2004 – Page 184

The Mejia administration announced that it is setting ceilings on the prices of chicken, eggs, cement and bottled water. The announcement was made by the director of the governmental Price Controls Department. In the past, the management of prices has been nothing but demagoguery, and very difficult to apply in today?s free market. But with …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced that the intersection of Maximo Gomez and 27 Febrero avenues will be closed until Monday. The intersection was closed off to traffic since yesterday, causing major traffic bottlenecks to those moving in the area of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The RD$14-million pedestrian walkway is being installed. News …

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Industrial refuse deposited in Samana and Monte Cristi provinces imported from the AES coal power generator in Puerto Rico is not toxic, according to the Environment Ministry?s verdict, based on studies carried out at the state university, the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) and labs in Puerto Rico, US and Spain on the ministry?s …

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The foreign ministers of Chile and the Dominican Republic signed commercial and social treaties in Chile, yesterday. Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats traveled to the South American country to officialize an agreement that seeks to stimulate trade and cooperation between the two countries. A Cooperation Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile (Direcon-ProChile) …

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The Central Bank made a payment on 23 April towards the overdue coupon for the 2006 bond, according to Bear Stearns in its monitoring of the Dominican emerging market. According to the brokerage firm?s Franco Uccelli, the payment was made before the grace period expired, thus avoiding a default. Uccelli says that the government decision …

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With 20 days to go before the election, President Hipolito Mejia has appointed new government officers. Decree 340-04 named Natacha Antonieta Degaudenzi Cabral as director of the Fondo de Promocion a las Iniciativas Comunitarias (Procomunidad) to replace Ana Maria Acevedo, a leading Hipolito Mejia campaign activist. President Mejia also appointed Jesus Maria Frias Andujar as …

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Decree 327-04, as published yesterday, notifies that the Executive Branch has ordered that non-profit organizations, including churches, sports and cultural clubs, and neighborhood groups with their headquarters on government properties, are entitled to request from the state the legalization of the titles of these lands. No cost has been fixed. There is a limit to …

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CDN, Channel 37, and TeleAntillas (2) and TeleSistema (11) are announcing broadcast interviews with the Presidential candidates over the following two weeks. CDN is advertising the interviews, conducted by Alicia Ortega, for 4, 5 and 6 May from 8 to 10pm. The first candidate featured will be Eduardo Estrella, of the PRSC, followed by Leonel …

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The PLD presidential campaign has paid advertisement in several newspapers featuring the results of polls carried out among employees of leading Dominican companies. Among the results are: E. Leon Jimenes (71.8% PLD, 13.1% PRD, 12.9% PRSC); Brugal (74% PLD, 12% PRD, 14% PRSC). Cuesta Nacional (84.2% PLD, 7% PRD, 14% PRSC) Lafier (67% PLD, 18% …

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PRD politician Jesus de la Rosa says there is no possibility of President Hipolito Mejia making it to a second round. In an analysis in Hoy newspaper today, De la Rosa, who has been minister of sports and education during past PRD administrations, looks at the numbers for past elections. He points out that during …

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