Dolores Vicioso – Page 7491

El Caribe newspaper reported that the president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute, Indotel, Orlando Jorge Mera announced tenders will be held to choose companies to install telephone service in rural areas, install community telecommunications centers and install Internet service in public libraries from 2001-2003. He said that despite the boom in telecommunications service in the …

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In an interview on Hola Matinal television program, economist Andres Dauhajre forecast that if the government continues spending as of today, before the end of the year the international reserves of the Central Bank will have been depleted. He said this will bring as a consequence a devaluation of the Dominican peso. He recommended that …

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President Hipólito Mejía received the 27-member Dominican delegation to the Sydney Olympic Games at the National Palace and handed these the national flag. The Dominican Republic will compete in judo, boxing, track and field, swimming and weight-lifting. Architect Hector Duval is the head of the Dominican delegation. Judo: Jose Vicbart Geraldino, Jose Augusto Geraldino, Eleocadia …

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Dominican Hideyoshi Tateyama became the star of the World Cup and Shito Ryu Karate Juvenile Competition held at the Olympic Center in Tokyo. Tateyama won a gold and silver medal in Kata and Kumite. He studies at the Dojo Tony Rivera in the Body Shop building in Santo Domingo. Professor Masayasu Kametani of the school …

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President Hipólito Mejía created an advisory board to assist the Ministry of Education. Decree 664-00 creates the Consejo Externo de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación that will define the educational policies of the DR. Members of the new organization are Padre Ramón Alonso, María Amalia León, Juan Manuel Tavárez, Miguel Escala, Radhamés Mejía, Rafael …

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President Hipólito Mejía advocated the need for greater integration of Caribbean nations to confront challenges of globalization and combat poverty. He gave the closing speech at the 36th meeting of the Sociedad Caribeña de Cultivos Alimenticios held in Boca Chica. Despite the differences in language and culture, there is no doubt that the people of …

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