2001 – Page 102

The Ministry of Environment dismantled an illegal charcoal-making operation located barely 700 meters from the Enriquillo Military Station in Pedernales and one kilometer from the offices of the provincial Forestry Department. Environment Minister Frank Moya Pons has criticized on several occasions the negligence and even involvement of government officers and military in operations that lead …

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A propane gas tanker unloading fuel at Church’s Chicken fast food outlet in Naco caused a major scare yesterday afternoon. A gas hose leakage forced of Codetel’s Torre Cristal and La Isla Department store. The firemen also restricted access to traffic from Gustavo Mejia Ricart Avenue to Carlos Sanchez Street in Naco from noon to …

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The Czech Virtuosi Orchestra, a medium-sized orchestra composed of the winners of the National Music Award of Czechoslovakia, will perform in Santo Domingo and Santiago this month. Performances are scheduled for Saturday, 23 June at the National Theater and Monday, 25 June at the Santiago Teatro Cibao. The guest conductor is James Brooks Bruzzese, director …

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President Mejia said reports that the government will use the sovereign bonds money for the purchase of Hyundai vehicles and trucks are not true. The news came from a Hyundai press release and was distributed world wide by Asia Pulse and Bloomberg news services. “That is a lie; that only is in the mind of …

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President Mejia has ordered an increase in the pensions paid to 186 retired Armed Forces generals. Those receiving RD$6,064 a month will now receive RD$17,000, nearly tripling their income. This will cost the state an additional RD$1.2 million a month.

The government has announced that a 180 megawatt power barge will fire up in October. The plant will back up the Smith Enron plant that provides 40% of the needs of the north and central provinces of the country. The Keppel Fels Energy barge, from the Philippines, will use fuel oil No. 6. The plant …

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IVN, a US company, is the first to begin operating in the Santo Domingo Cyber Park. IVN is using 1,000 square meters of office space and will provide computer support services, said Rosendo Alvarez III, executive director of the high tech industrial park. Alvarez forecasts it will be another 15 years before the Cyberpark is …

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El Siglo reports that the Central Bank has programmed economic indicators so that the issuing of the sovereign bonds does not have a negative effect on the economy. According to Hugo Guilliani, a member of the Monetary Board, the money supply will expand to 17%, but the exchange rate will remain stable, increasing to RD$16.88 …

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The Dominican Forestry Chamber (Cafordom) has criticized excesses being committed by the military Green Lightning Operation. The organization says wood and vehicles belonging to Chamber members are being confiscated. Cafordom said this goes against programs they created along with the Ministry of Environment. Cafordom members have invested in tree farms and have the Ministry of …

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Senator Jose Gonzalez Espinosa says the Senate is approving European and US bank loans that are onerous and overvalued and it is apparent that they are greased by the juicy commissions made by international brokers. He said it is the legislators’ obligation to take care before indebting the nation and endangering the country’s future. “It …

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