1998 – Page 120

The Junta Central Electoral proclaimed the winners of the congressional elections. As per the final results, the PRD won 24 senate seats, the PLD 4 and the PRSC 2. The PRD won 83 deputy positions, the PLD 49 and the PRSC 17. This list updates and corrects a previous listing published on the DR1. The …

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The National Theater announces the presentation of "Gran Baile de la Opera," which will bring together the National Symphony Orchestra, under the conduction of Maestro José Antonio Molina. Molina, a Dominican, directed the concert of Gloria Estefan in the Vatican, and was the principal arranger for the concert, "Pavarotti and Friends for War Children," held …

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Sunshine has been alternating with rain showers all throughout the Dominican Republic since Sunday. The rains are seen as a blessing. They bring the promise of more potable water supply. Water sources in the rivers and the hydroelectric dams of the country are filling up. The Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (CAASD), …

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Hoy newspaper gave front page coverage to the concern of Technical Secretary of the Presidency Temistocles Montás that the Dominican Republic has become a net exporter of capitals. The Dominican Republic is disbursing more for interest rate payments and amortizations than the flow of capital it is receiving for new loans. This is so primarily …

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President Leonel Fernández appointed a mixed commission of government and business organizations to prepare a bill that would set the rules for regulating the hiring of consulting and supervising services for government construction works. Construction works are seen as one of the major sources of corruption and waste of government resources. As per Decree 200-98, …

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A University, Technology and Business Summit will be held in Santo Domingo Thursday 28 May through Saturday 30 May. The conference is sponsored by several Dominican government institutions including the Dominican Republic Investment Promotion Office, the Dominican Insitute of Industrial Technology, the Commision for Reform and Modernization of the State, the Technical Secretariat of the …

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Partido Revolucionario Dominicano presidential hopefuls Rafael Suberví Bonilla (at present Mayor of Santo Domingo and congressman for Barahona as of August 1998) and Hipólito Mejia (a former minister of agriculture, today farm produce exporter) separately announced their aspirations to the PRD presidential candidate nomination for the year 2000 election. Earlier, in an interview with the …

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The political secretary of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano asked that party leader, 91-year old Dr. Joaquín Balaguer decide now if he will be the party’s candidate in the year 2000 presidential elections. Dr. Balaguer will be 93 years old for the 16 May 2000 election. Federico Antún Batlle said that the party, today the …

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The executive vice president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, Arturo Villanueva explained that tourists to the Dominican Republic during the first trimester of the year came principally from the following countries. Note that there are over 38,000 hotel rooms in the DR and the nation received over two million visitors in 1997. The …

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The Dominican Republic is the new pretty girl of the American outbound travel industry. An American Society of Travel Agent/Fodor Travel Publications survey released today includes the Dominican Republic for the first time in the survey. The Dominican destinations are ranked third among Caribbean destinations, behind Mexico and Costa Rica. Punta Cana was especially signaled …

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