2001News

Computerized passports

Luis Ernesto Camilo says that his Department of Passports is ready to issue digitalized passports using equipment donated by the US government. Dominican passports were handwritten until now. He said the Department has digitalized about half of the seven million passports on file. The process will be completed in a month and a half. Camilo …

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Work begins on posting highway signs

The Ministry of Public Works began posting horizontal and vertical signs along the Azua-Barahona highway, as part of a RD$20.8 million program financed by the government of Spain. The Ministry says the program encompasses installation of signs, cats eye reflectors, safety barriers, destination indicators, and caution signs along the 1,703 kilometers of highways and secondary …

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2001News

President visits Capotillo

President Hipolito Mejia visited Capotillo on Sunday and brought sporting goods and the good news that the government will build a public school for the neighborhood and other works sought by the community. He was accompanied by Minister of the Armed Forces Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez and Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño.