1998 – Page 122

Manolo Quiroz of Color Visión, said the channel did not air "Nuria en el 9" last Saturday because the video of the program arrived past the deadline for the station check. He said the station revises the programming for sound and image quality and other technical aspects. He said when the decision was made, the …

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Angel Puello and TV show star Isha denied they are getting divorced, as speculated in the Listín Diario yesterday and reported on DR1. They did confirm that Isha’s father, Rafael Aracena resigned his post as general manager of Promovisión, the production company. "Nobody, absolutely nobody, is free of differences in matrimony and even divorcing, but …

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President Leonel Fernández’s participation in the upcoming Extraordinary Session on Drug Trafficking of the General Assembly of the United Nations will make for an excellent platform for the Dominican Republic to present to the world efforts carried out to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean, says Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina. President Fernández is …

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President Leonel Fernández is scheduled to travel to Port-au-Prince on 18 June to reciprocate the visit of Haitian President Rene Preval in March 1996. On the agenda of President Fernández is the signing of joint agreements with Haiti in the framework of the Lomé Convention European Union cooperation program. President Fernández also has a trip …

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The government is investing RD$25 million to remodel and expand the Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao. The airport is located in the center of Santiago, the country’s second largest city. With the expansion, larger airplanes will be able to land there. At present, the airport’s principal international connection is primarily provided by American Eagle that flies …

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The government has to decide whether it is to continue the liberal admission policy whereby all students requesting admission to the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, that fill minimum requirements of a high school degree, are admitted. Some 23,000 new students sought admission to the university this term, but the university says it does not …

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The Dominican Republic will take a list of 13 products to be exempt from the free trade agreement at present being negotiated with the Caribbean Community (Caricom). The fourth round of negotiations opens 26 May in Jamaica and will last through 28 May. The list of products is divided into those that will be permanently …

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In his usual enigmatic way, former President Joaquin Balaguer did not deny or confirm Partido Revolucionario Dominicano secretary general Hatuey de Camps’s statement that he (Balaguer) was sorry for having prosecuted former PRD man, President Salvador Jorge Blanco, for corruption in office. "About that I can’t comment because I am a friend of Castillo [Mario …

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The general public is invited to attend the exhibition of U.S. companies and U.S. goods and services at the Hotel Jaragua this June. The first two days of the exhibit are for previously scheduled meetings of businessmen. Those interested should contact the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy at (809) 221-2171. Some 60 U.S. companies …

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Hotelera del Atlántico continues its legal plight. The hotel operating company is the owner of the Bayside Inn hotel of Costambar that was forced to close down due to pollution caused by the nearby operation of the Smith-Enron power plant. The Hotelera del Atlántico, in a full page newspaper advertisement in the local press, says …

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