1996 – Page 82

The Minister of Education, Jose Andres Aybar Sanchez, announced that the 1995-96 school year will end before 16 May, the date of the forthcoming presidential election, so that the Central Electoral Board (JCE) can use school buildings for polling stations. Despite opposition to the measure from the National Council of Private Schools (CONACOPRI), the Education …

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According to a study conducted in Santo Domingo and nine other cities in the D.R. by the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, fuel service stations produce 20,000 tons of volatile organic substances. Hector Bido, a member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), carried out the research in the D.R. with the support of the …

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The popular Plaza Central building, home to over 200 businesses including shops, restaurants and cinemas, was closed and occupied by the police in connection with a dispute between the owner of the property and the company that constructed the building, who is claiming the rights to the car park. The administrator of Plaza Central, Porfirio …

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The final analysis of the United States National Transport Safety Board, released to the news media by the Dominican Department of Civil Aeronautics, states that “human error” was the cause of the 6 February air disaster off the coast of Puerto Plata that took the lives of all 189 on board, mostly German tourists. As …

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The Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports that many of the families of the 164 German tourists that died in the 6 February air disaster off the coast of the Dominican Republic plan to sue the Boeing company and Birgen Air, the corporations that manufactured and operated the aircraft. The relatives of the victims do not …

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The Dominican government has bought a dredger for the ports of Puerto Plata, Luperon, Sabana de la Mar, San Pedro de Macoris and Barahona. Representatives of the Navy told the news media that the ship is currently in Spain, and it will arrive in Santo Domingo in approximately three weeks. The ship has modern equipment, …

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The escape from La Victoria prison of convicted drug dealer, Cesar Simon Abreu Suarez, and his subsequent flight from the D.R. has raised serious questions about the influence that drug money has on judicial and prison officials. The director of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet, hinted that officials of …

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The news of the week is the apparent schism in the PRSC. The already lukewarm support President Balaguer was giving to the party’s first presidential candidate outside himself, Jacinto Peynado, has turned to cold support following the registration of the 37 year old businesswoman, Maribel Gassó, for the party’s vice presidential candidate. It had seemed …

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The first indication of President Balaguer’s disapproval of Jacinto Peynado not taking up his suggestions for the PRSC’s vice presidential candidate was his failure to participate, as announced, in the large rally held in San Cristóbal. All was readied for the President, even his chair was sent, but it remained vacant. Nevertheless, the event was …

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The day after the major Peynado rally in San Cristóbal, President Balaguer attended an inauguration program in Azua. When asked by the press to comment on the appointment of Maribel Gassó as the candidate for the vice presidency for the PRSC, the President stated: “No sir, I am not speaking; I am blind and mute.” …

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