2004 – Page 146

President Hipolito Mejia said he would meet with the power generators and AES power distributor after a meeting with US Ambassador Hans Hertell and Spanish Ambassador Maria Figa Lopez. The US diplomat backed the business interests of the AES power generation and distribution company, among those of other US companies servicing the power industry here. …

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The Superintendence of Power reports that its director, George Reynoso, is currently abroad participating in a program on the regulation of the power sector. The legal advisor of the Superintendence, Teresa Vidal Fiorentino, said that Reynoso will return on Monday. The head of the power sector has not been available to the press for several …

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Take a stroll down Winston Churchill Ave. and there are four or five youths on each corner wearing Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) vests. What are they doing? El Caribe newspaper reports today that 36 AMET Juveniles have been stationed on 16 corners of the busy avenue between 27 Febrero and John F. Kennedy with the …

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Santo Dominigo Mayor Roberto Salcedo and the Association of Hotels of Santo Domingo agreed to work together to rescue the Parque Litoral Sur on the southern side of the Malecon boulevard. The city government agreed to a 30-day plan and its subsequent maintenance. Mayor Salcedo said that the plan involves changing the face of the …

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Forty-year-old swimmer Danilo Vicioso, a resident of Casa de Campo, La Romana, won two bronze medals in the 10th FINA World Masters Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming and Open Water Championship held in Riccione, Italy from 3-13 June. More than 8,130 competitors from 68 nations over the age of 25-94 years traveled to Riccione …

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An Internet story regarding a United Nations survey that asked for an ?honest opinion? concerning a crisis gives cause for a chuckle. While several nations are poked fun at, the punch line is that the Dominican Congress was still debating what the term ?honest? meant. Today?s headlines in El Caribe newspaper seem to bear this …

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The oftentimes acerbic column in Hoy newspaper titled ?Que se dice? (What?s being said) points its pen at Superintendent of Electricity George Reynoso, who has been suspiciously absent from the commotion surrounding the interminable blackouts that the country is experiencing. The column says that a lot of people are noting the fact that in the …

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Mario Mendez, the economic editor of Hoy newspaper, is reporting today that the Dominican Port Authority has decided to apply standard charges for local cargoes handled at the multi-modal port of Punta Caucedo. This means that cargo coming into Caucedo will get the same treatment as cargo at any other Dominican port. Caucedo will cease …

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The Corporation for Industrial Development (CFI) and the Dominican Association of Free Zones (ADOZONA) have signed an agreement to permit the administration of each industrial entity operating under the free zone concept to be overseen by the individual industrial associations of each park. The free zone park businesses will form a board to run their …

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A decades-old quota system that controls access to the huge US apparel sector is about to come to an end and Latin American clothing makers are gearing up for fierce new competition from China. A Wall Street Journal story today tells of what could be catastrophic consequences for the Dominican Republic and other regional nations …

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