1999News

President favors diversifying free zone production

President Leonel Fern?ndez in his keynote address during the opening ceremony of an international journalism seminar said that the DR has to create a niche market for its exports. He favored pursuing capital intensive production such as electronics, informatics, biotechnology in Dominican industrial free zones. These emerging exports would allow the DR to diversify away …
1999News

Ministry of Interior and Police to control watchmen companies

The Ministry of Interior and Police announced new controls of the 80 companies offering private watchmen services. When the National Police couldn’t keep up with the growth of cities, private companies primarily created by former military, recruited hundreds of unemployed persons and turned them into guards. Recently, the men these companies have been hiring are …