1998 – Page 178

The Minister of the Armed Forces, Admiral Ruben Paulino Alvarez, announced that 400 women army officers will be transferred to the National Police following a request made to this end by Chief of the Police, Mayor General Jose Aníbal Sanz Jiminián. The women will make up a new police force that will be assigned to …

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The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), engineer Hamlet Hermann, announced that the John F. Kennedy Avenue bus lane will operate in a manner similar to that of the Av. 27 de Febrero. Engineer Hermann had originally said the bus lane would be located in the center of the expressway. He now says the …

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Philip Kotler, renown author, professor and speaker, visited Santo Domingo last week to participate in the V Marketing Congress of the Universidad Catolica de Santo Domingo. This is the second time that Mr. Kotler visits Santo Domingo to participate in the university marketing week.

The government is promising that three of the largest public hospitals (Padre Billini, Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia and Luis E. Aybar) in Santo Domingo, now closed for major remodelling and maintenance works, will soon be ready. Once they are back in service, the government will carry out repairs at the Dario Contreras, Francisco …

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Ana Mitila Lora, well known journalist of the Listín Diario, described the first day of the National Dialogue, the talks being held from the 23 to 25 February to define the national agenda into the 21st century, as "an experience in participatory democracy without precedence in Latin America." As President Leonel Fernández had announced, the …

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Eduardo Serrano was recently elected president of the Associación de Hoteles de Santo Domingo. Serrano is assistant general manager of the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel, a Mariott operation. He pointed out that small and medium-sized hotels of Santo Domingo are suffering from the extended blackouts and have had to make heavy investments in emergency power plants …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, and self-appointed candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo, opened his city campaign on Sunday, with a caravan through city streets. Milagros Ortíz Bosch, actual PRD senator for Santo Domingo, who is seeking another run for Congress, and Johnny Ventura, candidate for vice mayor, joined …

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President Leonel Fernández opened the "Diálogo Nacional," debates stressing their importance and telling the more than 4,000 persons that filled the National Theater that "for the first time the Dominican people are participating in the building of our destiny." The National Dialogue is an open forum where groups and individuals can present proposals or witness …

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Temístocles Montas, general manager of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, continued to criticize the Smith-Enron contract to supply power to the state energy grid, saying that it was negotiated by National Palace officers against the recommendations of the state electricity utility technicians and international organizations, including experts of the World Bank. Last week it was …

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The Dominican government signed loans with the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington, D.C. last week for US$68.2 million. The loans will benefit the health and judicial sectors. Some US$61.2 million will go to programs being implemented by the Ministry of Public Health. The funds will be used to improve health services available to low income …

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