2007 – Page 130

Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez proposed apartments to be built on the 50,000-meter site of a former chocolate factory known as La Chocolatera in the center of Puerto Plata city during a presentation at an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The project also involves relocating two nearby slum areas. Jimenez is also a leading national real …

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The Ministry of Public Health determined that none of the canned green beans that were recalled in the US entered the country. Lakeside Foods of the US manufactured the products. Environment Deputy Minister Felix Roa said that members of his department determined that none of the canned goods on local supermarket shelves were made by …

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Ex-Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso will speak this Tuesday, 14 August at the auditorium of the Global Foundation (Funglode) about women and politics. Moscoso said she is delighted that Dominican investors want to invest in her country, pointing out that Panama is experiencing a boom with regards to foreign investment. Tonight Moscoso will also have dinner …

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Guests are arriving back to the Bahia Principe Rio San Juan resort in Gaspar Hernandez, Espaillat province after detoxification from a norovirus outbreak, brought in by a British tourist, that affected around 200 guests last week. Diario Libre reports that the tourists who were taken ill have recovered satisfactorily. The Norovirus infection typically lasts for …

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Traffic between Veron and Higuey was affected for four hours when residents in La Otra Banda area held protests. One person was injured when police tried to break up the traffic jam that blocked traffic on the main road to Bavaro-Punta Cana area from 6 to 10am yesterday. The situation returned to normal around noon, …

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24-year old US Army Sergeant Joan Duran has become the fourth Dominican-born soldier to die in Iraq. Duran immigrated to Boston as a child, as reported in the Boston Globe. His friends nicknamed him Superman because he was so strong. Recently, another Dominican-born soldier, Juan Alcantara was also reported dead in the Middle East. Duran …

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Dominicans will now have access to the UN’s National Competitive Recruitment Examinations Program. The NCRE program is used to select junior professional officers for specialist positions. Candidates must be Dominican, born no earlier than 1 January 1976, and have a minimum bachelor’s degree outside the US. Applicants must know either English or French, in addition …

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President Leonel Fernandez has made the most of his trip to Venezuela. He has strengthened his political position during an election year; he has firmed up his stance in bi-lateral relations with Venezuela and he opened up some possibilities for new ways to pay off the growing petroleum bills by using tourism as a medium …

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered the Dominican Republic to install two gas refineries for exports to the rest of the Caribbean. At the same time, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced a 25,000-barrel increase in oil imports from Venezuela. Under the current Petrocaribe agreement, the DR is importing 25,000 barrels a day. After President Chavez …

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Industrialists from the Haina Industrial Association (AIEH) are urging the quick passage of the Industrial Innovation and Competitiveness Law. The Dominican Senate has passed the proposal but everything will have to start over with the new legislature on 16 August, since the Chamber of Deputies did not take action on the bill. Executives from AIEH …

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