2001 Travel News Archive – Page 50

President Hipólito Mejia, admitting that a decree cannot modify a law, corrected his error in January, as newspaper reports revealed over the weekend. Reportedly, he sent to the Senate on 23 January a law that gives legality to what he proposes in two earlier decrees. The subject of controversy is the separation of an area …

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The government’s announcement to expropriate beach property part of the Jaragua National Park on the southwestern coast is also making headlines. This is not the first time the lands make headlines. Tourism development of the lands were halted when the Leonel Fernandez administration debated the expropriation of the lands during the last months of the …

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The Dominican Republic representative before the World Trade Organization, Federico Alberto Cuello urged Congress to pass the Codigo de Ordenamiento de Mercado, a bill that establishes free competition practices. He said that the Dominican Republic authorities should be concerned with the expected merges of American Airlines and TWA and that of Iberia and Air Europa. …

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The government expropriated the beach areas between Laguna de Oviedo and Playa Pedernales, in the southwest. This includes the areas known as Laguna de Puerto el Medio, Punta San Jose, Playa Blanca, Playa Larga, Playa Chiquita, Cabo Falso, Playa Caliente, Punta Chimanche, Bahia de las Aguilas, Cabo Rojo and Guanave. Decree 273-01 establishes tourism projects …

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The director of the Civil Aviation Board, Anibal Amparo announced he has just made available to the Ministry of Tourism RD$24.5 million and US$771,675 for tourism promotion abroad. This is part of an agreement to provide the Ministry with half of proceeds of the tourist card purchased by travelers. (26 February 2001)

Jaak Rannik spoke up for the Zona Franca Multimodal Caucedo, the project to build a mega port center adjacent to the Las Americas International Airport. Promoters say it calls for an investment of more than RD$4,000 million, will create 1,000 jobs during its construction phase, 5,000-10,000 jobs once in operation, and another 15,000 indirect jobs. …

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