1996 – Page 84

The Junta Central Electoral has begun training 60,000 people to act as members of the tables or electoral colleges for the 16 May election. The training is being carried out at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra and other institutions throughout the country. It is being given by university staff who previously attended several …

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The PRSC did not obtain the support of the block of senators that comprise the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo, and has thus been unable to form the Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura (CNM) which will be responsible for selecting judges, including those of the Supreme Court. Last year, President Balaguer requested that the make-up of …

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The Junta Central Electoral named journalist Frank Rosario as its public relations officer. He is a graduate in journalism from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and has as a masters from the Universidad de Costa Rica in the area of Planificación de la Comunicación y Propaganda Electoral. At the time of his appointment, he …

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The president of the Junta Central Electoral, Cesar Estrella Sadhala, says that the number of voters in the country is more than 3.7 million. He said the JCE would have the final number on 25 March, when they would hand the voting lists to the parties. The number is less than the 3.9 million figure …

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The director of Defensa Civil said that institutions that are coordinating the Holy Week ’96 accident prevention operation, decided to request the political parties to suspend campaigning during the religious week that marks the beginning of the beach season in the Dominican Republic, when thousands of people congregate at the coastal resorts. The civil defense …

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In an interview given to Ana Mitila Lora of the Listín Diario by Bernard Diederich, the former Time Magazine Mexico and Caribbean bureau director and correspondent, who has covered Dominican elections in recent times, said: “What I can say is that this is one of the countries that has most progressed in this region.” He …

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The Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra that organizes a program under the “Acción por la Democracia” banner, issued the results of a national work group-survey on what Dominicans feel to be the nation’s priorities to be resolved in the next few years. The program is principally financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development. There …

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Several WTO member nations have voiced their concerns regarding the time frame for the recent technical adjustment submitted by the Dominican government to the trade organization. They think that such a petition comes at a very early point in time, and urges the Dominican authorities to create sound mechanisms to implement the changes. The country …

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The Minister for Foreign Relations, Carlos Morales Troncoso, told the news media that a petition submitted to WTO seeking tariff protection for eight agricultural items is just about to be approved. He said that only whole milk is currently under discussion, and maintains that once the negotiations about this product have finished, the Dominican proposal …

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Rentas Internas has reported that in 1995 telecommunications companies paid some RD$458.6 million to the Dominican government resulting from income tax and other fiscal obligations. The monies came from charges on basic telephone services, other communications services, both national and international, including long-distance calls. The State collected RD$282.69 million from taxes levied on telephone services. …

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