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2001 News

Mining to generate US$600 million a year soon?

Engineer Miguel Pe?a de los Santos is optimistic that efforts of the government?s Corporate Mining Unit which he presides over will pay off. He forecast an increase in Dominican mining exports from US$200 million at present to more than US$600 million by the year 2004. He said an investment by major mining companies of around …

2001 News

More on the government property scandal

The registrar of land titles, Wilson Gomez Ramirez, has denounced that he has pending 18 cases of irregular sales of government property. The Senate in turn announced it would return 26 contracts for the sale of property of the State Sugar Council (CEA). The announcements were made after television investigative journalist Nuria Piera denounced the …

2001 News

Police to confiscate slot machines in neighborhood shops

The Police announced an operation to confiscate slot machines in grocery stores and shops all around the country. The slot machine operation is illegal. The machines are only legal inside casinos. The Police says it will first confiscate the slot machines that are located near schools.

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Central Bank confirms sale of Hotel Hispaniola

The Central Bank confirmed the sale of the Hotel Hispaniola to Palmeras Dominicanas for US$18 million. US$1.5 million of that was paid to the Corporación Hotelera to release the 25 years pending on its contract to operate the hotel. The Bank said the sale of the hotel was a process dating back to 1998 and …

2001 News

Free trade talks with Haiti

The Minister of Industry and Commerce Angel Lockward announced upon his return from Haiti that talks will be held to work towards the signing of a free trade agreement with the neighboring country. In Haiti, he met with Prime Minister Jean Marie Cherestal and Minister of Industry and Commerce Stanley Theard on the subject. He …

2001 News

FTA with Central America moves on to Presidential signature

The FTA with Central America has advanced another step. The Chamber of Deputies gave its symbolic approval to the agreement as received by the Senate. As per the Constitution, the agreement only requires senatorial approval. The Senate chose to pass the framework treaty but sat on two protocols of five, those signed with Costa Rica …

Okay to Higuero and El Catey airports

The Chamber of Deputies authorized an addendum to the Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) airport management contract. Under the addendum, the company will complete the construction of and manage the Higuero Airport in northern Santo Domingo and the El Catey airport to go up in northeastern Samana. Aerodom already is responsible for the Las Americas …

2001 News

Taiwan government commits US$15 million a year

The Consul of the Taiwan Embassy, Robert C. Huang, told the Listin Diario that the government of Taiwan has committed US$15 million a year in cooperation agreements signed by both countries. President Mejia recently traveled to Taiwan to request US$200 million in assistance from that nation for development projects. Huang told the Listin Diario that …

2001 News

Harder to get to US legally

Bernardo Vega, former DR ambassador to the United States, said that the US government decision to grant only 20,387 migrant visas in 1998, down from 51,000 in 1994, is one of the factors motivating an increase in the illegal boat trips to Puerto Rico. He explained that new migration law provisions passed in 1996 oblige …

2001 News

City public schools get long weekend break

Almost 500,000 public school students have been given a forced long weekend, Thursday and Friday off, after the Dominican Association of Professors went on strike today. The public school teachers want a 100% increase in their wages and other benefits. The strike affects more than 200 schools in the National District.

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2001 – Page 164

Mining to generate US$600 million a year soon?

More on the government property scandal

Police to confiscate slot machines in neighborhood shops

Central Bank confirms sale of Hotel Hispaniola

Free trade talks with Haiti

FTA with Central America moves on to Presidential signature

Okay to Higuero and El Catey airports

Taiwan government commits US$15 million a year

Harder to get to US legally

City public schools get long weekend break