Monthly Archives: March 2001

The Antun family has sold most of their shares of the Estrellas to the Musa family, also of San Pedro de Macoris. Dr. Carlos Juan Musa, the new president of the Estrellas Orientales, the San Pedro de Macoris professional baseball team, made the announcement. He confirmed Pablo Peguero as general manager of the team. "Trust […]

Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer, announced it would be investing RD$700 million to expand its Plaza Duarte store. Carrefour opened last year with a supermarket, eight stores, two banks and seven food vending shops. The expansion calls for the construction and sale of 65 new shops within the complex located on the outskirts of […]

The Dominican Resistance Memorial Museum is exhibiting a selection of restored clothing sewn and worn by the Mirabal sisters who were slain in 1960 at the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. The exhibition of the “The Mirabal Sisters Textile Collection” seeks to give people a closer, more human look at the heroines, who […]

The Mejia administration is under much criticism these days for its decisions and subsequent changes of mind, and for issuing decrees that are being disputed for having illegal clauses. The government mishaps have been so frequent since its start that the revoking of decrees has almost become the norm. The El Siglo newspaper editorialist today […]

President Mejia said he will explain about the purchase of 11 US-made helicopters and 120 all-terrain vehicles for the Army. Journalists sought an explanation for why the government did not tender the purchase procedure for the helicopters. President Mejia returned earlier than announced yesterday, arriving at 5:25 pm from his trip to Taiwan. He said […]

The Ministry of Public Health instructed provincial health directors to give final terms to foreign-educated doctors that are working illegally as physicians in the DR. Minister of Health Jose Rodriguez Soldevilla issued the statement in compliance with a request from the Dominican Medical Association. The AMD complained about the growing numbers of foreign doctors who […]

With Decree 389-01, President Hipolito Mejia turns the Dominican-American Cultural Institute (ICDA) into a full-fledged university. The government has authorized the ICDA to offer university degrees in business administration, tourism and hotel business administration, marketing and advertising. Also authorized are degrees in education in the areas of the arts, English as a second language, pre-school […]

President Hipolito Mejia, as per Decree 407-2001 of March 21, creates the National Non-Governmental Agency Follow-Up Council. The new council is responsible for supervising, evaluating and controlling the use of state funds by non-governmental agencies.

Minister of Sports Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño confirmed that the Banco de Reservas authorized an RD$15.1 million lending package for 28 officers of the sports department. He said that the government commercial bank nevertheless holds each individual responsible for paying back the loan. The terms of the loans were not disclosed. But Hoy newspaper […]

The National Budget for February shows a surplus of RD$126.4 million according to a statement published in the press today. The statement indicates that the government spent RD$4,155.6 million, and received RD$4,282 million. Tax revenues were up at the Dirección General de Impuestos Internos. That department had budgeted RD$4,260.5 million and collected RD$4,630.1 million. But […]