2001 – Page 206

The roster of the Aguilas Cibaeñas team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Baseball Series that starts today in Culiacán, Mexico is as follows: Manager: Felix Fermin Pitchers: Miguel Batista, Robert Ellis, Micah Bowie, Julian Tavarez, Amaury Telemaco Relief Pitchers: Jose Cabrera, Luis Vizcaino, Jose Garcia, Antonio Alfonseca, Benito Baez, Jesus Peña, …

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The Customs Department seeks to collect arrears in duties due from importers for over RD$1,000 million. The Fernandez government, according to Customs director Vicente Sanchez Baret, granted importers credit and as a result the new authorities found considerable outstanding debt in the books. Much of the debt has been sent to legal procedures for its …

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The Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Rafael Calderon spoke of the government taking out a US$200 million loan with the Interamerican Development Bank for social programs to be announced next week. The DR1 Daily News had reported the government would receive US$100 million. Clarifying, Calderon explained that US$100 million would be received in the first …

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Vice President Jaime David Fernandez urged that the government pay the portion of the Christmas salary that is pending for government employees that were fired due to the change of government. The Christmas bonuses are pending for the Vice President himself and hundreds of others that lost their jobs in the August 2000 change of …

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Hoy newspaper urged that the government disburse immediately the December and January National Budget allotments to several social institutions. The newspaper says that its sources indicate that the Asociacion Dominicana de Rehabilitacion, Instituto Dominicano de Cardiologia, Instituto del Cancer, Instituto Dermatologico, Patronato de Ciegos (help for the blind) and Instituto de Diabetes have not received …

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The Technical Secretary of the Presidency Rafael Calderon said that the government is studying offers for the construction of a tramway crossing from the North of Santo Domingo to the East of the capital city. The tramway would start in Los Alcarrizos, a large suburb north of Santo Domingo. He said they are studying offers …

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The Ministry of Armed Forces says that in the past five months they have confiscated over 100 guns of different kinds, 150 kilos of narcotics and deported over 60,000 illegal Haitians at the frontier. The Ministry said thousands of quintals of rice, beans, garlic, charcoal, whisky and other merchandise have also been confiscated. The military …

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President Hipolito Mejia convened Congress back to work in February and top on the priority to do list are the free trade agreements signed three years ago by the Fernandez administration. All hands seem to be up for the passing of the Free Trade Agreement with the Caribbean (Caricom), but conflicts of interest may put …

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Felipe Gonzalez, former head of the Spanish government, arrived yesterday to participate in a Forum on Technological Revolution and Democracy. The forum will take place starting Friday, 2 February at the Universidad Iberoamericana. President Hipolito Mejia will be present. Also participating will be top cabinet members, intellectuals, local businessmen and Spanish businessmen that have been …

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According to the president of Codetel, the leading telecommunication company, only 14% of the Dominican population has access to telephone service at home. He also mentioned that only 7% owns a mobile phone and only 1% has an Internet connection. Engineer Jorge Ivan Ramirez, of Codetel in an interview with Hoy newspaper announced the company …

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