1998 – Page 116

The Government of President Leonel Fernández created the Oficina Rectora para la Reforma y Modernización del Sector Agua Potable y Saneamiento. The office will oversee the reform and modernization of efforts to improve potable water service. Onofre Rojas, director of the government modernization and reform office, explained that the idea is to go decentralizing little …

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President Leonel Fernández will inaugurate the first Expo Reforma Internacional at the Riverbank State Park of New York City. The exhibition will be presented in an area that is densely populated by Dominican expatriates. As part of the exhibition opening activities, President Fernández will speak on the privatization of government enterprises and on why to …

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President Leonel Fernández, in a meeting at the National Palace with the board of directors of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad and the Comisión de Reforma de la Empresa Pública, the government committee in charge of the privatization of government enterprises, said that as of July the distribution and marketing of power will be in …

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No official explanation has been given for the several trucks and mechanical shovels that extracted hundreds of cubic meters of sand from Long Beach, the public beach of Puerto Plata city. The trucks removed the sand in violation to Decree 2125 of 1972 that declared Long Beach a tourism priority and of national interest its …

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The pilots’ strike that has paralyzed Air France operations affected passengers that had booked Air France flights to Paris yesterday. Strike Flight 698 from Paris was cancelled, affecting several passengers who had traveled to the airport to take the 4:40 pm flight to Paris.

There is a bill in congress that would change the name of the Las Americas International Airport to the Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez International Airport. The airport is the nation’s principal port of entry for passengers. A report in El Siglo newspaper gives the history of name changes of the airport. The first airport …

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Santo Domingo Mayor Rafael Suberví Bonilla estimates in RD$25,000 million the cost of resolving the accumulated water that affects traffic in Santo Domingo streets when it rains. Suberví said that the city government cannot afford this investment that will have to be carried out by the central government. He explained that a study carried out …

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Twelve national artists and international groups will be the stars of the Festival Presidente de Música Latina that opens in Santo Domingo this coming 26 June and will last the weekend. The stars are Milly Quezada, Fernando Villalona, Los Hermanos Rosario from the Dominican Republic. From abroad, Mexican Alejandro Fernández, Spanish duo Azucar Moreno, Puerto …

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Bienvenido Rojas, of El Siglo reports that Dominicans batters are having a great season start in Major League baseball. As of 1 June 1998, six Dominicans had double-digit figures in homeruns. These are Alex Rodríguez, with 21, who leads the American League. Others are Samuel Mejía with 15, Raul Mondesí14, Henry Rodríguez 12, Moisés Alou …

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The Dominican Weather Department says 10 hurricanes are forecast for the season that opened 1 June in the Caribbean. The named hurricanes for this season are Alex, Bonnif, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Georges, Hermine, Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, Lisa, Mitch, Nicole, Otto, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tomas, Virginie and Walter. The Atlantic Basin hurricane season, which includes …

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