NewsWhore
04-24-2006, 03:10 PM
Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, in a statement published in the Saturday issue of Hoy newspaper, denied having said that government funding had gone towards the preparation of a land use study in Bahia de las Aguilas and clarified that the Ministry had only contracted studies to French architect Francois Fontes for Parque del Este (Romana and Bayahibe area) and Samana. The statement the Minister stood to correct had been carried in the DR1 Friday update on Bahia de las Aguilas. The study would serve a US$600 million development in the area backed by the Ministry of Tourism.
Hoy published the Minister's correction where Jimenez aligns himself with a statement saying that Argos has been privately funded, contained in a letter written by Luc Litzler of Argos, the company presided by architect Francois Fontes. Litzler was clarifying that the company did not receive government funding to carry out the studies to prepare the project. Hoy had reported on this difference in opinion between Argos and the Minister when reporting on the proposal made at PUCMM regarding the Bahia de las Aguilas development.
A spokesperson for the Ministry, Ana Jimenez had clarified earlier that Argos was responsible for the area studies and not the investment, after environmentalists Luis Carvajal and Adolfo Lopez disputed the role of Argos, a company with assets of just EUR38,000 in carrying out a US$600 million investment.
Hoy published the Minister's clarification on Saturday. But then on Sunday, the newspaper stood by its original statement, and transcribed Jimenez's statements where they highlighted that the Minister did make the reference to government money being used for the Bahia de las Aguilas land use plan. "Because in my role as Minister of Tourism, I have contracted architect Fontes to carry out the land use plans for the peninsula of Pedernales and those for Romana Bayahibe," Hoy transcribes.
Argos did not release any land use study at the presentation made to the President, hoteliers and environmentalist at the PUCMM university last week.
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Hoy published the Minister's correction where Jimenez aligns himself with a statement saying that Argos has been privately funded, contained in a letter written by Luc Litzler of Argos, the company presided by architect Francois Fontes. Litzler was clarifying that the company did not receive government funding to carry out the studies to prepare the project. Hoy had reported on this difference in opinion between Argos and the Minister when reporting on the proposal made at PUCMM regarding the Bahia de las Aguilas development.
A spokesperson for the Ministry, Ana Jimenez had clarified earlier that Argos was responsible for the area studies and not the investment, after environmentalists Luis Carvajal and Adolfo Lopez disputed the role of Argos, a company with assets of just EUR38,000 in carrying out a US$600 million investment.
Hoy published the Minister's clarification on Saturday. But then on Sunday, the newspaper stood by its original statement, and transcribed Jimenez's statements where they highlighted that the Minister did make the reference to government money being used for the Bahia de las Aguilas land use plan. "Because in my role as Minister of Tourism, I have contracted architect Fontes to carry out the land use plans for the peninsula of Pedernales and those for Romana Bayahibe," Hoy transcribes.
Argos did not release any land use study at the presentation made to the President, hoteliers and environmentalist at the PUCMM university last week.
Link To Original Article (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)