1998 – Page 143

Most Dominicans feel President Fernández government is doing all right. Dominicans polled in a Listín Diario-Sigma Dos poll said that the Fernández administration’s performance has been okay (41%), good (20.9%) or very good (2.0%). 33.7% described it as bad (27%) or very bad (1.6%). In the same poll, 52.5% of Dominicans said they feel the …

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Fifteen countries are participating in the II Bolsa Turistica del Caribe at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel. Trade show that is open for professionals from during weekdays and to the general public on Saturday. Luis Felipe Aquino is the organizer of the event. The BTC expanded this year to 15 countries, up from five participating countries …

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According to a Listín Diario-Sigma Dos poll, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano will sweep the National District (Santo Domingo) in the 16 May 1998 municipal and congressional elections. Santo Domingo is the most important electoral plaza in the country. The leading newspaper contracted Sigma Dos, a prestigious Spanish polling firm, which determined that 47% of city …

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It seems residents in the DR will have a respite from blackouts at least until the 16 May elections. Smith-Enron is reportedly generating 170,000 kilowatts of 185,000; and two of the brand new 34.5 kilowatt turbogas AEC Alsthom French plants are on line. The plants are costly to operate. President Fernández is scheduled to formally …

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In a yet clarified incident, PRD militant Victor Manuel Pérez was shot while taking place in a PRD political caravan. As reported in Hoy newspaper, Deputy Tony Raful said PLD militants were responsible for the death. The candidate to senator for the PLD for the province of Maria Trinidad Sánchez, Carlos Santana said this was …

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The director of the Dominican Republic’s Civil Aviation Board, lawyer Vitelio Mejía Ortíz said that his department is hard at work so that the objective of President Fernández, that the DR become a model for civil aviation in the Caribbean and Central America, be achieved. The DR CAB is implementing a program which would again …

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Antonio Emilio Ornes accepted the challenge to restore profitability to El Caribe, the leading daily in the 60s and 70s, which thereafter fell behind the competition. Antonio Emilio Ornes takes over from his father, German Ornes, who passed away last week after a long illness. Ornes is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of …

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Consul general of Cuba, Miguel Pérez Cruz said that trade between Cuba and the DR is less than US$50 million a year. He said that Cuba mainly sells pharmaceuticals and construction materials such as cement to the DR, and purchases supplies for its tourism industry. Consul Pérez Cruz said that maritime transport is a problem, …

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José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader and candidate to mayor for Santo Domingo for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) said that the PRD would hold its National Convention soon after the 16 May municipal and congressional elections. He said that the party plans to have chosen and proclaimed its presidential candidate before the year is over. …

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Coach Jorge Pérez Vento of the Dominican Women’s Volleyball team said that the Dominican Republic was not favored by the draw for the World Games scheduled for Tokyo in November. He said the Dominican Republic was picked in the same group as Germany, Brazil and Russia. He said these are among the strongest teams. Germany …

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