2001 – Page 185

The president of the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games, Jose Joaquin Puello announced that the committee has just received the January monthly allotment for RD$11 million. He said they expect to receive in coming days other allotments for RD$40 million to start remodeling and construction of sports installations needed for the Pan Am …

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Regular Gasoline: RD$35.02 (previously RD$34.86) Premium Gasoline: RD$39.93 (RD$39.82) Regular Diesel: RD$21.69 (RD$22.12) Premium Diesel: RD$23.77 (RD$24.17) Propane Gas: RD$17.91 (RD$18.67)

President Hipolito Mejia swore in the new board of the Consejo Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Conacex) at the Hotel Embajador yesterday. The new government body was created by decree this week. The department will make recommendations on foreign policy, export promotion, free zones, foreign investment policy, trade negotiations, market-ordering policy, and evaluate the government programs …

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President Hipolito Mejia decorated out-going US Ambassador Charles Manatt with the Order of Merit Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, Silver Cross. The ambassador, a political appointee of the Clinton administration, served a 15-month term, from 17 December 1999. In his short term in the DR, he traveled all throughout the nation, meeting with thousands of persons …

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President Hipólito Mejía promoted Colonel Antonia Liriano Paulino, a dentist, to the rank of General. In the same decree, the President only promoted one other police officer to general, Ramon Augusto Rafael Navarro. On the same day, the statesman gave raises to another 6,597 police men and women. Liriano joined the police force in 1982. …

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President Hipolito Mejia said that the propane gas subsidy will be gradually eliminated. The market price of propane gas is RD$18 the gallon, but the government sells it in morning hours for RD$8 for household use. Propane gas is used for cooking and for transport in the DR. The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Angel …

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The chief of the Army, Major General Manuel Ernesto Polanco Salvador announced the construction of the Model Military City in the community of Pedro Brand, National District. The project calls for a US$105 million investment. The Listin Diario reports that as part of the project, 10,000 dwellings will go up for the military. Likewise a …

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The Listin Diario gives big front-page headlines to the government announcement that it will present a new bill for constitutional reform. Guido Gomez Mazara, legal adviser to the Executive Branch made the announcement. He said that the government has plans to create a commission of legal experts to draw up the proposal. Meanwhile, the Senate …

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El Siglo reports on the concern of the business sector on recent government actions. The presidents of two leading business organizations, Ignacio Mendez (Federacion de Asociaciones Industriales) and Antonio Espin (Asociacion de Empresas Industriales de Herrera) coincided in their comments to the newspaper that in the past four months, since talks on increasing taxes started, …

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The Listin Diario reports that the Organizing Committee of the XXIV Panamerican Games is going through difficult times still. The newspaper point out the committee has not yet received the budgeted RD$11 million allotment for either January or February. The President had committed to pay RD$25 million to the organization. As of 1 March this …

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