2007 – Page 60

The Bahrain News Agency reports that the Middle Eastern Kingdom of Bahrain and the DR have decided to form ambassadorial-level diplomatic ties, effective 22 October. The announcement came in a joint statement signed in New York by Bahrain’s United Nations Ambassador Tawfiq Mansoor and an unnamed deputy Dominican permanent representative at the UN. The news …

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Gay McDougall, who is visiting the Dominican Republic to verify the existence or non-existence of racism in the country has told the press that she was surprised at yesterday’s Senate resolution describing her visit here as part of an international conspiracy against the Dominican Republic. She and her colleague, Senegalese Doudou Diene, explained that they …

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The Catholic Church is on the offensive with its desire to discourage Congress from the decriminalization of abortion in its revision of the Penal Code. The Church has rallied students at Catholic schools to protest and took a large group of children to the Congress yesterday. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez boarded a helicopter …

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Pope Benedict XVI has given his blessing to the Dominican public after meeting with Senate President Reinaldo Pared Perez and his wife Ingrid Mendoza de Pared. Pared is in Europe meeting with political officials from several countries in order to discuss topics of interest concerning the DR.

Santo Domingo is the site of several gastronomic events as October comes to an end. There is the Macadamia Festival at the Melia Santo Domingo on the Malecon, at its Cafe Casabe, right off the lobby. 37 delicacies, including salads, soups, main dishes, and desserts have been created by Mexican chef Oscar Orbe using Dominican …

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The Dominican Republic became the first country in the Americas to introduce WiMax technology yesterday, with the launch of sales to the public of OneMax, the first wireless broadband mobile company. The technology is also available in Korea, but will not be launched in the US until Sprint does so, reportedly by the end of …

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In the DR, 65 out of 100 Dominicans have a phone, 55.6% of which are cellular phones, according to Jose Rafael Vargas, president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL). Vargas added that the increase in telephone use is due in large part to the increase in the use of the cellular phone in everyday Dominican …

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The executive director of the National Competitiveness Council, Andres van der Horst Alvarez, is advocating for the development of an export culture as a way of mitigating the continuing increases in the price of imported fuel. “The most sustainable way to confront the increase in the price of petroleum is to stimulate an export culture …

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The Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) is reaching out to enlist 10-15 small to medium-sized companies that seek to export their products to the northeastern US markets, primarily the Dominican ethnic market in New York/New Jersey. The department has teamed up with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and presented its II …

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Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez has announced that the arrival of tourists has only grown by 1.6% in the first nine months of the year. Jimenez says that this relatively low growth comes at a time when travel to the Caribbean region in general decreased by almost 3%. Jimenez said the decline would be analyzed by …

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