visa international vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean said that Visa is the leading credit card in the Caribbean and Latin America. She said that …

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El Siglo newspaper published a report citing that a Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño in coordination with a Dutch company have carried out a study showing the feasibility of recycling garbage in the DR. The idea is to recycle plastic garbage and convert this into asphalt. Every day more and more garbage is plastic, …

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