Dolores Vicioso – Page 7483

Emilio Cesar Rivas Rodríguez, the director of the Instituto Postal Dominicano, the state-run post office, told Hoy newspaper that in about two months time they will begin to implement the program to assign postal codes to cities in the DR. He said the program will start with the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The codes …

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El Siglo reports the Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing presidential, municipal and congressional elections in the DR, has sent the ruling that would allow expatriates to vote abroad to political parties for their study. The JCE hopes the new ruling will be in place in time for the 2004 presidential …

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The National Police closed a clandestine consulate that operated in Los Girasoles, in Santiago. News reports in El Siglo and the Listin Diario say that four individuals were arrested. Their main clients were Dominicans who had been deported from the US and wanted to return to the US under another identity. At the clandestine consulate, …

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Antonio Reynoso, the director general of the Oficina Técnica de Transporte Terrestre, the office in charge of regulating transport in the DR, announced the provisional appointment of Nelson Estevez to the OTTT Santiago regional office. The incumbent, Guillermo López, who had just been appointed by the present government, was temporarily relieved by the post after …

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The official Dominican delegation to the Sydney Olympic Games leaves today. The DR will compete in five sports — judo, boxing, track & field, weightlifting and swimming. The official delegation is as follows: Jose Joaquin Puello, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee Luisín Mejía, Secretary of the Dominican Olympic Committee Hector Duval, head of the …

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Isabel Aracena (Isha), the well known child TV star, announced she will be back on TV again starting 18 September. Isha and her husband-producer Angel Puello will produce a Monday to Friday variety show, "Buenas Tardes, Isha," on Channel 4 from 4 to 6 pm. Nelson Marte, director of Channel 4 made the announcement. Isha …

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