2001News

Ministers brawl in Quebec

El Caribe newspaper reports that Minister of Industry and Commerce Angel Lockward and Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp had a bitter argument during the Quebec Summit. El Caribe sources say the discussion started when Minister Tolentino criticized Lockward for wanting to participate in a meeting to which only heads of state and Ministers …
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Old terminal at Las Americas rebuilt

Hoy newspaper reports that the old terminal of the Las Americas International Airport could be operational this December. The terminal was closed in 1992 after an unexplained fire damaged the area. The newspaper reports that Aerodom, which manages the airport, is installing new migration and administrative areas, luggage conveyors, air conditioning and elevators in the …
2001News

Major conflict of interest did not prevent allocation of CDE to Spanish firm

The former administrator of the CDE, Ramon Perez Martinez, said it was "immoral" for the Spanish company Union Fenosa to participate in the tender for the purchase of the Dominican Electricity Corporation. Perez Martinez explained that Union Fenosa had a seven-year contract financed by the Interamerican Development Bank in which they consulted with management to …