1998 – Page 112

The Annual Meeting of the Inter American Committee of Women of the Organization of American States will meet in Santo Domingo in November. Gladys Gutiérrez, director of the Office for the Promotion of Women of the Dominican Republic traveled to Washington to participate in the event where the program of the event was discussed. The …

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"La Industria Eléctrica en la República Dominicana," is the title of a new book on sale that explains the evolution of the electricity industry. Engineer Angel Cruz Diloné spent three years gathering data for the book. Engineer Cruz Diloné is employed in the production department of the CDE.

Puerto Rican Ricky Martin is the star of the II Festival de Música Latina Presidente that will be held 26-28 June at the Olympic Stadium of Santo Domingo. Martin is the interpreter of the theme song of the world soccer championships, France 98. He will perform in the Festival Presidente on Friday, 26 June. Also …

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The national women’s teams of Peru will face the Dominican national teams this week in preparatory matches towards both countries’ participation in the World Volleyball Games to be held in November in Japan. Next month, the Dominican women will travel to Peru to compete in a tournament where several of the top ranked teams of …

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It is likely that apparel production at Dominican industrial free zones will receive a boost by year’s end. During a meeting with President Leonel Fernández at the White House, President Bill Clinton agreed to include the Dominican Republic in a trade agreement with Africa, that is expected to be passed by both the House of …

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The Hotel Association forecasts a drop of 10 to 15% in total hotel occupancy this year. Nevertheless, the Association said that total revenues will be up due to rate increases. The decline in occupancy is attributed to an expected drop from 220,000 to 150,000 arrivals from the United Kingdom. Less British visitors will come this …

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The DR1 News and Information Service will not be updated tomorrow, a national holiday. June 11 is Corpus Christi Day in the Dominican Republic. The DR1 daily news service will be back on Friday, with news compiled for Thursday and Friday. DR1 is not published on Saturday, Sunday and national holidays.

President Leonel Fernández will meet with US President Bill Clinton in Washington D. C. today at 5 pm. President Fernández had traveled to New York City to attend the UN Drug Summit. The trip to Washington was not on the agenda released to the Dominican press prior to the trip. The Listín Diario reported that …

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The Listín Diario indicated that Ramon Alburquerque has secured the vote of 20 senators in his quest to win the presidency of the Senate. Contending senators are Milagros Ortíz Bosch (Distrito Nacional) and Vicente Sánchez Baret (Cotuí). While Milagros Ortíz Bosch is the most voted Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) candidate in the congressional elections, Senator …

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El Siglo newspaper commented on the high cost of producing graduates at the state university, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. The university aspires to be allotted 5% of the total government budget for 1999. The 5% of the budget would be more than the 4% of the budget that all the municipalities of the country …

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