2005 – Page 149

The coordinator of the Human Development Office of the UN Development Program, Miguel Ceara Hatton, warned yesterday that current conditions do not favor the approval of the DR-CAFTA agreement, and considered that reform is needed in order to make the national productive sector more competitive, as reported in Hoy. Meanwhile, the president of the National …

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According to Executive Branch economic adviser Julio Ortega Tous, the DR will save US$973 million during the remainder of this year and 2006 due to the deferred payment of interests and capital agreed in the re-programming of its foreign debt. Hoy reports that during an interview at his Presidential Palace office, the official said the …

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100,000 government employees and officials will be able to improve their professional qualifications through the use of computers, software programs and other technological tools. Diario Libre reports the government will invest RD$150 million in the training program that will take place from next July to the end of 2008. The announcement was made by the …

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President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to head the groundbreaking ceremony for the mega-project to be developed on the mouth of Ozama River and part of the Malecon next Wednesday, 29 June 29, as reported in Diario Libre. The project will be developed by Inversiones Turisticas Sans Souci, a company presided by Lisandro Macarrulla, with an …

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The Dominican Republic could start producing 120 million liters of ethanol next year. The ethanol would be for both local consumption as well as export, announced Gregoire Hermans of Alco-Group and Jroge de la Torre of Tomsa Destil, as reported in Hoy newspaper. The plan is to invest US$58 million in the new installations. The …

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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reports that 20% to 24% of the Dominican population lives in extreme poverty, earning US$1 per day, as stated in El Caribe. The data is contained in the recently released study on the region: The Millennium Development Goals – a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective. …

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Banker Alejandro Grullon announced in an open letter published in several morning dailies that the Fundacion Patronato Cueva de las Maravillas, Inc., which had been assigned the operation and development of the cave facilities built by the previous government between San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana, resigns this responsibility and returns the entire property …

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The assembly of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) has been postponed for a second time, now until 10 July 2005, as reported in Diario Libre. The decision was taken by the organizing committee last night. The committee’s president, Joaquin Ricardo, who had been criticized by several candidates, resigned after saying that the decision to …

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Organizing committee director of the recent internal election of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch said that 450,000 party members voted in the 12 June election to chose the president, secretary general and secretary general of the organization, and thousands of other internal party positions. So far, Ramon Alburquerque leads …

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Former police second lieutenant Luis Reyes Mendoza, allegedly connected to the Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo case, decided to turn himself in voluntarily to the US, according to Listin Diario. US authorities are accusing the former police officer of having an account containing approximately six million dollars in a US bank and they believe the money …

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