Dolores Vicioso – Page 6866

Hoy newspaper?s editorial today asks if the Central Bank authorities are aware of the need to begin cutting governmental spending, why have they not acted to stop economic matters from getting worse? The newspaper points out that the Central Bank itself states, in a full-page advertisement in the press yesterday, in the seventh paragraph: ?The …

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The full assembly of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the body in charge of organizing the 2004 presidential election, revoked the suspension of Antonio Lockward Artiles as its secretary of the JCE and prohibited the president of the JCE, Ram?n Morel Cerda, from making these types of decisions. Lockward Artiles had been suspended by Morel …

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In spite of reports that the Central Electoral Board?s decision on the PRSC primary election will confirm Eduardo Estrella?s victory over Jacinto Peynado, Peynado continues to challenge the result. Among his plans are to proceed with a party convention to be held 28 June, at which he will propose to overturn the party executive committee?s …

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Diario Libre prints a photograph of a despondent looking Pepe Goico, dressed in military camouflage fatigues and holding an umbrella sporting the logo of a well-known bank ? although not the one that has been making headlines lately. The shot was taken during President Hip?lito Mej?a?s inauguration of the construction project for the new headquarters …

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Today?s editorials pay tribute to the Dominican Miss Universe, Amelia Vega. List?n Diario hails her victory as a triumph for “female intelligence, domestic upbringing and young people?s desire to better themselves”. It lists a number of women in positions of power and influence in the Dominican Republic, such as Vice President Milagros Ort?z Bosch, Chamber …

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The papers report with some relief that the cloud over Dominican baseball superstar Sammy Sosa has been lifted, following x-ray tests on his bats. All the bats confiscated from the Chicago Cubs star?s locker room were proved to be legitimate, leading the US baseball authorities to conclude that the use of the bat in Tuesday?s …

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El Caribe, Listin Diario and Hoy newspaper publish today ticket prices for the Pan American Games. Nevertheless, according to Wendy Foster, in charge of ticketing for the 1-17 August Games, this information is not the official price list and not all the prices are accurate. She said the Pan American Organizing Committee would be releasing …

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?WE WON!? screams the headline of today?s List?n Diario. In huge letters, the paper reports on the victory of Amelia Vega, the 18-year-old from Santiago de los Caballeros who became 2003?s Miss Universe last night in Panama. Amelia had been among the pre-competition favorites, but her award for Best National Costume seemed to foretell something …

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Depending on which paper the reader picks up, the assistance package coming from Washington will vary between US$600 million and US$1 billion. A lot depends on where the money is coming from, since the Inter American Development Bank, the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund have all committed to participate in the attempt to …

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The Diario Libre reports that the Central Bank will not attempt to control dollar accounts in Dominican banks. In paid advertisements in most of today?s papers, the Central Bank reaffirms its ?strict observance? of the laws of the marketplace, which it considers to be an indispensable condition in order to obtain the requested international financial …

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