1998 – Page 110

The Ministry of Public Health announced a measles vaccination blitz. The ministry expects to vaccinate 830,50 children from nine months to five years. The campaign is slated to begin at the end of next month and will cover the entire country. The project is expected to cost RD$9 million.

Minister of Public Works, engineer Diandino Peña said that the government will consult those that oppose the construction of nine 22-floor towers within the Plaza de la Salud hospital centers. Former President Joaquín Balaguer said that the towers would impede the completion of the medical complex as originally planned by University of Harvard specialists. Architect …

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The Listín Diario reported that the board of the Corporación Dominicana de Electridad (CDE), the state electricity utility, has decided not to authorize contracting energy from new private suppliers. The board has recommended that the CDE wait until the governmental Commission for the Reform of Public Enterprises determine the policies and rules that will regulate …

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National Police chief has ordered an investigation into the supposed suicide of Cuban anesthesiologist Jorge Enrique Trujillo Salgado. The deceased’s mother has disputed the motive of his death. She told the press he was happily married and was happy with his work in the DR. The physician attended reserve Air Force General Luis Santiago Pérez …

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Senator Milagros Ortíz Bosch favors a proposal of the Senate whereby Supreme Court Judges would be limited to a 75-year old age limit, but present judges, of which three would have to retire next year, would have a grace period of five years. The Supreme Court judges were appointed last year, when the previous court …

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Senator-elect Ginnette Bournigal de Jiménez invited President Leonel Fernández to visit the province. She said she would declare Puerto Plata in a state of emergency, urgently requiring government investment in infrastructure and attention to the historical heritage and appearance of the city. She called the attention of the government to the fact that Puerto Plata …

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The theater season opens at the National Theater 28 August through 13 December. The season is sponsored by The Shell Company. From 28 August to 30 September, the Flor de Bethania Abreu company will present "Actrices de José y Jornet," starring Margarita Baquero, Karina Noble, Monina Solá and Flor de Bethania Abreu. From 25 September …

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The President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper has accepted an official invitation from President Leonel Fernández to visit the Dominican Republic at the end of this month. The visit is part of President Leonel Fernández’s international scheme to impede that the DR continue to be used as the third link in the Colombia-Haiti-DR-Puerto Rico-US route that …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer expressed his concern over the construction of residential apartment buildings in the empty lots of the Plaza de la Salud, a modern conglomerate of specialized hospitals that was designed with the assistance of experts from the University of Harvard. The former statesmen said that the lots had been left for future …

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A heat wave has been affecting the DR for the past 72 hours. Temperatures have hit highs of 33 and 32 degrees Celsius combined with 70% humidity in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Early morning temperatures range from 23-25 degrees. The highest temperature in the DR was registered over the weekend in Jimaní, on …

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