1998 – Page 123

A Dominican rum company is ranked 30th in the world in sales of spirits. The Listin Diario cites a report in Impact International that mentions that sales of Brugal were the second fastest growing of any kind of alcoholic beverages last year, only surpassed by sales of Sauza tequila from Mexico. The publication covers alcoholic …

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By August, tourists visiting the Dominican Republic may be able to tour the coastline on board a tall ship. A new company will be operating the 80 meter long "La Hispaniola" tall ship that may be hired for excursions by tourists, for weddings, private parties, business meetings or for social events. The ship has capacity …

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The Listín Diario show business pages speculate that TV star Isabel Aracena (Isha) is about to divorce her husband-producer Angel Puello. The two have a little girl, the result of their five-year marriage. Isha was not available for comment. The newspaper speculated that aside from financial problems the production company is having, there is added …

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The "Nuria en el 9" TV program did not air on Saturday, after the program was censored by Color Visión, the television station on which it appears. According to the Listín Diario, Saturday’s program was a dramatization of events leading to the assassination of 12-year old José Rafael Llenas Aybar, based on questioning of the …

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The Partido Revolucionario Dominicana and its allies’ congressional candidates obtained 1,075,027 votes in the 16 May election, for a 51.35% of the valid votes cast. The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana was favored with 653,966 votes, 31.24% of the total. The Partido Reformista Social Cristiano obtained 352,240 votes, or 16.83%. The results are contained in …

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Secretary General of the PRD, Hatuey Decamps, during press talks at Hoy newspaper, said that former President Joaquín Balaguer supposedly confessed to him having been mistaken for prosecuting former President Salvador Jorge Blanco for corruption in office. Former President Balaguer has not yet denied the supposed confession. Jorge Blanco seeks to be acquitted by the …

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Luis Palma de la Calzada and Martin Palma Meccia, husband and son of the former Argentinean ambassador in the Dominican Republic, were formally notified by the Ministry of Justice of Argentina to return to the Dominican Republic to stand trial. They are requested to attend the hearing on the case of 12-year old José Rafael …

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Lawyers and family of Retired General Luis Santiago Pérez, brutally clobbered to death by a gang Partido de la Liberación Dominicana militants, denied that the later was under the effects of marijuana as his autopsy has shown. They say that Dr. Sergio Sarita Valdez, chief of the government forensic department, and deputy Minister of Health, …

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Secretary General of the Dominican Municipal League, Julio Maríñez froze the flow of government funds to the municipalities from 17 May to 16 August. He said the measure follows provisions in Law 584 that seek to safeguard the resources for the next city administrations that begin on 16 August.

Dominican congressmen, or at least the majority of those that are part of the 1994-1998 congress, are known for their turtle pace when studying and passing bills that would benefit the nation. But when it comes to passing bills to monetarily favor themselves, their industriousness is impressive. With only 22 of 120 deputies remaining, the …

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