2000 – Page 81

President Hipólito Mejía appointed Mario Peña as the new president of Rosario Dominicana, one of the largest gold mines in the Americas. The mine is at the present time closed after a tender process organized by Salomon Brothers was aborted. Peña replaces General Antonio Imbert Barrera who was appointed inspector general of the Armed Forces. …

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News reports say that the RD$5 subsidy per gallon of gas purchased in tanks of 25 and 50 lbs has been difficult to apply. News reports say that the subsidy was only being applied to those filling 25 and 15 lbs tanks, as the tickets for those filling 50 lbs tanks had not arrived to …

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News reports say that for around seven hours the people of La Romana yesterday lived hours of tension under the impression there had been a kidnapping at the Hotel Restaurant Adamanay, a cheap La Romana hotel. At 10:45 am two individuals showed up at the hotel, tied up five employees, and stole RD$4,000. They were …

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Arthur Valdez, formerly executive vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce, was promoted to the post of Commissioner for the Pan American Santo Domingo 2003 Games. As Commissioner he has been given the responsibility to supervise the marketing, technology and television negotiations of the leading sports event in the Americas. Valdez has been a …

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High jumper Juana Arrendel and weight lifters Miosotis Heredia and Wendy Santana finally received their promised apartments. The winners of gold medals in international competitions are thrilled that the governmental promise was at last fulfilled. Miosotis Heredia and Juana Arrendel are neighbors in a new government complex in San Pedro de Macorís, their hometown. Wendy …

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Fuel prices went up in the DR on Sunday, 27 August at 6 am. Fuel prices had been last increased in October 1999, when international market prices were nearing US$25 the barrel. They are now beyond the US$30 level and some market observers have said they could reach the US$40 level. New prices are: Premium …

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District Attorney Máximo Aristy Caraballo ensured that the judiciary would be back at work today (Monday) with the integration of new assistant district attorneys, including the confirmation of 20 previously employed. Last Thursday, the government fired 84 assistant district attorneys. President Hipolito Mejia appointed their replacements on Friday by Decree 605-00. The cancellations disrupted operations …

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Former controller of the Republic Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas presented official documents that show that the Fernández administration paid US$3,874,0000 for the eight Chilean T35 B Pillan airplanes and not US$22 million as Puerto Plata Senator Ginette Bournigal had denounced making front page headlines. The Puerto Plata senator had denounced that the Fernández administration had paid …

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Nassim Alemany, president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), said that the new building that will house several of the leading business organizations in the DR will be operational in December of this year. The project is an initiative of AIRD and is carried out together with Promotora García Armenteros. The …

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President Hipólito Mejía created the Consejo Nacional para el Desarrollo Minero and the Unidad Corporativa Minera to reinforce Dominican efforts at developing a mining industry. and appointed himself the head of the new Council. Board members of the new Consejo Nacional para el Desarrollo Minero, a national council for mining development, will be the Minister …

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