Dolores Vicioso – Page 8110

The president of the Junta Central Electoral announced that the registration of voters for the election on 16 May election is to close. He said that from 16 December 1994 to 16 December 1995 some 383,000 new voters were registered. Of these only 180,000 have retrieved their electoral cards. He said that 3.9 million people …

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Colegios cerrados, or closed voting stations, one of the new mechanisms of the electoral system, are a simple matter, electoral judge Aura Celeste Fernández told the press last week. She said it is not true that voters will be enclosed in a polling station for hours. The closed system was decided upon following the electoral …

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Teleantillas (Channel 2 in Santo Domingo and Channel 9 in Santiago) and Telesistema (Channel 11) have accepted a request by the Catholic Church and are offering unlimited free time for a debate between the three principal candidates for the presidential election in 1996. The two stations jointly said that such a debate is of capital …

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It is interesting to see how the politicians must carefully seek their rivals in their juggle to make it to the second round and win. Both the PRD and the PLD covet the vote of the PRSC members. The PRSC is in a distant third place, according to the most reliable opinion polls, such as …

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According to General Antonio Imbert Barreras, president of the State’s gold mine, Rosario Dominicana, “the production of gold will rise from 450 to 600 troy ounces daily.” He made the statement when being questioned by reporters after his recent meeting with President Balaguer. The General added, “We will be able to produce metal to a …

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The Executive Director of the Federacion Dominicana de Colonos Azucareros, told the press that “Next February, the country will have to import large quantities of refined sugar, because of the difficulties the state sugar council (CEA) has experienced in starting the present grinding season.” He added that CEA has tried to start the grinding season …

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The Asociacion Dominicana de Exportadores says that “the country will end the year with a trade deficit of RD$28,000 million, the largest in the last 20 years.” The Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO) said however, that “not everything is negative, since the Foreign Investment Law has been approved plus other laws that will benefit the economy …

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Mr. Edmund Duckwitz, the German ambassador, said that “my government has invested over RD$770 million in the Dominican Republic, in education, electricity, and many other projects.” He added that “The German government is going to invest over 84.3 million marks next year in this country.”