1998 – Page 107

The president of the Asociación Dominicana de Remesadores de Divisas, Freddy Ortíz has good news for visitors to the DR. He forecast that the upward trend of the dollar in regards to the Dominican peso will continue. He attributed the trend to an increased demand from subsidiaries of multinationals that need dollars to repatriate their …

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The Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, the largest private university in the Dominican Republic, signed an agreement with the Tompkins Cortland Community College and the Rochester Institute of Technology. The universities are participating in the Global Connections program that permits students to transfer credits from one center to another and graduate faster. Over 600 …

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The organizers of the XXV National District Superior Basketball Tournament, the most important baseball tournament held in the DR, announced the basketball season will open 14 August. The organizers of the tournament are waiting for the completion of the reconstruction of the Sports Palace at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The contractors have promised …

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The DR and Haiti agreed to strive to achieve a better understanding of both nations, and signed agreements and protocols on migration, drug trafficking, culture, sports, education, health, and customs. In the memorandum on the meeting of President Leonel Fernández and President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince last weekend, both countries agreed to continue strengthening relations, …

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The director of Information, Analysis and Strategy of the Presidency, Carlos Doré Cabral considered that the recent trip of President Leonel Fernández to Haiti is a double triumph for the country. He said that it is part of the general strategy of the Fernández government to position the DR in an active leadership position in …

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The former ambassador of Haiti in the DR (1991-97), Guy Alexandre said that the visit of President Fernández is the climax of seven years of efforts to create a base for the understanding between the two people. President Rene Preval announced last weekend that he would visit the DR in August to attend the summit …

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Haiti and the DR have agreed to create a joint police force to patrol the frontier. The police would be in charge of the security of the border, would seek to impede the access of illegal citizens and control contraband of merchandise, primarily illicit drugs. The agreement was prepared by the bilateral Haiti-DR commission and …

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The DR and Haiti will execute a customs agreement as a first step towards the eventual signing of a free trade agreement between both countries. The customs agreement also seeks to eliminate merchandise contraband and customs fraud through the land frontier. The draft of the agreement is being improved by the DR and Haitian bilateral …

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Dominican health technicians will begin an exhaustive evaluation of the Haitian health situation this July. The survey will be carried out to determine the areas that need to be reinforced first in order to apply the health cooperation agreement signed by both governments. Dr. Rafael Schiffino, of the Ministry of Health, is the coordinator for …

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President Leonel Fernández traveled to Haiti with congressmen Amable Aristy Castro, president of the Senate, and who was one of only two PRSC senators in the 1998 senate that opens, and Hector Peguero Mendez (PRD-Independencia), president of the Chamber of Deputies. During the visit, President Fernández went out of his way to be photographed and …

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