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Largest convention center in Caribbean to open in May

The president of the Barceló hotel and tourism group in the Dominican Republic, Felix Felipe, announced that the Barcelo Convention Center should be operational by May 2001. He said the Spanish company has invested US$16 million into the center and that it will be the largest in the Caribbean. The center has capacity for meetings …

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What about the pool?

Sadia Cepeda, of the Swimming Association of Santiago, said that Santiago?s athletes have not been able to practice for the Panamerican Diving Championships, even though their city will host the event, because the pool is out of order. “We are the site of the Panamerican Championships in December, but we don’t have a pool,” she …

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Former Taiwan President invited to consult on the economy

President Hipolito Mejia and Marino Ginebra, of the National Business Council (CONEP), formally invited former Taiwan President Lee Teng Hui to consult on fiscal economic reforms and social development. Teng Hui, who was president of Taiwan for 12 years, is considered responsible for the policies that lead that nation to major development. President Mejia invited …

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President makes departments responsible for their own power bills

Today, local newspapers published Decree 400-2001, dated 20 March, by which President Hipolito Mejia orders that each government department be responsible for paying its power consumption. The President orders them to make payments directly to the power distributors, Edeeste, Edenorte and Edesur. It authorizes the distributors to discontinue service to any department that does not …

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