1998 – Page 190

"Haiti, 50 Años de un Pueblo," is an exhibition of Haitian art now on exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Plaza de la Cultura in Santo Domingo. The exhibition presents works of 41 of some of the best Haitian painters of the past 50 years. The ministers of education and culture and tourism …

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The Dominican team defeated Puerto Rico in a four-hour long game that began the Caribbean Baseball Series currently being played in Puerto de la Cruz, Venezuela. Los Indios de Mayaguez (Puerto Rico) and Aguilas Cibaeñas (Dominican Republic) battled for 14 innings yesterday, before the Dominicans came from behind to win. Patricio Claudio made the hit …

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The government overspending in December is one of the main reasons for the informal devaluation of the Dominican peso. The National Budget execution figures for December reveal that the government spent RD$813.59 million on Christmas bonuses alone. The government gave full Christmas bonuses to everyone on its payroll. The Fernández administration had given government employees …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano have advanced on negotiations leading to an electoral alliance for the municipal and congressional elections scheduled for May 16, 1998. The PRD and the PRSC are the majority parties in Congress and the municipalities, not the incumbent party, the Partido de …

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President Leonel Fernández was present at the formal inauguration of the Casa del Mar resort, the first major hotel to open in the Bayahibe beach area. The 600 room hotel was built by the Bayahibe Beach Resort at a cost of RD$500 million. The Central Romana, which also owns Casa de Campo, the Hotel Santo …

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Minister of Public Works, Jimmy Duran told the press yesterday that work is advancing on completing the exits on the Duarte Highway that lead to Constanza, San Francisco de Macorís and the bypass of La Vega. He said the highway that crosses the D.R. from North to South would be completed by April 1. He …

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Ecology expert Domingo Abreu Collado alerted the nation, in the Hoy newspaper, that virgin areas of the Parque Nacional Sierra de Neiba, as declared by Presidential Decree 221 of 1995, are being deforested by Haitians and Dominicans who seek to sell wood to Haiti primarily for charcoal. The forest is in an area where important …

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The Dominican Republic signed six bilateral sports agreements with Latin American nations. Ministers of sports and deputy ministers from Latin America, Portugal and Spain were in Santo Domingo for the IV Ordinary General Assembly of the Iberoamerican Sports Council (CID). The D.R. signed agreements with Portugal (organization of sports events), Argentina (boxing), Peru (volleyball), Costa …

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The Dominican Republic’s Aguilas Cibaeñas will match the Indios de Mayagüez, from Puerto Rico in the first game of the Caribbean Series which opens tonight at 8 pm in Puerto de la Cruz, Venezuela. Peter O’Malley, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers will pitch the first ball. The games will be transmitted by radio and …

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Five financial groups, head by Ernest Burri, former president of the Compañía Dominicana de Teléfonos (Codetel), the largest telecommunications company in the country, have formed a consortium to capitalize and privatize the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE), the state electricity utility. The Consorcio Ecoenergético Dominicana is made up by the Grupo Financiero Popular, Intercontinental, Gerencial …

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