2007 – Page 70

Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa is working on ways for the government to apply the announced governmental incentives for job creation in the free trade manufacturing zones (FTZ). The incentives are based on the amount of jobs created. Bengoa has said that each company will receive RD$2,000 for each job created. Free zone employment has declined …

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The search for a new rector for the state-funded Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) is under way. Franklin Garcia Fermin, Mateo Aquino Febrillet, Emma Polanco, Alejandro Pichardo, Amado Reyes, Clara Benedicto, Ivan Grullon and Ramon Valerio are all seeking election to the post. Current rector Roberto Reyna says that a total of 3,000 people …

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Santiago’s brand new Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) has announced that it has performed seven successful kidney transplants. The 50,000 square meter hospital is the leading medical center for the north and central parts of the country. It promotes itself as the most advanced medical facility in the country. The kidneys were donated as part of the …

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The Hardware Association (ASODEFE) plans to officially submit a written application to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce requesting the green light for the importation of 300,000 bags of gray cement (equivalent to 5% of the country’s total cement production) as a way of combating the increase in cement prices. Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio …

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The country’s industrial sector is voicing its concern about the possibility that the country could be left behind by its competitors because of the lack of action on behalf of Congress in passing the law on competitiveness and industrial innovation agreed upon by government departments and industry representatives. Manuel Diez, president of the Dominican Republic …

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Computer giant Hewlett-Packard wants to operate in the DR but says that the infrastructure and energy problems are obstacles against investment in the country, according to a report in Listin Diario. HP business in the DR is over US$100 million per year, and had a 100% growth rate last year, one of the highest rates …

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The Alternative Social Forum has submitted a recourse of unconstitutionality to the Supreme Court against promissory notes signed between the Sun Land Corporation and the Office of Supervising Engineers of Public Works of the Presidency (OISOE). In the recourse, the group argues that the country is being driven further into debt with the borrowing that …

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Listin Diario reports today that the Bani municipal authorities has actually collected on the RD$10 million payment for the authorization of construction within an area that is being claimed as part of a protected area, even before receiving authorization from President Leonel Fernandez to go ahead with the deal. As reported today, the municipality has …

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Administrative Minister to the Presidency Luis Manuel Bonetti handed over 325 motorcycles to the Police Department yesterday, on behalf of the government. The motorcycles cost RD$15 million or RD$20,012 each. The motorcycles will be distributed and put to work immediately. The motorcycles were received by Police chief General Rafael Guzman Fermin Guzman who said that …

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United Nations Development Program country representative Nicky Fabiancic has announced that he has concluded his mission in the Dominican Republic and that he is in his last week of work in the country. Under Fabiancic, the United Nations has carried out important reports that have changed the Dominican mindset, such as the landmark 2005 Human …

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