2004 – Page 151

The President-elect is reported in Hoy newspaper as saying that in the two months remaining in the current government?s term of office, the Mejia administration will not be able to solve the structural problems of the energy sector. But he said the government could mitigate the problem if it makes payments to the generators and …

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President-elect Leonel Fernandez does not share Finance Minister Rafael Calderon?s optimism regarding the outlook for the Dominican economy. Calderon on Monday had expressed that the incoming PLD government would receive governmental affairs in better shape than that in which the Mejia administration received them in August 2000. ?When we handed over the administration in 2000, …

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A preliminary report from the Ministry of Agriculture states that losses to farming due to the heavy rains that fell from 23 to 25 May is estimated at RD$1.03 billion. It informs that 11% of all planted crops were affected, with the most serious damage done to plantain, rice, red bean, corn, and yucca plantations. …

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The president of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), Manuel Diez Cabral, says that if the incoming government chooses to extend the period for the application of the 5% tax on exports and 2% on imports, it would send a chilling message to investors and businesspeople and would affect business confidence. Diez Cabral expressed …

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Foreign Relations Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats used the forum of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Ecuador to thank that organization for its collaboration and support through the mission of observers dispatched to monitor the 16 May 2004 presidential election in the DR. Guerrero Prats had praise for President Hipolito …

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The United States Consulate and Embassy have announced the closure of their offices on Friday, 11 June in observance of the passing of former US President Ronald Reagan, who died on 5 June. Anyone with an appointment for this Friday will need to reschedule with the consulate. A condolence book will be available at the …

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The Dominican Republic will have contenders in six events at the start of the Athens Olympic Games. Dominicans will compete in boxing, judo, weight lifting, table tennis, skeet, and volleyball beginning on 14 August. The Dominican contingent will also compete in the track and field events that begin on 20 August, wrestling as of 22 …

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A collection of 30 drawings from the Louvre Museum in Paris and 30 engravings from the National Library of France by the master of French romantic painting Theodore Chasseriau are currently on exhibit at the Centro Leon. The pieces form part of an exposition of the original works of the much-acclaimed Chasseriau (1819-56), who was …

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Reporter Idonelia Perez Blanco, writing for Hoy, finds that consumers in the Dominican Republic are responsible for sustaining the government through taxes on consumer goods, fuels, travel and other incidentals. According to the article, 44% of the government?s local income comes from the pockets of consumers. During the first five months of the year, these …

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According to the government-intervened Listin Diario newspaper, the Commission for Modernization of the Chamber of Deputies has requested that the Senate hire an outside auditing firm to verify whether there have been irregularities occurring at the Chamber of Accounts, the government?s accounting office. As reported most of last week by the Diario Libre and other …

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