2001 – Page 160

Jochy Santos said he will be back on the air Monday, April 9 at 5 pm. The popular radio show producer says the program will be known as “El Mismo Golpe con Jochy”. It will air from 5 to 8 pm at Zol 106.5 FM. “All is ready to start. We hope our fans will …

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Pablo Ross, winner of this year’s Radio Broadcaster of the Year Casandra Award, announced he will produce a 3pm to 5 pm program on Zol 106.5. His program will air right before Jochy Santos’s “El Mismo  Golpe con Jochy” show. The move is expected to grab a big chunk of  listeners for the Banco Intercontinental …

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Today, President Hipolito Mejia inaugurates the Annual Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC XIX) at the Hotel Jaragua. The conference will continue until April 5. Major General Manuel Antonio Lachapelle Suero, chief of the National Drug Control Department of the DR, presides over the event. The conference theme this year is the Strengthening of Multilateral Cooperation to …

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The Direccion General de Impuestos Internos said that only 118, or 20%, of the top 592 companies have not met the second monthly payment of the new 1.5% tax on gross sales. These companies account for most of the government’s tax revenues from private business. President Mejia said earlier this week in Santaigo that only …

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Hotel and travel sectors are requesting that the government deport a number of foreigners who are described as vagabonds and are operating illicit businesses in tourist areas, violating morals and good customs, as reported in the Listin Diario. The director of the Immigration Department, Brigade General Trajano Moreta Cuevas, says that one of the main …

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Press director Luis Gonzalez Fabra said that only Leidsa has been authorized to operate daily electronic lotteries. He said the company was allowed to do so until the expiration of their contract, according to El Siglo. The contract expires in February 2005. Other companies say they too have contracts signed with the National Lottery, the …

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El Caribe newspaper reports that the government had estimated tax revenues of RD$61,710 million in its 2001 National Budget. This was 29.6% more than taxes collected in 2000, which reached RD$47,598 million. Nevertheless, the first two months show that the taxes are falling short, increasing only 27.3%, or RD$157 million less in the first two …

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The badly parked Toyota Prado of Minister of Industry and Commerce caused major circulation problems yesterday at the Huacal government offices building. The vehicle blocked the Francia Avenue exit of the building. The El Caribe newspaper reports that when the governor of the building, Julio Guerrero, called Lockward’s office to speak to him about removing …

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While the president of the Dominican Association of Professors, Olimpia Gonzalez, has urged union members to not strike on Wednesday and Thursday as announced, she seems to no longer have control over her constituency. The ADP seems to be divided and affected by many internal problems. A recent scandal of a major RD$15 million+ fraud …

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The Ministry of Education signed a contract with the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano and the Centro Cultural Dominico-Americano (Santiago) for the training of 1,000 public school teachers in English language education. The RD$3.6 million program was promoted by the United States Embassy, with the cooperation of businessman Ramon Baez Figueroa. Fund raising efforts have also been …

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