1998 – Page 172

The president of the World Bank, James D. Wolfenshn, will meet with President Leonel Fernandez today. According to a report in the newspaper Hoy, on top of Wolfenshn’s agenda is the Smith-Enron power plant issue. The International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank, is co-financier of the power plant in violation of two …

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The Navy is using its dredge to remove the lilacs covering the Isabela River that feeds the Ozama River, the main rivers of Santo Domingo. The lilacs (Eichonia Grassipes) are damaging the ecology of the rivers, causing the death and migration of fish. The lilac is capable of producing up to 70,000 plants that cover …

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To please its followers, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) is splitting congressional positions. The party would divide in two-year periods at least 30 congressional seats. The formula has been tried in the past, but it has not worked. Some 10 deputies elected in 1994, who supposedly agreed to hand their congressional seats to runner ups …

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Singer and actress 28-year old Mariah Carey traveled to Santo Domingo to complete her divorce. She had been married for five years to Sony Music executive Tommy Mottola, who discovered her in an audition while she was a struggling waitresss in New York City and made her famous. Mottola fell in love with Carey and …

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The Monetary Board ruled that exchange banks must open a special account in hard currency in commercial banks to cover the hard currency demands of their clients. The accounts will primarily be used for the payment of imports and services. The resolution dated 5 March also rules that commercial banks must sell all hard currency …

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Dr. Jose Francisco Peña Gómez, president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, the leading opposition party, criticized that government officers are choosing public works contractors in an "arbitrary" and "capricious" way. Peña Gómez, who is his party’s candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo in the 1998 election, criticized new Minister of Public Works Diandino Peña’s decision …

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Judge Julio Cesar Cano Alfau postponed for 28 May the case against Mario Jose Redondo Llenas, Juan Manuel Moliné Rodríguez ,and against Luis Palma de la Calzada and Martin Palma Meccia, the husband and son of the former Argentine ambassador in the country. The four are the principal accused of the assassination of 12 year …

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The Listín Diario published an interview by Ana Mitila Lora with Dominican ambassador in Washington, D. C., Bernardo Vega, that focused on U.S.-DR issues of interest such as a recent Washington Post article, regional trade integration and the delays in the appointment of a U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic   Washington Post articleAmbassador Vega …

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Mayor Rafael Suberví Bonilla announced the city hall as invested over RD$18 million to purchase and install 30 intelligent traffic lights at the George Washington (Malecón), Máximo Gómez, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy avenues in order to expedite the flow of traffic. He said the installation of the new traffic lights is part of …

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Dominican consul in New York City, Bienvenido Pérez ,denied charges made on a four-minute NBC television program whereby he transports large amounts of money using the diplomatic pouch. The program also pointed out that the consul is not accredited by the U.S. State Department, to which Pérez said that the paperwork is underway. He stated …

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