2001 – Page 99

2001 News

Ministry of Environment closes garbage collection garage

The garage and maintenance workshop of Urbaser Dominicana, a private garbage collection company, were closed down yesterday by the Ministry of Environment. The Ministry had given the company 80 days to relocate from the La Isabelita neighborhood, in eastern Santo Domingo. The neighbors had protested the bad smells generated when the trucks were washed, the …

2001 News

Diet changes translate into increase in colon cancer

Physicians at the Centro de Gastroenterologia of the Luis Eduardo Aybar public hospital say that cancer of the colon is up significantly among Dominicans. They attribute this to diet changes in the past 10 years. The physicians said there has been an increase in fried foods and fast food consumption over the past decade. He …

2001 News

Complicity of drug enforcement agents and dealers in Bonao

The Attorney General of the Province of Monseñor Nouel (Bonao) said that anti-narcotics agents are in complicity with the leading drug dealers in Bonao. Nicanor Martin Ferreira said that the bosses of drug trafficking in the area have arranged so that the Drug Control Department may arrest one or two small time dealers from time …

2001 News

Haitian children used by drug dealers

The director of the children and teenager protection department of the Attorney General’s office, Elisa Sanchez denounced the use of Haitian children by gangs to introduce drugs and guns across the frontier. She said the number of Haitian children arrested in the frontier area for this crime is increasing at alarming rates. She said the …

2001 News

Koreans to propose power plants

Top executives from Hyundai, Hanjung and Samsung, three large Korean manufacturers, will travel to the DR next month to promote the installation of nuclear, hydroelectric and petroleum-powered electricity generators. Kook Bo Yang, spokesman for the Korea Trade Center said that executives from Hyundai Heavy Industry will use the DR as a platform to launch their …

2001 News

Apparel imports decline in first quarter

Dominican apparel export volume to the US declined 14.48% from January to April 2001. During that period 22,424 square meters of clothes were exported. The value in US$ of those exports, nevertheless, only declined 0.17%. The stagnation is attributed to the slowdown of the US economy and the competition from El Salvador and Honduras. From …

2001 News

Generators pressure for US$100 million more in sovereign bonds

The Listin Diario reports that the government is receiving pressures from banks and broker firms to increase the sovereign bond issue to US$600 million. This would add US$100 million to pay off the debt the government maintains with the power generators. The government has said the sovereign bond money would only go to build what …

2001 News

Austerity before more debt

The president of the Federation of European Chambers of Commerce in the DR, Jose Maria Cabral recommended the government implement a true austerity program in order to secure needed resources for priority public works. Cabral says that internal savings would be sufficient to carry out the public works program, making it unnecessary to appeal to …

Nature in harmony with tourism development

The president of the Grupo Sol Melia, Gabriel Escarrer speaking during the workshop, “Tourism, Nature and New Technologies” at the Central Bank highlighted the importance of integrating the natural environment when building tourism resorts. Escarrer spoke of the challenges ahead for the development of tourism around the world. He mentioned avoiding high-density hotels, achieving equilibrium …

2001 News

Supreme Court decision to reduce Dominican deportations

The Supreme Court of the US ruled yesterday that legal foreign immigrants found guilty of crimes in US territory have the right to appear before a judge. This will reduce the number of automatic deportations.

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2001 – Page 99

Ministry of Environment closes garbage collection garage

Diet changes translate into increase in colon cancer

Complicity of drug enforcement agents and dealers in Bonao

Haitian children used by drug dealers

Koreans to propose power plants

Apparel imports decline in first quarter

Generators pressure for US$100 million more in sovereign bonds

Austerity before more debt

Nature in harmony with tourism development

Supreme Court decision to reduce Dominican deportations