2000 – Page 169

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, replaced President Leonel Fernandez with President Bill Clinton yesterday, having been bruptly called to Washington, D.C. to attend a hastily called meeting to discuss the prospects for financial markets and the "new economy," hosted by the U.S. chief executive. His appointment with Fernandez scotched, other Microsoft officials stood in …

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Powerful voices have joined the United Nations Development Program (PNUD)in discerning the need for a reallocation of the country’s GNP in support of social welfare programs. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, stated that PNUD report titled "Overcoming Human Poverty," which was released yesterday, reflected "indisputable reality," in claiming that state …

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"A slap in the face of the Dominican people," was how a PPC member of the Chamber of Deputies described it. "Arrogant," "self-important," and "intemperate," were a few of the other adjectives bestowed by outraged legislators on Central Elections Board President (JCE) Ramon Morel Cerda for returning to his office when no legislators appeared for …

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The Director of Urban Transit for the National District (i.e., Santo Domingo and environs) attributed the principal cause of problems with traffic in the capital’s to the plethora of organizations charged with regulating it. Speaking at a seminar titled "Transportation in the Dominican Republic, "Deligne Ascencion enumerated seven entities authorized to regulate the use of …

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Private investors have asked for government authorization to install a series of generator plants which could, when fully operative, generate 2,000 additional megawatts daily. Current daily demand ranges around 1,600 megawatts, but seldom achieves that level of generation due to variety of causes. The cost of the combined projects ascends to US$1.5 billion, and includes …

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Alexis Algarrobo, head of the Ministry of Education’s English Division, stated that a 70% deficiency in English teachers is crippling government plans to convert more public schools into bilingual institutions. As a result, the Ministry is taking unprecedented measures to plug the deficiency of English teachers in public schools. For the first time ever it …

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The Spanish government will pay for, and the Spanish entity "Green Caribbean," will construct, a plaza to host commercial fairs and the heavy informal commercial contacts along the Haitian border. Other NGO’s will also contribute to the project, estimated by Listin Diario, to be budgeted at around US! Million. Frontier trade is briskly conducted by …

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During last year, the E. Leon Jimenez Company paid over RD$3,859 (around 240US$ million) in taxes to the Dominican state. This represents close to 10% of the total income of the state for the year. The Leon Jimenez Company brews and distributes beer, manufactures cigars and various food stuffs. It also holds the Phillip Morris …

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The DR qualified in the elimination round for Group II of the Americas Division of the Davis Cup, along the Dutch Antilles. Eight countries competed in the matches held this weekend in Kingston, Jamaica. Captain Rafael Moreno led a six man team to victory over Puerto Rico, with a 2-1 score in the final singles …

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