1998 – Page 187

The Junta Central Electoral, the organization in charge of the electing government officers, ruled that 25% of the candidates for municipal and congressional posts must be women. In the May 16, 1998 election, some 30 senators and 149 deputies will be elected.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) announced that the bus corridor of John F. Kennedy Avenue will be operational by 27 of February. The second express lane for buses and public transport will operate differently from the lane on 27 de Febrero Avenue. The bus lane of the Kennedy is being designed in the middle of …

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The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), the government party, will begin construction of a new 10-floor tower adjacent to its present party headquarters on Independencia Avenue. Architect Eduardo Selman, who is Technical Secretary of the Presidency, and secretary general of the party, professor Lidio Cadet, made the announcement. They said monies would come from …

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During an interview with the Listin Diario on occasion of his participation in the Latin American forum on modernization of state enterprises which gathered several former Latin American chiefs of state in Santo Domingo, former President of Venezuela, Luis Herrera Campins, said that Dominicans have assimilated globalization and kept their customs. He commented that while …

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Press reports indicate that former President Joaquín Balaguer has recovered from his cold that had kept him from his routine afternoon walk on the Avenida Mirador. But the former statesman has not resumed his walks as, reportedly, he is keeping away from being pestered by PRSC members who are in disagreement with the results of …

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El Siglo reported that the District Attorney of Santo Domingo discarded the complaint against Canadian Keith Coutlee pressed by family members of the late Yolanda Pérez Paulino and her maid María Vicente Cordero who had accused Coutlee of possible homicide. The investigations confirmed that the two women died in a bizarre accident whereby the Mitsubishi …

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According to El Siglo newspaper, the renown Dominican composer and musical director and performer, Juan Luis Guerra is preparing a new CD, expected to be launched this summer. Juan Luis Guerra is the most successful Dominican merengue star of all times, performing to sellout crowds in the United States, Latin America and Europe. He has …

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The Minister of Public Works, Jimmy Duran, said that construction works on the Autopista Duarte, the main thoroughfare of the nation, will be completed by 30 March. The works began in 1994 in the last presidency of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer. Minister Duran said that the expansion of the highway’s 178 kilometers is costing Dominicans more …

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The Grupo de Países Latinoamericanos y del Caribe Exportadores de Azúcar (Geplacea) will meet in Santo Domingo in October to determine the strategy of that organization in order to preserve and develop the sugar industry into the new century in view of world and regional prospects. Representatives from 23 countries are expected at the XXXIVth …

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Some 9,850 persons lost their savings in the collapse of Momentum, a pyramid-type operation that paid members 20 to 36% monthly interest on savings. The depositors’ savings were not insured by the government or any other institution. Some persons lost as much as RD$1 million. Momentum was located at Plaza Merengue and offered a calling …

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