2001 – Page 113

El Siglo reports that German government officers will come next week to sign a formal donation agreement of US$150 million to improve rainwater drainage in Santo Domingo. The money will be used to improve the most critical points where water gathers in Santo Domingo after a heavy rain. They include Independencia Avenue, Winston Churchill Avenue, …

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El Caribe newspaper reports that Dr. Daniel Joseph, director of the Dario Contreras Hospital, has not been fired from the post as reported nor has he resigned. He is on voluntary leave until a crisis at the hospital is resolved. Dr. Joseph last week fired 74 staff who had been added to the hospital’s payroll …

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The General Department of Migration urges all foreigners who are illegally residing in the DR to visit their Centro de los Heroes offices to legalize their situation. The department says it is issuing the provisional residency card to all fulfilling the legal requirements in 45 days. Afterwards, the Department says it will begin enforcing the …

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28-year old Wendy Gaton Tejada was shot to death by a police agent who was part of a patrol sent to the Barrio Libertador, a low income neighborhood in the Herrera sector of Santo Domingo. There had been protests in that area against the long blackouts. The young woman was on her way home from …

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Marino Ginebra, president of the National Business Council (Conep) warns the government not to convert funds allotted to capital investments in the National Budget to current spending after it issues the sovereign bonds. He said the passing of the bonds needs to be accompanied by budget reform to ensure that this does not happen. Several …

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Businessman Fernando Capellan, whose companies employ 14,000 persons, told the Listin Diario newspaper several ways the government could help make light manufacturing in the DR more competitive and thus create many needed jobs. He commented that first the government needs to rid itself of the traditional anti-exporter bias. Also, customs inspections must be sped up …

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Banco Intercontinental and Banco Osaka have merged. The presidents of both commercial banks, Ramon Baez Figueroa and Jose Maria Gonzalez Cepeda, made the announcement yesterday.

York Caribbean Windpower, a subsidiary of York Reserarch Corporation, has announced the construction in Puerto Plata of a windmill park to generate 115,000 kilowatts/hour at a cost of US$160 million. Enrique de Marchena told the Listin Diario that the project will be in operation by mid 2002. The company has contracted to sell power to …

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