1998 – Page 135

President Leonel Fernández traveled to Barahona to formally inaugurate the service of the Cayman Power Barge I, a floating ship with two power plants of 15 megawatts each. The power plant is near the Termoelectrica Barahona Uno, a power plant whose construction was started in the Balaguer administration, but for its completion there is no …

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The 16-20 April survey of political preferences carried out by the Listín Diario and Sigma 2, a Spanish polling company, indicates that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano is likely to obtain 51.6% of the congressional seats. The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana is in second place with 37.8% and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano is third …

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President Leonel Fernández campaigned in the southwest over the weekend, visiting Pedernales, Barahona, Azua, and Peravia provinces in support of the PLD candidates. Hoy reported that he was received enthusiastically wherever he went. In Baní, a young man handed him a bag of "mangos banilejos" (very tasty fruit). There were no incidents. President Fernández has …

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The opposition parties hope to capitalize on two deaths that occurred over the weekend, following violent incidents that are being linked to political campaigning, and pointed out as a sign of the government’s intolerance and thus reason why they should not receive more seats in Congress. President Leonel Fernández addressed the killings saying that no …

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Three weeks ago, Luís Toral Córdova, a former governor of the Central Bank, and PRSC candidate for senator of Barahona, coined the phrase used by the opposition to criticize the government party. "Come sólo" is the catchy phrase that signifies that the PLD wants everything for themselves, without leaving anything for anyone else. Last week, …

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The Listín Diario-Sigma 2 poll estimates that abstention during the congressional and municipal elections will be only 10% more than that registered during the 1996 presidential elections. Voter turnout in the Dominican Republic is unusually high, in part because voting is the thing to do on that day off. Voting, aside from civic duty and …

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Ana Mitila Lora, in a report in the Listín Diario, says that few Dominicans know who their congressional and municipal candidates are. The parties have refused requests from business organizations and Participación Ciudadana, a civic society group, to make known the curriculums of the candidates. The journalist says that some of the candidates for congressmen …

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The Listín Diario reports that an important hurdle to the increase in Dominican textile exports to the United States has been eliminated. The U.S. government is no longer requiring the ITA-270-A form which delayed exports. Textile industries say that the elimination of the form will enable companies to fulfill orders faster, making Dominican exports more …

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The firm Geo Consult is about to finalize exploration works contracted by the Dominican government to determine the feasibility of the commercial exploitation of a gold mine in the frontier area. The mine is said to contain vast deposits of gold, silver and sulfur, making it the largest open pit mine in the Americas, and …

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On occasion of the International Day of the Tree, the environment protection group, Organización Ecológica Infantil Mundo Verde spent a day caring for the trees on the Malecón, facing the Caribbean. Workers climbed trees to remove nails and screws, and posters of all sorts. The nails allowed contamination and salt spray which affected the trees.