1996 – Page 95

Last week the news media reported that an undetermined number of U.S., French and Canadian citizens have been traveling to and from Puerto Plata, exploring the possibilities of starting a “Satanic church” in the tourist-filled community of Sosua. The news has caused reactions from several prominent legal and religious authorities throughout the D.R., the great …

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“Nueba Yol” by Dominican director Angel Muñiz starring Luisito Marti as a Dominican immigrant in New York, has received a good review from David Gonzalez, who praised the film and, at the same time, spoke about its impact on the city. According to Mr. Gonzalez, New York, especially the Dominican-dominated section of Manhattan known as …

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Vice President Jacinto Peynado said in Santiago last Saturday, that if the PRD or PLD win the election, the country will enter a period of “chaos.” He was speaking at a gathering of thousands of Reformistas. “Of the other options, one is unstable, does not offer security and has made many high priced commitments. If …

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Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, said that he has learned from trustworthy sources that the U.S. Embassy is seeking to assume a role in the forthcoming election that does not correspond with the accepted function of a diplomatic delegation. The head of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic said that the U.S. Embassy …

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Reports from the spokesman for the former Vice President of the nation, Jacobo Majluta, who is in an intensive care unit at the Muffet Cancer Center of Tampa, Florida, indicates that his condition is stable, although serious. Mr Majluta is said to be suffering from a reaction to chemotherapy administered for the lung cancer he …

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The nation awaited the speech by President Balaguer on Tuesday, 27 February, Independence Day, with great expectations. It will be the last such annual address by Dr Balaguer who has been President of the Republic on six occasions. The President has chosen to remain silent for over six months now, after fielding, what he perceived …

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Contrary to what has happened in past elections when the government only trickled funds to the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the election, the Balaguer administration has fulfilled its commitment to the JCE maintaining the flow of resources as budgeted, permitting the Junta to carry out its program as scheduled. Last …

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Presidential candidate for the PLD, Leonel Fernandez, favors the participation by private enterprise both in the generation and commercial aspects of the electricity industry. He said that the government cannot continue to forego the collection of monies for some 55% of the power it provides, because of the CDE’s present failure to properly charge consumers. …

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Vice President Jacinto Peynado travelled to the United States last week on a fund-raising mission and to promote investment in the D.R. Press reports indicated that he met with businessmen at The River Club of New York and explained the advantages of investing in the D.R. He announced that a delegation of the businessmen would …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez received a honoris causa title from the Universidad Evangélica in the Humanities. The event was held at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and was attended by the Minister of Education, José Andrés Aybar Sánchez. The rector of the university, Rafael Danilo Grullón, and vice rector Felix Hernández, presented Dr Peña …

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