2007 – Page 260

President Leonel Fernandez held a meeting with representatives of the Santiago business community at the Presidential Palace last night. At the meeting, the businesspeople outlined their concerns about the state of the Dominican economy and discussed the separate limitations on the free trade zones (FTZs) in detail. The business group also proposed the need for …

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The National Business Council (CONEP) as well as three other business organizations, the Associations of Industries of the Dominican Republic, the Chamber of Commerce and Production, and National Association for Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), have announced their support for the implementation of President Leonel Fernandez’s National Competitiveness Plan. The organizations explain that the plan will enable …

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Although President Leonel Fernandez’s proposal as part of the implementation of the National Competitiveness Plan to use pension plan deposits to help fund infrastructure projects has received some criticism, it is said to be common practice in other Latin American countries. Diario Libre writes that in Chile, more than 50% of pension funds are used …

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State Run Electric Company (CDEEE) head Radhames Segura is challenging National Business Council head Lisandro Macarrulla to outline the private sector’s solution to the energy problem. Segura however said that the plan could not include any additional costs. Segura’s comments come in response to comments that Macarrulla made yesterday where he called for the privatization …

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Head of the State-Run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) Radhames Segura announced that the Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium has agreed to install its wind power park in another part of La Altagracia province. The new site will be at Punta Espada. The project, which has been in the works for more than 10 years according to Hoy, …

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In the hope of ending the stalemate in negotiations between the workers’ unions and the business sector, Vice President Rafael Alburquerque has announced that he will take part in the discussion between both parties. The Vice President said that beginning with Monday’s meeting, which will take place at the PUCCM University, he would join Labor …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced the creation of 41 new electoral stations, bringing the total of stations created in the last 24 days to 129. For the 2006 Congressional and municipal elections, 12,500 voting stations were opened for 4.2 million eligible voters. Since the last election, the number of stations has increased to …

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The Dominican government has agreed to pay compensation to two girls of Haitian origin as part of a ruling issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 8 September 2005. The girls, Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico, had accused the government of denying them birth certificates, but the government argued that their parents had …

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Migration head Carlos Amarante Baret has described Amnesty International’s report on Haitians in the DR as subjective, one-sided and part of an international campaign against Dominican sovereignty. Amarante says that if anything the DR is the country that has been most hospitable to Haiti migrants. He said that the DR is the only country that …

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President Leonel Fernandez is to present the US ambassador in the DR, Hans Hertell, with the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Order of Merit. The decision to award Hertell was made through Presidential decree 128-07, but no date for a recognition ceremony has yet been announced. The decree explains that Hertell’s efforts have led to a …

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