2005 – Page 114

Diario Libre reports that airport operator Aerodom is placing responsibility for the inconvenience that has arisen with the Army’s air cavalry on the Airport Department. The issue was first reported by DR1 yesterday. According to Aerodom, the director of the Airport Department (DA) Andres Vanderhorst, is not qualified to assign space at the new El …

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During a visit to Listin Diario, Brigitte Gourgoin and Frederic Debord, International Executive Vice President and local President of wireless telephone service provider Orange, announced that the company plans to invest US$50 million this year to expand its services in the country. Currently, Orange has 36% of the mobile telephone market with more than 900,000 …

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A group of 91 Dominican former convicts have been deported by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service to the DR after completing their prison terms, according to Diario Libre. Of the group, 68 have served time for drug trafficking. The group members were held in prisons in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Texas and New Jersey, …

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Clave Digital reports that heavy traffic is expected on Abraham Lincoln Avenue after 3pm this afternoon, due to the celebration that will be held upon the arrival of Dominican champion swimmer Marcos Diaz. Diaz has just broken the world record for swimming across the Straits of Gibraltar in both directions. After his arrival at Las …

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A three-hour meeting between the President, Leonel Fernandez and the leadership of the National Council for Private Enterprise (CONEP) has apparently smoothed the path for the passage of the tax reform proposal now before Congress. At least, according to Diario Libre, the two parties managed to come closer to an understanding on the tax reform …

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President Leonel Fernandez said yesterday that the higher oil prices are a serious challenge that has the government “enormously worried”, especially since the agreement with Venezuela does not come into effect for some time. In his statements, given in a passionate and impromptu talk to students who had just been awarded certificates for scholarships both …

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Today’s “Que se dice” or “What’s being said” column in Hoy newspaper leads off with the need to react to the new record crude oil price. The columnist says that the new prices should have the same effect as an earthquake on people living in the Dominican Republic, a net importer of petroleum and fossil …

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This time the conflict is between the Army, the Ministry of Public Works, and Aerodom, the official operator of the La Isabela/Joaquin Balaguer International Airport. So far, the new international airport has gone from one problem to the next and this is the latest in a long line of seemingly endless setbacks. According to Diario …

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The National Bank to Promote Housing and Production (BNV) announced the launch of a program to finance the construction of 5,000 housing units for middle and lower income families which will include repayment terms of up to 30 years. The new housing units will be built on a million square meter plot located on the …

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The prices of 18 of the basic food products in the Dominican Republic have fallen by at least 20% since August 2004. This statistic comes from five retailers associations, and was validated by El Caribe reporters who toured different parts of the nation’s capital. According to the traders, this reality, combined with salary increases over …

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