2004 – Page 76

The 12th annual Dominican Week will be held 23-30 September in the United States and Puerto Rico, once again highlighting Dominican business and cultural achievements and challenges and opportunities. The president of the event’s organizing committee, Luis Heredia Bonetti, emphasized that the event aims to attract new investment to the Dominican Republic, while strengthening its …

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Eddy Martinez, the director of the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD), announced that the government will back the organization of the V Grand Caribbean Business Forum to be held in the DR from 25-28 October. He announced that an estimated 400 businesspeople from across the world are expected to participate. As reported in the …

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Diario Libre reports on the saga of the stolen vehicles that were recovered by the police and covertly distributed to people other than their rightful owners. Police are now working to match the original owners with the vehicles. The first 50 vehicles were made available this week. Of the 50, 25 were returned to their …

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Since Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez’s appointment as chief of the National Police, the force has gone public with the names of those agents found to be involved in recent assaults, rape and kidnappings, in an apparent effort to purge the force of its undesirable element. According to a report in Hoy newspaper, …

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According to a report in the Listin Diario, former Colonel Pedro Julio “Pepe” Goico Guerrero’s departure from the country was legal as there was no legal impediment against him at the time. Goico left the DR on Sunday, 12 September from Las Americas International Airport, where he boarded an Air France flight to Paris. The …

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The death toll in the Dominican Republic in the wake of Hurricane Jeanne now stands at 25, after more bodies were recovered from various rivers. Thirteen bodies were discovered in rivers near El Seibo, Boca de Yuma (La Altagracia province), Cotui and San Luis in the province of Santo Domingo. Six others were found under …

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Agriculture Minister Amilcar Romero said that the northeast region was the most affected by recent weather conditions, such as Hurricane Jeanne, estimating farming losses of RD$1.5 billion. The Emergency Commission reports damages in the provinces of Espaillat, El Seibo, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, La Altagracia and Samana. The hardest hit crops were plaintain, rice, corn, yuca, …

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Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez said that of the 20,000 hotel rooms in the Punta Cana-Bavaro area, the region most affected by Hurricane Jeanne in the DR, 65% are in operation. He said that 12,000 rooms are in operation, and another 7,000 are expected to be back in service in a period of 15-45 days. He …

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El Caribe provides an update today on the progress being made to restore the La Romana to Higuey landlink. Earlier this week, the Chavon Dam overflowed, causing the collapse of the bridge. Coincidentally, however, Construcciones y Transporte Pagan had containers of prefabricated bridges in Customs, which could be used in areas damaged by natural disasters, …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) announced that the drawbridge over the Ozama River will not be in use today so as to facilitate the flow of water rushing down from the Ozama. This means that traffic crossing the waterway will be slow. Those heading east to the Las Americas International Airport, Boca Chica, Juan Dolio …

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