1996 – Page 79

President Balaguer made a surprise visit to the grounds of the old Perla Antillana horse-racing track on Wednesday, 27 March, telling the news media that “many problems” have been overcome in the construction of the four-hospital medical complex which will be known as the Centro de Diagnostico y Medicina Avanzada. The complex will have a …

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The National Beauty Contest held on Saturday, 29 March turned out to be a whirlwind of controversy when Sandra Abreu of La Romana was crowned Miss Republica Dominicana instead of Annelisse Ortiz Mirabal of Salcedo, who was the favorite of the audience and, despite the final result, apparently also of the judges. Various unidentified judges …

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The Department of Telecommunications has yet to enforce a measure announced at the beginning of this year for all television stations to unify their broadcasts on one frequency. The director of TeleAntillas (channel 2), has called on Telecommunications and Public Works to enforce the measure, since he claims that TeleAntillas and other stations have made …

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The headline story of the week is the direct attack by the Controller of the Nation, Victor Grimaldi, on key government officials with clear accusations of corruption, reportedly with proof in hand. The allegations have ranged from those against the Minister of Industry and Commerce, José Ramón González Hardy, saying that funds were used for …

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The Listín Diario revealed last week that a study of the spending on advertising by the political parties shows that from 1 January to 10 March 1996, the PRSC had spent the most, RD$56 million, compared to the RD$34 million for the PLD and RD$16 million for the PRD. The monies have principally gone to …

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The presidential candidate for the PRD and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo, José Francisco Peña Gómez, said upon opening the Conferencia del Comité de la Internacional Socialista para America Latina y el Caribe, over which he presides, that if the unequal distribution of wealth and poverty continues to grow, it will bring the threat of …

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Former vice president of Spain, Alfonso Guerra, who participated in the Internacional Socialist conference, told the Listín Diario that in Europe all eyes are watching the forthcoming election, concerned that there will be no repeat of what occurred last time, and that the electoral process may be deemed clean, free and democratic. He praised Peña …

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On Thursday, 28 March, Hoy headlined “Va o no va a campaña? JB sólo dice “je, je, je” mientras Jacinto espera.” While the President is expected to accompany Jacinto and Maribel, his runnning mate, on their campaign tour to Santiago this weekend, he broke into a cynical laugh when journalists asked him if they would …

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The JCE rejected the presidential and vice presidential candidatures of the minority party, the Partido Renacentista Nacional (PRN), but accepted all the others from the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), the Partido del Pueblo Dominicano (PPD), the Movimiento de Conciliación Nacional (MCN) and …

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Some 4,038,028 persons have the dual cédulas for identity and voting purposes, but not all of those will be able to vote, according to the Junta Central Electoral. The number of potential voters will be known on 15 April, when the JCE issues the definitive list. Of that number, 1,260,734 are in the National District, …

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