Dolores Vicioso – Page 8211

Dr. Florencio Lorenzo Silva, director of the national tax collection department, Impuesto Sobre la Renta, died of lung cancer in Bogota, Colombia at the age of 69 on Tuesday, 7 May. Dr. Silva had had a long battle with the disease, although it was not well publicized. Dr. Silva was a public employee over a …

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According to the general administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE), Amilcar Romero, the state-owned electricity company has been generating 50,000 kilowatts more than the national demand. With the inclusion of the power stations Los Mina III and Los Mina IV in the grid, the CDE’s output has reached 1,100,000 kilowatts per day against …

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In response to criticism by citizens and members of the news media, the city council of Santo Domingo has decided to suspend the erecting of traffic lights on busy corners during the day, and will now carry out the work at night. Such night work, with the help of powerful reflector lights recently purchased by …

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The mayor of Santo Domingo, Dr. Rafael Subervi Bonilla, has announced a project to be undertaken by the city council and the government of Japan to refill La Duquesa refuse dump. The dump has been the source of at least two fires in the last year and a half, and the toxic gases concentrated on …

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A special commission composed of representatives of the Instituto Dominicano de Seguro Social (IDSS), the Asociación Medica Dominicana (AMD), and the AMD’s IDSS medical group (AMDIDSS) will try to come to an agreement to end the over six-month-old strike of AMD doctors in IDSS hospitals. The AMD general strike, which ended in the Ministry of …

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A report in the newspaper Hoy indicates that from November 1995 to May 1996, nine national and foreign companies have made known the partial results of opinion polls on the voters’ preferences. This makes this election the one with the most such polls, not taking into account the large number that have not been made …

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On Wednesday, 9 May, Jacinto Peynado said that if he is elected he will be able to act with independence and in the best interests of the nation, as he will be able to form a government without ties and prior commitments. He said, “We have no ties with business interests, have not offered them …

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The presidential candidate of the PRD, José Francisco Peña Gómez, accused the PLD of having a pact with President Balaguer and accepting gifts such as apartments, public works contracts, and positions at the head of the Chamber of Deputies. Speaking on his radio program Tribuna Democrática, Dr Peña Gómez said that Balaguer money has infiltrated …

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Leonel Fernández says, according to a report in El Caribe that Dr Peña Gómez’s ambivalence, over whether there will be an election or there is a conspiracy to stop it, introduces an element of conflict that generates a state of instability. “I emphatically state that the candidates have been able to move freely within the …

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President Balaguer has been campaigning for his Partido Reformista Social Cristiano by handing out RD$100 notes. During his stay in Santiago, newspapers reported that long lines formed in front of his house at 51 Máximo Gómez where his personal assistant, Anibal Paez, was seen to have given RD$100 notes to those in the queue. People …

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