Dolores Vicioso – Page 7513

Newly appointed Administrative Secretary of the Presidency, Pedro Franco Badía has been practically ambushed by PRD party members seeking jobs in the new government that starts 16 August. See http://www.hoy.com.do In a Hoy news story, Pedro Franco Badía urges PRD followers to have patience and give the new government to organize the structure of the …

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President Leonel Fernandez converted into law the bill that creates the Ministry of Youth (Secretaria de la Juventud) with the issuing of Decree 49-2000. President-elect Hipólito Mejía choice for the first Minister of Youth is Tony Peña Guaba, son of PRD party leader, the late Jose Francisco Peña Gómez. During the event to announce the …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated last night the Centro Nacional de Artes Elila Mena built by the government at a cost of RD$75,382,389.35. The new school of the arts is located on the grounds of the National Conservatory of Music, at Avenida Cesar Nicolas Penson. The new center houses the Escuela Elemental de Musica Elila Mena, …

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A Central Bank-built 12-level parking building with capacity for 1,315 vehicles is about to be completed. Originally the plan was for the parking facility to service Central Bank clients and visitors, but the facility was expanded in order to be able to provide for parking space demands of visitors to other buildings in this government …

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The Asociacion Nacional de Detallistas de Gasolina (Anadegas) estimates that fuel consumption in 2001 will be 1.7 million gallons. 32% of consumption will be diesel and 22.6% will be gasoline.

Prince Felipe of Spain, and the presidents of Taiwan, Costa Rica, Haiti and Nicaragua have confirmed they will attend the swearing in ceremony of President-elect Hipolito Mejia. President Chen Huin Vien of Taiwan, Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, Rene Preval of Haiti and Arnaldo Aleman of Nicaragua have confirmed they will be here for …

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Rector Miguel Rosado of the state university (UASD) denounced in an interview in Hoy newspaper that Federacion de Estudiantes Dominicanos (FED), William Martinez and Ambiorix, president of MIEL (Movimiento Independiente Estudiantil de Liberacion) were delivering so-called summer courses charging students RD$100 for two hours and making millions. They were selling the credit at RD$50 while …

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