2001 – Page 41

President Hipolito Mejia and President Arnoldo Aleman of Nicaragua signed bilateral agreements to increase cooperation in the economy, trade, technical, education, tourism and promotion of investments. The two countries also agreed to join efforts to fight drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and delinquency.

The Superintence of Electricity announced in a paid advertisement today that Electricity Law 125-01 passed on 2 August does not allow commercial centers or apartment buildings to be considered “users” of power. The Superintendence says the Law only recognizes as “users” single units with a demand for less than 2 megawatts. The Superintendence says that …

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The Coalition for an Independent Justice has presented 10 candidates as their selections to fill the three vacancies on the Supreme Court. Candidates presented are judges: Miriam German Brito, Pedro Balbuena, Carmen Zenaida Castro, Jose Alberto Cruceta, Yadira de Moya Kunhardt, Dario Fernandez, Marcelina Hernandez Japa, Domingo Antonio Gil, Nancy Salcedo, Arelis Ricourt de Gomez. …

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95-year-old former statesman, Joaquin Balaguer, says he would consider running for President again. He told journalists that he would do so “with pleasure if it were the will of God.” He said, “I do not know if I will be back, or I will go to the cemetery,” when asked if he would consider being …

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An Italian firm, Speli S.A. will invest US$14 million (RD$238 million) to build an industrial park and handicraft manufacturing zone in El Limon, La Romana, near Bayahibe. The company will build 14 industrial plants in an area of 100,000 square meters. Jose Ovalle Polanco of the Industrial Promotion Corporation (CFI) made the announcement. 150 apartments …

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Hoy newspaper reports that 10 Dominican players have batted 20 or more home runs in Major League baseball. They are: Sammy Sosa (54), Alex Rodriguez (44), Manny Ramirez (39), Alberto Pujols (34), Vladimir Guerrero (33), Aramis Ramirez (32), Miguel Tejada (26), Moises Alou (25), Raul Mondesi (24) and Tony Batista (22).

Three Dominican performers are nominated in the Second Latin Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS this evening. Dominican performers dominate in the Best Merengue Album category with: Eddy Herrera (“Me Enamoré”), Chichi Peralta (“De Vuelta al Barrio”) and Toño Rosario (“Yo Soy Toño”). In the Best Tropical Song …

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El Siglo reports that the Mejia administration is promoting the US$500 million sovereign bonds in Europe and the US based on economic performance figures from the Fernandez administration. The newspaper points out that the attractive growth rate of the country presented in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum contradicts the harsh criticism of the present administration with …

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Governor of the Central Bank Frank Guerrero Prats spoke up on Sunday, days after President Mejia called him a “half mute.” He did not confirm that the nation had increased money in circulation to RD$17 billion, as erroneously reported by President Mejia, but he did have some good news to spread. He said that the …

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The Ministry of Education has contracted RD$4.8 million per day in school breakfasts for public schools. 126 companies were hired to provide 1,300,000 school breakfasts per day.