2001News

Dominican potato chips

The DR is about to become the leading exporter of potatoes to potato loving Puerto Rico. Juan Figuereo, general manager of Frito Lay Dominicana, said their plantations will soon produce enough potatoes to turn the DR into the leading potato exporter of the Caribbean. He says potato production in the DR will be tripled.
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1-9 September World Youth Volleyball Championships

The Dominican Republic will host the XIth World Youth Female Volleyball Championship starting tomorrow, 1 September through the 9th. The event will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo (Virgilio Travieso Soto) and Santiago (Oscar Gobaira). Here for the event are the world’s best from these regions: Europe: Czechoslovakia, Croatia, Poland, …
2001News

Telecom growth

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. He said the sector is the most dynamic in the country, with a 21% share of the Gross Domestic Product in the first half of …