1998 – Page 165

While El Niño has brought floods to the United States and South American nations, the contrary has happened in most of the Dominican Republic. Only Montecristi, in the northwest has recently suffered intense rains and floods. The rest of the land has suffered the effects of a long drought. President Leonel Fernandez declared that the …

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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced a slight reduction in the price of fuel. Unleaded gasoline will now sell for RD27.90, leaded for RD$22 and gasoil, for RD$12.90. If the government had not authorized the price reduction, it would have received an additional RD$1,800 million in fuel tax income, according to a report in …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the organizer of elections in the Dominican Republic, announced that the municipal and congressional election of 16 May 1998 will be held in three stages, such as occurred during the presidential election of 1996. Women voters must be at the polls from 6 to 8:30 am in order to present identification, …

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The PRSC and the PRD had not completed their list of candidates for the municipal and congressional elections hours before the deadline, according to a report in Hoy newspaper. Internal problems have affected the completion of the lists. In many cases, primaries were held and later disregarded as the leaders of the parties were whom …

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Dr. Donald Reid Cabral said that the list of names published by the Listín Diario on 16 March with supposedly the choices of the PRSC for deputies is not an official list. The PRSC had not yet chosen its candidates as of 16 March, he said. The parties have up to midnight, 17 March, to …

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In an almost 10-hour Government Council session the government approved several of the measures suggested during the National Dialogue, the nationwide talks held to establish the priorities of the nation. The measures include the elimination of all the non-tax barriers to foreign trade. Also, the preparation of a decree to start the implementation of the …

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President Leonel Fernández rejected the suggestion of the leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, that he take a leave of absence. When asked about this by journalists he replied, "a leave of absence, for what?" A spokesman for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, the government party, said that …

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District Attorney Francisco Domínguez Brito said that the two brothers accused of over a RD$5 million fraud against Bancrédito using ATM cards will remain in jail, despite a court order to the contrary. Judge Alexis Henríquez Núñez released brothers Carlos Arturo and Rafael Emilio Santamaría Gonell on the technicality that a prison order from competent …

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Jorge Pérez Vento, the Cuban coach of the Dominican volleyball team, said he rejected an offer of US$20,000 a month plus all expenses paid for himself and his family to train in Japan. He said he has a commitment to lead the Dominican women’s volleyball team to win a world championship, adding this is a …

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Marine biotechnology is being used in the East to help increase the fish population. Tourists traveling to Bayahibe will benefit from the planting of several reef balls in the turquoise waters of Bayahibe in the area of the National Park of the East. These are known as artificial reefs or hotels for fish and marine …

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