1998 – Page 158

The secretary general of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) Lidio Cadet said that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) was behind the 42-day strike that affected the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the state university, and the recent skirmishes in slum area barrios. Cadet said that the PRD is trying to make life impossible …

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Radhamés Segura, the new administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) announced that the state electric utility will be holding a tender to select its seller of fuel. Segura is a former administrator of the Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo (Refidomsa), from which the government purchases fuel using Esso, Shell and Texaco as intermediaries. Segura …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority says that 120 buses will be in operation on the second public transport corridor starting in April. The second corridor will run from Km. 9 of the Autopista Duarte, along the John F. Kennedy Avenue, V Centenario Expressway, Av. Padre Castellanos, Av. San Vicente de Paul, Carretera Mella to end in …

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Rafael Corporán de los Santos, a former mayor of Santo Domingo who seeks to repeat on the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) ballot, challenged his opponent Roberto Salcedo of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) to explain where the millions he is financing his campaign with are coming from. "He is not a son …

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The First International Book Fair of Santo Domingo opens in this capital city on 23 April. The fair will last through 3 May. It is organized by the Dominican government at an estimated cost of RD$10 million. The organizing committee president is José Rafael Lantigua. Dominican publishing houses and authors hope to find new markets …

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The Shell Pan American GT is set to be held this weekend coinciding with the inauguration of the Las Americas Speedway along Las Americas Highway on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The first races of the National Speed Racing Championship will also take place from 28 to 29 March. Competitors are coming from the United …

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The List?n Diario reports that in the past six weeks there has been an increase in the number of illegal boat trips that have departed from Dominican coasts en route to Puerto Rico. The increase comes at a time when the U.S. and Dominican navies are participating in the Frontier Lance operation to combat drug …

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The Mayor of Santo Domingo, Rafael Suberv? Bonilla ordered that all political propaganda that may affect the visibility of drivers be removed. The city government had already advised the leading political parties of the decision. The municipality is also removing large signs that are located on pedestrian bridges. Recently, a woman denounced she was raped …

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The Feria Ganadera is taking place in the Ciudad Ganadera on the Malec?n of Santo Domingo. The annual event presents the best of Dominican agriculture and livestock farms. Farm products are also for sale at low prices. For instance, red beans are selling at the fair for RD$8 the pound, rice for RD$4.90 the pound, …

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Minister of Public Works engineer Diandino Pe?a said that the rehabilitation of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, the principal sports park of the country, is a top priority of the Fern?ndez administration. Eng. Pe?a told the press that the park will be repaired in its entirety. Works will start on the basketball pavilion, the …

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