2005 – Page 77

The II Regional Book Fair ended last night with President Fernandez and the First Lady in attendance. The closing ceremony took place in the “Restauracion” salon of the Gran Teatro del Cibao. Minister of Culture Jose Rafael Laantigua welcomed the audience, and said that the months of work that went into the preparation of the …

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Although it has not been officially confirmed, President Leonel Fernandez will be traveling to Colombia next Tuesday where he will meet President Alvaro Uribe and make the inaugural speech in the Sixth Forum of the Biarritz Group, according to a report in Diario Libre. Upon his arrival, the President will participate in a meeting called …

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The government has no short-term solution to the energy crisis affecting the country. Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez met with a World Bank (WB) mission and energy sector officials who delivered the documentation for a tender for two coal generators that would be installed in Manzanillo (Monte Cristi) and Pueblo Viejo (Azua), at a cost of …

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President Leonel Fernandez is worried about the news that the DR must now pay an additional US$200,000 for transportation of oil and its derivatives from Venezuela and the confirmed late shipments in recent weeks. Listin Diario reports that the President has ordered a series of measures to ensure that the Caracas and Petro-Caribbean Agreements are …

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During the past four years the country’s oil bill has increased by US$1.28 billion, equivalent to 98%, as a consequence of the increase in the price of oil on the international market. In 2002, the DR paid US$1.297 billion for the purchase of fuel, while this year projected payments for the purchase of crude oil …

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Before the end of the year, the Executive Branch must add US$100 million to the US$350 million subsidy it had established to keep the national energy system working. Diario Libre reports that this was disclosed by the general manager of the Dominican State-owned Electric Companies (CDEEE), Radhames Segura, who stated that the subsidy will be …

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The Director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), Diandino Pena, announced last night that his office would begin to work on administrative issues and that within ten weeks they will announce the public tenders to select the companies that will work on the construction of lines for the installation of “an electric mass transport vehicle”, …

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Civil Registry officer Luis Felipe Rodriguez has run into problems with his superiors recently for managing his offices finances differently from the common practice. As reported in Clave Digital, he works at the 12th Civil Registry Office in Los Mina (Santo Domingo Province) and serves a population of around one million people. He has created …

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President Leonel Fernandez has submitted the contract for the construction, development, exploitation and operation of the Novo Mundo XXI tourist project off the shore of Santo Domingo to the Senate. Diario Libre reports that the artificial island contract was signed on 15 June 2005 by the Ministry of Public Works and Santo Domingo Re-Development, Ltd., …

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The PRD decided that the proposals before Congress for the creation of new provinces and municipalities in different parts of the Dominican territory were untimely. According to Diario Libre, Orlando Jorge Mera, secretary general of the PRD, said the party would instruct its legislators to postpone the discussion of those initiatives because the country is …

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