Dolores Vicioso – Page 8128

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.”

European development institutions say that “Electricity should be the main objective of any investment in the Dominican Republic. This is one of the conclusions expounded at the seminar held for European Financial Development Institutions, held at the Santo Domingo Hotel, under the auspices of the Federacion de Camaras Europeas de Comercio de la Republica Dominicana, …

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An increase in the production of stainless steel in 1996 will cause a significant rise in the price of nickel this year. This prognosis was published in the Wall Street Journal Americas. According to the report, “analysts in Wall Street predict that the price of nickel will be RD$140 more per tonne by mid-year.”

According to the Superintendencia de Seguros (the Dominican insurance watch dog), the insurance companies paid RD$930.5 million to policy holders in 1995. Mr. Carlos Hernandez Sierón, the Insurance Superintendent, said that “this list of claims paid by the insurance companies in the country, is published so that public opinion will know the total payments made …

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