1996 – Page 27

The unification of the different foreign exchange markets in terms of rates is a necessity for the Dominican government, which lacks a majority in Congress in order for it to obtain the require approval for institutional and legislative changes. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), mentioned this and other related matters in the report “Dominican Republic: …

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Dr Leonel Fernandez, the President of the Republic, held a special meeting with the Mayor of Santo Domingo, Rafael Subervi Bonilla; the Minister of Public Works, Jimmy Duran; the president of Attwoods Dominicana, Abraham Canaan; the Minister of the Armed Forces, Juan Bautista Rojas Tabar; and television producer Freddy Beras Goico, at the closed Duquesa …

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Dr. Cesar Estrella Sadhala, the president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) which organized the 1996 presidential election, officially resigned from the JCE, together with the other four members of the body. The resignation is effective 27 October, two years after the members were ratified by members of the Senate. The JCE of Dr. Estrella …

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The new National Attorney General, Abel Rodriguez del Orbe, has pledged his support for Judge Alexis Henriquez Nuñez in the continuing investigation of the murder of twelve year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, on 3 May. Mr. Rodriguez del Orbe promised to give Judge Henriquez Nuñez the necessary time to carry out all the questioning …

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According to Dr. Enrique A. Morales of the Centro Antirrabico Nacional, there are around 700,000 dogs in the Dominican Republic, or 10 dogs per 100 people, including 50,000 stray dogs in the capital. Dr. Morales points out that many dog owners do not have their pets vaccinated, and that the strays represent a health danger …

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Former presidential candidate Jose Francisco Peña Gomez is in the U. S. undergoing tests to determine the cause of a reported pain in his abdomen, two years after having a malignant tumor and his spleen removed. Dr. Peña Gomez’s spokesman, Marino Mendoza, told the newspaper Listin Diario that the leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano …

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The National Meteorology Office said on 28 August that hurricane Edouard is not a threat to the D.R., some 580 kilometers northeast of Puerto Rico. Fran, the sixth tropical storm reported this year, was 300 kilometers east of the Lower Antilles, moving west-northwest at 20 kilometers per hour. Based on the latest forecast of its …

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President Leonel Fernandez has undertaken to enforce the law 6-96, approved by Congress in October of 1994 which grants those arrested the right to one telephone call. For foreigners detained by the police, the right to contact their embassy, consulate or other representative in the D.R. will be maintained. The law stipulates that the call …

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The central government has announced that it has doubled the monthly subsidy for the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE), from just under RD$100 million to RD$200 million. The measure was imposed after a meeting of the Government Council, involving President Leonel Fernandez and many of his key advisors. The CDE, whose service has been deficient …

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President Leonel Fernandez made more new appointments to his two-week-old government on Tuesday, 27 August. Jose Rafael Vargas, Assistant Minister of Agriculture. Rafaela de los Angeles de Leon, director of the Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia (CONAPOFA). Gloria Milan Lugo, Assistant Minister of Foreign Relations for Economic Affairs. Mercedes Cabral de Arcala, Administrative Assistant …

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