2005 – Page 198

Oscar Canizares, a former Jesuit priest, who spent his life teaching Dominican students about their natural resources, because as he said, “you can only defend what you know.” He organized the excursions as Camping Tours. Canizares had vowed to fight against the hotel development of Bahia de las Aguilas, a biosphere reserve area and very …

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On occasion of the unofficial holiday of Secretary’s Day, DR1 Daily News will not be published tomorrow. News will be compiled as usual for the Wednesday, 27 April edition. For breaking news, check back with the DR1 forums at http://www.dr1.com/forums

President Leonel Fernandez is expected back in Santo Domingo today, 25 Monday, after a weekend visit to Italy to attend the inaugural of Pope Benedicto XVI. President Fernandez left on Friday evening and arrived in Rome on Saturday, via a stopover in Madrid. Upon arriving, he visited the tomb of former Pope John Paul II, …

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Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu has disclosed that the Dominican economy has grown by 4% during the first quarter of the year, way beyond the – 0.1% negative growth rate for the same period in 2004. Valdez Albizu pointed out that despite the decline in borrowing from banks, private consumption is up 24.6% and …

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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC – CEPAL in Spanish) forecasts that Gross Domestic Product growth for 2004-2005 for the Dominican Republic will range from a low 2.2 to a high 2.7%. ECLAC projects a 2.5% growth for the country. Growth for the DR and El Salvador are the lowest forecast …

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Representatives of the manufacturing community are suggesting that the government should use the present surplus in revenues to eliminate taxes that distort the economy and penalize those who produce goods and services here. Yandra Portela Vila, president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic said the government had collected RD$1.36 billion above what …

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The International Monetary Fund reports on recent actions taken by the Dominican economic authorities to restructure debt and re-establish macro-economic and financial stability. In a letter about the Dominican Republic to members of the financial community dated 20 April, Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the IMF stated that key elements of the program include …

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Contractor Guillermo Bonelly Knipping has criticized the government for paying RD$176 million to designer Margarita Gomez to furnish and decorate the Supreme Court of Justice and Attorney General building, despite his having won a RD$60 million contract by public tender, of which he owned up to having been paid RD$40 million when interviewed on the …

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El Nacional newspaper in its Friday issue says that the government paid contractor Margarita Gomez RD$241.8 million for the furnishing and interior decoration of the Supreme Court of Justice. For her part, decorator Gomez has issued a press release stating that she had been paid RD$106 million. According to the newspaper, Gomez left out the …

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Judge Alfredo Rios Fabian has sent to trial the government cases against three former presidents of the transport renovation plan, Plan Renove and 11 others. The former Plan Renove presidents are Ramon Emilio Jimenez hijo (Milo), Fabio Ruiz and Siquio Ng de la Rosa. The case against another former Plan Renove president, Pedro Franco Badia …

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