2004 – Page 298

The Dean of the Economic School of the Pontificia Universidad Cat?ica Madre y Maestra, Pedro Silverio, revisits the missteps of the 2003 fiscal managers of the Dominican Republic. He begins with the exchange crisis left over from 2002 that brought about the US$600-million sovereign bond issuance that was meant to change the profile of the …

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The US Embassy says the deadline to apply for the 2004 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program is 15 January. The program recruits and places approximately 100 fellows in US universities and colleges for one academic year. FLTA fellows are expected to teach two classes and are required to enroll in at least two US …

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El Caribe reports that the brotherhood Cofrad?a de los Congos de Villa Mella celebrated the traditional Feast of Kings yesterday, at the Brotherhood?s Museum in Villa Mella. As reported previously in DR1 News, the fraternal society dates back almost 400 years and has been declared a United Nations cultural monument. The government?s last-minute change to …

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