2000News

Fernandez asks for congressional action

President Leonel Fernandez appealed to congress to enact pending legislation dealing with social security reform, intellectual property rights, reform of the monetary and financial codes, import duties and the establishment of a stock exchange. The chief executive set forth his legislative priorities during a 15 minute meeting in the National Palace yesterday evening with Rafaela …

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Report analyzes ills of higher education

A study has found the nation’s higher education institutions out of step with the nation’s human resource needs, disconnected from the employment market, indifferent to national and international problems, weak in research, and unprepared to face the challenges of a globalized, technologically-oriented world. The findings are contained in a report prepared by educator Manuel Herasme …

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France to support reforestation and water resources projects

The government of France will provide US$4.2 million to plant trees and provide water to isolated rural communities. Signing the agreement yesterday were Temistocles Montas, Technical Secretary to the President and Didier Tievenan, representative of the French Development Agency (AFD). French ambassador, Francois Deniau looked on. The grants will support a project of Plan Sierra …

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Colonial city lighting project stalled

The "second stage" of a project to provide illumination to SD’s colonial sector has bogged down amidst bureaucratic finger-pointing as well as allegations of technical ineptitude and embezzlement of funds. El Siglo quotes the representative of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (ACE), Saturnino Cisneros, saying that the task of installing colonial-style electrified lanterns through …

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Force would be used to stop river destruction

With Armed Forces Minister Manuel de Jesus Florentino seated beside him, the Minister of Public Works, Diandino Pe?a, cautioned construction materials company executives that armed force would be deployed, if necessary, to halt the illegal extraction of sand and gravel from river beds. His warning was given at a meeting that brought together ecologists, construction …

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