2001 – Page 172

2001 News

Dolphins unlikely to play pro ball this year

Manuel Antun, president of the Estrellas Orientales, one of the teams that play in the Dominican Professional Winter Ball Baseball Championship, said that it is not true that the Dominican Professional Baseball League has accepted the Puerto Plata Dolphins team to play in this year’s championship that starts in October. He says no new team …

2001 News

Best athletes of the year

Hoy newspaper publishes the list of Best Athletes of the Year as voted by sports writer members of the Asociación de Cronistas Deportivos de Santo Domingo. The athletes were honored in a ceremony sponsored last night at the Hotel Jaragua by Cerveza Presidente beer. Pedro Martinez was voted the Professional Athlete of the Year and …

Government council held in Puerto Plata

During the four-hour Mejia government council held in Puerto Plata on Sunday, 18 March, the following announcements were made: Construction of 5,000 pre-fabricated dwellings, a RD$900 million investment. Dwellers in Los Tablones, Charamicos, Las Piedras and Loma Isabel de Torres slum neighborhoods would be relocated to the new houses. 55,000 square meter water park to …

Biodiversity Center opens in Punta Cana

President Mejia went East to Punta Cana on Saturday, 17 March to be present at the formal opening of the Centro de Biodiversidad Cornell-Punta Cana. The center is a joint project of the University of Cornell and the Grupo Punta Cana (owners of tourist resorts and the Punta Cana International Airport). The Center is in …

2001 News

Minister of Finance announces 10% tax cut in two years

Minister of Finance Fernando Alvarez Bogaert announced that the government plans to reduce corporate taxes to 15% in a two-year period. The corporate tax, at present at 25%, would drop to 20% in a first phase. He said that the government seeks to carry out 5,000 fiscal audits this year, up from 300 last year, …

2001 News

A "boche" for Minister of Industry & Commerce

Hoy newspaper reports that President Hipolito Mejia cut off his Minister of Industry and Commerce Angel Lockward when the latter referred to the Los Tablones beach area contamination, telling him, "Angel, ta’ bien, yo conozco el problema." (Angel, fine, I know the problem), asking him to move on. Lockward continued his speech, but the public …

2001 News

Puerto Plata to get a winter ball team

Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño announced that the Puerto Plata Dolphins would play in the next winter professional baseball league tournament scheduled to start in October 2001. He announced the government was looking into the remodeling of the Jose Briceño Stadium where the games would take place. He spoke during the government council held in …

2001 News

Beef products confiscated at airports

The director of Cattleranching of the Ministry of Agriculture Marcelino Vargas reports that strict control measures are now in effect at Dominican ports to prevent the entrance of the foot and mouth disease. He said that all meat and dairy products are being confiscated at airports and seaports. He said they are demanding maritime and …

2001 News

Moving ahead towards a social security law

The Comision Ejecutiva para la Reforma del Sector Salud, a government commission in charge of health matters, announced the success of its meetings with the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, the private business council, that seek agreements that would lead to the passing of the Social Security Bill. The bill suffered major modifications demanded …

2001 News

New law honoring the "unborn child" protested

The Listin Diario on Sunday became the first newspaper to report that the government passed a law that declares 25 March "Day of the Unborn Child" on 1 February. Opponents to the law say that it was passed surreptitiously following an agreement of Congress, the President’s office and the Catholic Church. Opponents protest the civic …

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2001 – Page 172

Dolphins unlikely to play pro ball this year

Best athletes of the year

Government council held in Puerto Plata

Biodiversity Center opens in Punta Cana

Minister of Finance announces 10% tax cut in two years

A "boche" for Minister of Industry & Commerce

Puerto Plata to get a winter ball team

Beef products confiscated at airports

Moving ahead towards a social security law

New law honoring the "unborn child" protested