1998 – Page 186

Milly Quezada won the El Soberano, the highest honor rendered to an artistic performer in the D.R. Engineer Rafael Menicucci, general manager of the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana that sponsors the event, handed her the award together with Napoleón Beras, president of the Dominican showbusiness writers association, Acroarte, organizer of the Casandra Awards Night. Milly Quezada …

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An alliance between the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano and the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano would be a major final career triumph for the nation’s wisest politician ever, Dr. Joaquin Balaguer, according to a commentary today in Hoy newspaper. This alliance would permit the nonagenarian to maintain the veto power in Dominican politics, forcing government and opposition …

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The maximum street-selling price of the dollar yesterday was RD$14.48, according to a report in Hoy, following the injection of US$10 million into the commercial bank system by the Central Bank. The official government quote for the currency is RD$14.02.

Deputy Secretary of State for the Caribbean and Central America John Hamilton visited President Leonel Fernández yesterday. His visit came at a time when the U.S. has not yet replaced Ambassador Donna J. Hrinak who left for an ambassadorial post in Bolivia on 12 December 1997. Speaking to the press after his interview with the …

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A group of renown Dominican businessmen meeting with President Leonel Fernández on Friday recommended that the government devaluate the peso. The Central Bank has opposed the devaluation on grounds that it would increase the cost of living, affecting the majority of the population. Measures taken by the Central Bank to counteract the increase in money …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, announced that he would propose to the board of that political party a series of conditions under which he would recommend that the organization participate in the National Dialogue. The PRD had until now said it would not participate in the talks that are …

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Secretary general of the PLD, Lidio Cadet, criticized Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, saying the leader of the rival Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) was "incoherent." He referred to talks of an alliance between the PRD and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC). He recalled that the PRD leader had said when the PLD allied with …

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The Ministry of Tourism and other government institutions are implementing a pilot program in Boca Chica, a tourist area half an hour’s distance from Santo Domingo, in an effort to erradicate the prostitution of children by visitors. The program is known as "Strategy for the Prevention and Care of Children and Teenagers Victims of Prostitution …

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Forty-year old Hans Hoelzel, "Falco", the renown Austrian rock star who gained world fame for his "Rock Me, Amadeus" song, and a personal friend of Formula One champion Niki Lauda, was killed in a traffic accident on the Puerto Plata-Sosua highway, near La Gran Parada. He died when the jeep he was driving crashed into a …

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Petra Rondon of the Listin Diario reports that authorities expect some 80,000 French tourists to visit this year, up from last year’s 40,000. In 1997, Air France increased its flights to the D.R. and AOM began its flights to Punta Cana. As a result there are now 10 flights a week from Paris to this …

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