1998 – Page 119

The local press has been giving front page coverage to the transformation of Santo Domingo’s principal avenues. In the meantime, Santo Domingo residents are suffering through the chaos of the expansion of several of the city’s key avenues. For instance, everyone’s life is affected by the underpasses that are being built under the 27 de …

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The local press is focusing on who will preside the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, won absolute majority in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies as of the legislature that opens 16 August 1998. The party now faces the challenge of choosing the presidents of the Senate and …

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The Telecommunications bill is now law after the Congress approved observations made by President Leonel Fernández. Law 153-98 modernizes the telecommunications business in the Dominican Republic.

Hatuey de Camps, secretary general of the PRD, said that the Congress, which as of 16 August 1998 will be dominated by PRD congressmen, will back measures that seek to reinforce government efforts to combat drug consumption and trafficking. General Barry McCaffrey, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a division of the …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa said that he first offered the post of director of the Escuela Nacional de la Magistratura, the new school to form Dominican judges, to the former president of the Supreme Court Manuel Bergés Chupani, who turned it down due to his old age. He …

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Commercial banks are buying US dollars for RD$14.35-RD$15.00. In the exchange houses and on the streets more pesos are offered for the dollar, or RD$14.80 and RD$15.05. Dollars are being sold in banks for RD$15.10 -RD$15.38.

A regional representative of the International Labor Organization, Carmen Moreno, during her visit to Santo Domingo, criticized that dozens of girls of all ages work on TV programs twisting and turning provocatively and wearing scant clothing not adequate to their age. She said several of the little girls lewdly contort as if in a cabaret. …

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According to Barry R. McCaffrey, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a division of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, told the Dominican press that the Dominican banking system is not yet infected by drug trafficking and money laundering. He urged Dominicans to increase controls so that this …

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The Dominican Government initiated works to widen the John F. Kennedy Avenue to ten lanes. Construction began on the south part of the avenue that after its crossing with Winston Churchill Avenue is known as the Duarte Highway. An additional lane will be added to each of the sides of the avenue. The government also …

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The General Attorney of the Nation, Abel Rodríguez del Orbe said that the choice of lawyer Juan Manuel Pellerano Gómez as director of the National Judge School was not a wise one. He foresaw that the decision will have pernicious influence in Dominican justice. Rodríguez del Orbe pointed out that Dr. Pellerano Gómez is the …

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