2006 – Page 322

DR1 Daily News will not be published on Monday, 9 January, a holiday in the Dominican Republic. The day commemorates Three Kings Day (Epiphany), today 6 January. The Ministry of Labor moved the holiday celebration to Monday, 9 January, creating a long weekend. Weekend and Monday news will be compiled for publication on Tuesday. For …

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Government technicians and lawmakers met yesterday in an attempt to reach a consensus regarding the National Budget bill but were unable to agree upon the application of the exchange rate commission that the government wants to maintain until 1 July 2006. Lawmakers claim that this cannot be justified after the approval of the tax reform, …

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In 2006, the government expects to keep the US dollar exchange rate under RD$35.7 to US$1, inflation below two digits and to generate a certain number of new jobs that will be defined with the private sector, according to a report by Diario Libre. The projected exchange rate for the next 12 months was used …

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Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez has said that his ministry will invest RD$431.6 million in the refurbishment and modernization of the country’s hospital infrastructure. According to a report in El Caribe, RD$234 million will be invested in the completion of medical facilities in Los Girasoles and San Cristobal in Puerto Plata; Bohechia in San …

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The parents of the sextuplets who were born on 26 December 2005 at the Plaza de la Salud have received an initial contribution of RD$100,000 from the Ministry of Public Health, which will also provide specialized personnel to look after the babies during their first year of life, once they are sent home. Listin Diario …

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The project to build an artificial airline in front of the Malecon sea-fronting boulevard of Santo Domingo seems to finally dying out. The project had been endorsed by former President Hipolito Mejia and also by President Leonel Fernandez. It needed congressional approval and looks like it will not get it. Outside of some very few …

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The government has been the big loser with the contracts it has signed since the remodeling of the Agua y Luz lights and sound theater during the last Balaguer administration. None of the contractors have complied minimally with what they offered. Now, the government is about to sign a new lease contract, this time for …

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According to the Office for the Reorganization of Transport Director Diandino Pena, the construction of the metro in the capital’s Cultural Plaza will does not represent any danger for the National Theater. Yesterday, El Caribe published opinions by architect Leopoldo Espaillat Nanitas and geologist and Academy of Sciences member Osiris de Leon, who warned that …

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US PresidentGeorge W Bush is expected to participate in the summit of heads of state and government members of the Central American Integration System (SICA) that will be celebrated 28-29 March in Casa de Campo, in La Romana, according to Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. Also expected are President Vicente Fox (Mexico) and Alvaro …

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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, is to visit the country on 20 January 2006, to reflect about the Haitian situation and its repercussions on the Dominican Republic, according to a report by Listin Diario. He will be accompanied by the High Commissioner of the United Nations in …

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