Dolores Vicioso – Page 8115

Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, said that he has learned from trustworthy sources that the U.S. Embassy is seeking to assume a role in the forthcoming election that does not correspond with the accepted function of a diplomatic delegation. The head of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic said that the U.S. Embassy …

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Reports from the spokesman for the former Vice President of the nation, Jacobo Majluta, who is in an intensive care unit at the Muffet Cancer Center of Tampa, Florida, indicates that his condition is stable, although serious. Mr Majluta is said to be suffering from a reaction to chemotherapy administered for the lung cancer he …

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The nation awaited the speech by President Balaguer on Tuesday, 27 February, Independence Day, with great expectations. It will be the last such annual address by Dr Balaguer who has been President of the Republic on six occasions. The President has chosen to remain silent for over six months now, after fielding, what he perceived …

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Contrary to what has happened in past elections when the government only trickled funds to the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the election, the Balaguer administration has fulfilled its commitment to the JCE maintaining the flow of resources as budgeted, permitting the Junta to carry out its program as scheduled. Last …

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Presidential candidate for the PLD, Leonel Fernandez, favors the participation by private enterprise both in the generation and commercial aspects of the electricity industry. He said that the government cannot continue to forego the collection of monies for some 55% of the power it provides, because of the CDE’s present failure to properly charge consumers. …

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Vice President Jacinto Peynado travelled to the United States last week on a fund-raising mission and to promote investment in the D.R. Press reports indicated that he met with businessmen at The River Club of New York and explained the advantages of investing in the D.R. He announced that a delegation of the businessmen would …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez received a honoris causa title from the Universidad Evangélica in the Humanities. The event was held at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and was attended by the Minister of Education, José Andrés Aybar Sánchez. The rector of the university, Rafael Danilo Grullón, and vice rector Felix Hernández, presented Dr Peña …

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In a recent press conference held in San Pedro de Macorís, Vice President Jacinto Peynado gave some hints about what he is looking for in his running mate: “The vice presidential candidate will be a person with characteristics that the Dominican people will accept, assimilate and like. I am not seeking a businessman, because I …

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On Tuesday 20 February, Leonel Fernández the presidential candidate for the PLD, hinted “that there is the possibility that his running mate will come from an organization outside of the PLD, an “extrapartido”. On 13 February, the PLD candidate was authorized to look outside the party by its Central Committee. Leonel Fernández has said that …

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Last week, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, advocated a government in which all political sectors of the country will participate. The leader of the Catholic Church in the country considers that in these times no organization is capable of efficient government solely by itself. He said there is a need for every able Dominican …

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