2001 – Page 27

The Dominican Medical Association (AMD) has announced it will hold a general work stoppage tomorrow in all Santo Domingo public hospitals. Listin Diario reports that the doctors are demanding the public health department deliver RD10.7 million it owes to the AMD medical insurance plan. They also want the back pay owed to 500 medical residents, …

Read more…

The Public Health department announced yesterday that there has been a reduction in mortality among women giving birth and newborn babies. Doctor Manuel Tejada Beato told Hoy that in 1999, 260 mothers died in childbirth. So far this year, only 54 women have died. Infant deaths have gone from 37 per 1000 live births, down …

Read more…

The Council of Private Schools and the Association of Evangelical Schools are offering 747 classrooms so that 25,000 children can begin classes. A shortage of public school classrooms in the country has kept many children at home this school year. This morning, the Private Schools Council offered 472 classrooms in Santo Domingo and San Pedro. …

Read more…

The 2001-2002 season of the National Symphony Orchestra will open Wednesday, October 3, at 8:30 p.m., in the Eduardo Brito Hall of the National Theater. The season will include eight concert performances, three in the fall, and the remainder between February and March of 2002. The opening concert will feature two works by Russian composer …

Read more…

The Ministry of Public Works has announced that the old Duarte Bridge will be closed to traffic at the end of November to conclude repairs. Traffic will be diverted to the new Duarte Bridge at that time. The new bridge over the Ozama River has six lanes, three in each direction. The old bridge only …

Read more…

Under decree 981-01, President Hipolito Mejia has created a commission to supervise the management of the US$497.5 million in sovereign bond money. The decree establishes that the President himself will head the commission. Members are the Technical Secretary of the Presidency, the Minister of Finance, the director of the National Budget Office, the president of …

Read more…

The Ministry of Public Works has announced the suspension of construction at the Mirador del Sur Park until a consensus is reached with users of the park and the Environment Ministry. Hoy newspaper says the Ministry by law has to approve the project before it can go ahead. The Ministry of Public Works did not …

Read more…

The Balaguer government spent RD$12 million to restore the Agua y Luz Theater, complete with its waterworks show. Now the Mejia administration plans to tear it down to build a modern convention center. Plinio D’Oleo, described by the Listin Diaro as advisor on development projects, said that President Hipolito Mejia has given the go ahead …

Read more…

Listin Diario reports that the prime rate fell to 14.36% last week, the lowest in the past 10 years. Interest rates have been sliding since May, after reaching highs of more than 32% in December of 2000. The average lending rate is now 19%. Jose Lopez Valdez, president of the Association of Commercial Banks, expressed …

Read more…