1997 – Page 22

President Leonel Fernández almost made the Guinness Book of Records for a crash of a presidential vehicle. On Saturday, 29 November, the President’s car almost suffered a serious accident due to a dangerous sudden change in direction by its chauffeur. The President left the National Palace in his black jeep at around 1 pm. Preceding …

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The stereotype of the Haitian worker in the Dominican Republic is of a poor sugar cane cutter. A investigative report carried out by the Listín Diario determined that is no longer true. According to the report, most of the Haitians that live in the Dominican Republic have integrated into the informal economy of the Dminican …

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minou Tavarez Mirabal, said that the Dominican government will regularize the status of thousands of indocumented Cubans that have entered here prior to the signing of a migration agreement by both nations. She advised Cuban residents in the country to visit the Migration Department to start procedures that would regularize …

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Former Vice President of the Republic, Jacinto Peynado, said he would accept the nomination as mayor of Santo Domingo if the board of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano would be willing to support and work for a win of the party. In 1996, Peynado ran for president on the PRSC ticket, but the board of …

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The Acuerdo de Santo Domingo could be discontinued prior to the congressional and municipal elections. The Acuerdo de Santo Domingo was a coalition of political parties that supported the presidential candidacy of Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez in 1996. Now, PRD party aspirants to municipal and congressional posts do not want to yield their candidacies …

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The winners of the Jaycees award to outstanding young people of 1996 were Miguel Bogaert Portela, Fernando Aníbal Capellán Peralta, Liliana Fernández de Cid, Carlos García Lithgow, Gloria María Hernández Contreras, Francisco Pedro Dolores Lizardo, Guillermo Moreno Garciá, Eric José Raful Pérez, Miguel Eduardo Reyes Sánchez and Lissette Marie Selman Asilis. The event was held …

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Euclides Sánchez, director of the Oficina de Ingenieros Supervisores de Obras del Estado, the government department that supervises government construction works, had good news for baseball fans. He said the government would remodel the Quisqueya Ball Park, the principal baseball stadium in Santo Domingo, once the present winter baseball tournament ends in February 1998. He …

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The Escogido Lions fans were filled with Christmas spirit when their team won 9-3 over the Licey Tigers during a cool evening’s game at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo. José Guillén batted two homeruns that produced four runs in the game. The victory places them in a lead for the City Championship title …

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The recently created Comisión Organizadora del Diálogo Nacional, a committee formed by the government to foster talks between the government, politicians and civic society groups, met on Monday, 1 December, to set the rules and regulations of the entity and establish the methodology that would ensure the participation of all sectors of the country in …

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President Leonel Fernández and opposition leader Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez spoke for half an hour on Saturday following the marriage ceremony of banker José Ramón Báez Romano, celebrated in Casa de Campo. According to Hoy newspaper, the President also met with other opposition politicians¨, such as former Vice President Jacinto Peynado, and PRSC party …

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