2005 – Page 188

The National Hotel & Restaurant Association has expressed its opposition to the proposed US$5 tax on airfares sold abroad. The spokesman for the Hotel Association of the East, Ernesto Veloz, and the spokesman for the Hotel Association of Puerto Plata Jesus Almanzar, criticized the announcement made by Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez. The measure is set …

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“A Time to Choose, Caribbean Development in the 21st Century,” dated 26 April 2005 was released during the Caribbean Forum Development taking place in Barbados. Prepared by the Caribbean Country Management Unit of the World Bank, the report highlights that the Caribbean is at a development crossroad. It urges that to adapt to the demands …

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Traffic expert Hamlet Hermann says the government has a six-month solution on hand to resolve the north-south traffic problems of Santo Domingo. He proposes that the government extend Ortega y Gasset Avenue until it reaches Villa Mella and then set it for north-south traffic, while converting Maximo Gomez Avenue to exclusively south-north traffic. He says …

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The Public Health Minister Sabino Baez announced the construction of a Health City at Avenida Charles de Gaulle, in the eastern Santo Domingo province. As reported in an editorial in Hoy newspaper today, the minister announced the construction of the hospital complex without a tender being called. Since the minister has announced construction would begin …

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The number is important: 54% of employees do not have an eighth grade education. With just 46.5% of its work force at less than the eighth grade level, the Dominican Republic is a country with one of the lowest educational achievements in Latin America. In 2004, the nation had 1.5 million workers that had not …

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A Santo Domingo court ordered the suspension of the city hall’s approval by resolution 62-2005 allowing construction of the 13-level Laurel III tower to Constructora Molina. The Helios de Bella Vista Oeste neighborhood group had debated the construction of the skyscraper. Constructora Molina is known for submitting plans for one height, and eventually building several …

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President Leonel Fernandez leaves today for the United States, with a first stop in New York continuing on to Washington, D.C. to lobby for US congressional passing of the free trade agreement signed along with five Central American countries. On 11 May, he is scheduled to meet with President Bush and the presidents of Costa …

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Howard Wiarda, the University of Georgia professor of political science and a long time investigator of things in the Dominican Republic, told reporters that he felt that the United States Congress might well defeat the proposed DR-CAFTA legislation. He based his opinion on the fact that several important sectors of the population consider the bill …

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The Dominican government announced yesterday that it has initiated the process of restructuring the debt held by the Union Fenosa. The government wants to make changes in the clause whereby Union Fenosa receives revenues from the better clients of EdeNorte and EdeSur power distribution companies. In exchange, the pending debt would be placed as a …

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The Director General of the Customs Office has announced that the bond required on raw materials received under the Temporary Admission Rules (Regimen de Admision Temporal) will no longer be collected as of today, 9 May 2005. The office also announced the introduction of random inspections on exports of raw materials and the installation of …

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