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The president of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party Santo Domingo chapter says the legal advisor to the President, Guido Gomez Mazara, does not have party authorization to unilaterally call a political gathering. Senator Jose Antonio Najri said that when Gomez invited PRD followers to meet on Sunday at the Club San Carlos in support of …

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Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado in the Listin Diario today expresses his opposition to the Mejia administration issuing sovereign bonds to meet its fiscal deficit. He says that when the PRD took power in 1978 the public debt was US$900 million and after leaving government eight years later, the debt had soared to US$4,500 million. …

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Puerto Rican lawyer, Hans Hertell, was confirmed as President Bush’s choice for ambassador to the Dominican Republic. The nomination is still pending confirmation by the US Senate. According to El Caribe newspaper, the Dominican Republic already gave the diplomatic go ahead to the nomination.  Hertell studied at the University of Puerto Rico and Fordham University …

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Minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas Maldonado said RD$400 million are needed to finish the Autovia del Este, the express highway that will expedite traffic between Santo Domingo and the East. He said four months time is needed to complete it. As reported in the Listin Diario, RD$400 million is owed to the contractors for …

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Minister of Environment Frank Moya Pons told El Caribe newspaper that construction cannot begin on the Manabao-Bejucal dam in the province of La Vega until the Environment Ministry grants a license to the builders, under Law 64-00. He said that his department has just received the environmental impact study carried out by the builders and …

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