2001 – Page 38

The leading telecommunications company, Codetel announced free calls to New York for those using DDD. The calls will be free for 12 hours from midnight on Friday, 14 September to noon on Saturday, 15 September. Tricom, another telecom company, allowed free calls on the same day of the US tragic incident.

The grounding of air transport are causing inconveniences in the operation of several Dominican export manufacturing zones. Listin Diario says that several free zones have not been able to ship out merchandise nor receive materials for processing here, and there have been delays in delivering of the merchandise.

The president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute, Indotel, lawyer Orlando Jorge said that the Dominican telecommunications sector is one of the most dynamic in the world, ranked in 55th place re the Technology Achievment Index according to the 2001 Human Development Report published by the United Nations Development Program. He said the sector is the …

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The National Council of the Magistracy meets today to choose three new judges for the Supreme Court. The Council will choose from 67 candidates. Those entrusted with choosing the judges are: President Hipolito Mejia, President of the Senate Andres Bautista, President of the Chamber of Deputies Rafaela Alburquerque, Senator Jose Gonzalez Espinosa, Deputy Alfredo Pacheco, …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved loans for RD$500 million (about US$30 million) for the construction of five bridges over the Yuna, Maimon and Boba Rivers in the northeast. Mabey & Johnson Ltd. and Construcciones Transporte Pagan secured financing for the projects from Citibank at an interest rate of 12% for 12 years, with three years …

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A Government Council was held last night to examine the effects of the US crisis on the Dominican Republic. During the meeting, a report by the Dominican ambassador to the US, Roberto Saladin, was presented. The government decided to send a high ranking commission to the US to assist Dominicans affected by the incident. The …

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Freddy Ortiz, president of the Association of Remittance Companies, does not believe the attack will affect the level of remittances sent to the DR. He said the remittances declined on Tuesday and Wednesday because remittance houses in New York closed, but today they will reopen. He said remittance levels could change if hundreds of Dominicans …

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