2007 – Page 281

The new president of the Dominican American Round Table, Victor Capellan has plans to get corporate America more involved in the organization in order to fund the organization’s reach programs. Likewise, he will be concentrating on consolidating relationships with other Latino organizations, so as to push for common Latino issues on the political front in …

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Brazilian family succession expert Renato Bernhoeft will be speaking at a conference-breakfast this coming Tuesday, 20 March at the Hotel Jaragua. Bernhoeft is a world famous expert and frequent international conference speaker on family business third generation succession. “The Challenges for the Continuing of the Family Business” conference seeks to prepare Dominican businessmen who are …

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Santiago has been awarded the 2008 Caribbean Series. This is the first time that Santiago will host the post-season tournament. In 1986, Santiago hosted the Central American & Caribbean Sports Games. The announcement was due to be made yesterday, but was postponed because of the death of Freddy Jana, president of the Dominican Summer League. …

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This weekend 150 colorful troupes, representing carnival celebrations from all over the nation, will gather at the Malecon, from its western point at Abraham Lincoln Avenue, to celebrate carnival. The carnival in Santo Domingo marks the end of the 2007 carnival season. Colorvision Channel 9 will televise the parade with Jochy Santos, Pamela Sued, Karina …

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On 28 February, United States President George Bush cleared the way for the implementation of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement with respect to the DR and for other purposes. A White House press release dated 1 March 2007 carries the decision. US Ambassador in the DR Hans Hertell is scheduled to make …

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The Ministry of Environment has settled a suit with AES that was being heard in the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. The DR government had accused the US company of dumping 80,000 tons of coal ash waste from an AES power plant in Puerto Rico in coastal areas in Montecristi and Samana provinces. The …

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President Leonel Fernandez travels to Georgetown, Guyana tomorrow to attend the XX Rio Group Presidential Summit. Fernandez will be receiving, on behalf of the DR, the pro tempore presidency of this organization. Fernandez departs from San Isidro airport at midday on Friday, 2 March.

President Leonel Fernandez has made some minor cabinet changes by announcing the appointment of Angel Lockward to the position of minister without portfolio via decree 99-07. Lockward’s appointment comes after a public clash with Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda Rancier whose department refused to renew Lockward’s gun-holding permit on grounds that he had cases …

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The Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) is projecting US$1.5 billion in foreign investments for the DR in 2007. Acelis Angeles of CEI-RD attributes this increase to the country’s increased judicial security and economic development under President Fernandez. In a speech at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, she explained that the DR is set to …

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Construction of an electric highway to connect the south and Santo Domingo with the Cibao region is now under way. The project will increase the energy transmission capacity from 200MW to 800MW. The government secured financing for US$157 million for the construction. State-Run Electricity Companies vice-president Radhames Segura has announced that Spanish company ELECNOR has …

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