2001 – Page 197

Santo Domingo is host to the IV Latin American and Caribbean Erwin Walter Palm Architecture and Urbanism Seminar. the event is taking place from 14 to 17 February. The purpose of the seminar is to promote among the players of contemporary architectural culture in the Caribbean a universal vision, open to the most varied criteria, …

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The government of Japan delivered instruments worth RD$6.2 million for the use by National Conservatory of Music students. The donation seeks to contribute to the improvement of higher learning of music in the DR. The instruments include pianos, trumpets, violins, flutes, oboes, percussion instruments, a recording system, mixer, amplifiers and speakers. To celebrate the donation, …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the Organizing Committee of the Panamerican Sports Games would like to find 15 companies to sponsor national sports teams in the 2003 Santo Domingo Pan Am Games. Dr. Jose Joaquin Puello, spokesman for the organization, said that company sponsorship produced good results for Spain when it organized the Barcelona Olympic Games. …

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According to data published in today’s El Caribe newspaper, the DR’s inflation rate is 11.4% annualized as of January 31st. The figure is in excess of any registered in the past four years. The Central Bank attributes the high inflation rate to increments in fuel prices, and the 50% increase in the ITBIS (point-of-sale) tax. …

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A million visitors are expected at the Livestock Fair, being organized by the National Livestock Association in cooperation with 200 other institutions. The fair will take place at Feria Ganadera on Santo Domingo’s Malecon between March 3rd and 11th. A traditional event, the full range of Dominican livestock will be exhibited.

Listin Diario newspaper writes that 142 Dominicans are currently active in Big League training camps, 12 more than last year. Dominican players who aspire to selection by one of the 30 Big League franchises, 77 in the National League and 65 in the American League. The DR is the single largest foreign provider of U.S. …

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President Hipolito Mejia is pleased by the way the measures comprising his "social welfare package" have been received. According to the President, right and left wing extremists who predicted strikes and social upheavals if the reforms went into effect, now look like a "grist for the mill." Mejia is quoted by Hoy as being satisfied …

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The Senator from the National District, Jose Antonio Najri, told the newspaper Hoy that nepotism is rife in the government and that there are some persons receiving up to three government salaries. At the same time, according to Najri, many PRD Party members remain without government jobs. The PRD numbers over one million persons among …

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Agriculture Minister Eligio Jaquez said yesterday that the Price Stabilization Institute would import 12,943 tons of rice from the U.S. in order to circumvent what he called the machinations of rice importers who are bringing boatloads of rice from Asia and South America without government approval. The President of the Dominican Association of Rice Processors, …

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