1996 – Page 12

The vice-president of the British merchant bank, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, David Suratgar, says that his institution is willing to help the Dominican government with the process of reorganization and capitalization of its own companies, in order to obtain the best international offers. Mr. Suratgar also recommended that the government should look for the best way …

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Many people have expressed different views about raising public salaries by 100%, some of the those who are against it are: Alejandro Grullón, president of Grupo Financiero Popular, who said that any decision about increasing public salaries should be taken next year and should await the approval of the 1997 public expenditure general budget; the …

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Dr. Jose Francisco Peña Gomez was released from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Tuesday, 2 October, one week after undergoing surgery to remove two cancerous tumors from his abdomen. The three-time presidential candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) is currently at the Helmsley Medical Tower, near the Sloan Center, with pending medical …

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The conflict between the Attwoods Dominicana company and the government over the alleged failure of the former to carry out its part of the RD$10,000,000 contract to collect refuse in Santo Domingo came to a head last week. The central government and the Santo Domingo city council had given Attwoods, a subsidiary of the U.S. …

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Judge Alexis Henriquez Nuñez, who is still conducting the preliminary stage of the investigation into the brutal murder of 12-year-old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, questioned one of the confessed killers, Juan Manuel Moline Rodriguez, on 4 October. Mr. Moline Rodriguez, 19, and Mario Jose Redondo Llenas, also 19, confessed to the 3 May murder of …

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Executives of the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank have estimated that the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) will need approximately three years to achieve stable electricity production, free of distribution breakdowns and with sufficient generation. The CDE is in dire need of two power stations with a generation capacity of 250 megawatts each. …

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The proposal by the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Dr. Cesar Estrella Sadhala, that military and police personnel should be able to vote has provoked a negative reaction from the Secretary of the Navy. Admiral Gerardo Santana Solano told the newspaper Hoy that members of military and police institutions are “not prepared” to …

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The director of the Immigration Department, Taina Gautreaux de Windt, said that the D.R. is an “ideal bridge” for illegal voyages to the United States, a phenomenon that is confirmed with detentions of illegal emigrants on a daily basis. Dr. Gautreaux said that the emigrants are not limited to Dominicans, but illegal voyagers from nations …

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The director of the Oficina de Transporte Terrestre (OTT), Ignacio Ditren, announced that all public cars (conchos) will have proper identification on their doors by December. The small cars will have stickers identifying them as having received authorization from the OTT to operate on determined routes. The purpose of the identification, says Mr. Ditren, is …

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Last week, Juan Sanchez Correa, the engineer in charge of the repairs to the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris, said that despite rumors to the contrary, the stadium will be ready for the beginning of the 1996-97 Winter Baseball Season with the new team representing San Francisco de Macoris, the Gigantes del …

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