1996 – Page 110

Doctor Onofre Rojas director of the Centro de Investigación y Promoción Social, called a press conference to advise that “the RD$500 million assigned to the Plan de Alimentación y Nutrición (nutritional feeding program) was insufficient to solve the nutritional problems in the country. He said, “The country has very serious nutritional problems as well as …

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The study República Dominicana: Pobreza Rural y el Sector Agropecuario, (Dominican Republic: Rural Poverty and the Agricultural Sector), prepared by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) by advisor Eugenia Muchnik de R., dated the 30th. of June, considers it imperative that the misuse of natural resources and associated improper practices, be stopped immediately. “There is cause …

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Commercial banks increased their lending portfolio to RD$704.6 million in the second quarter of the year, according to a report released by the Banco Popular. “The lending portfolio of commercial banks,” according to the report, “increased from RD$21,944.8 million in March to RD$22,649 in June.”

President Balaguer authorized the Australian company, Mineral International Exploration to survey the gold reserves in five eastern communities of the country, where there are also large deposits of silver and copper. The company will also survey the areas of Bonao and Cotui. The whole survey will cover Miches, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Yamasá, and Bayaguana, …

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Mr. Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister for Foreign Relations traveled to Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad & Tobago to represent the country at the meeting of Heads of State of the Association of Caribbean States. More than 20 Caribbean and Latin American leaders are expected in Trinidad & Tobago, including Cuban president Fidel Castro. …

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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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