1998 – Page 200

The Junta Central Electoral, in charge of organizing elections in the Dominican Republic, announced a consensus of political parties to eliminate the indelible red dye used to mark the index finger of the right hand of those voting. The colegios cerrados , or closed voting stations, that were used in the 1996 presidential election for …

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The Constitution does not contemplate the position of vice mayor as approved by Congress, and thus the Junta Central Electoral ruled yesterday that in the congressional and municipal elections of this year the post of vice mayor, as established by new law 23-98, will not appear on the ballot. This should bring much controversy, especially …

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The wake for modern Dominican merengue music performer, Jayson González, of the musical group Ilegales, established a new record in attendance at the Funeraria Blandino. Security personnel of the funeral house had to designate lines so that the thousands that came to say goodbye and offer condolescences to relatives could enter in an orderly fashion. …

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There seems to be no way of stopping the Licey Tigers in their quest for the 1997-98 Dominican Winter Baseball League Championship. Pitcher Carlos Pérez led the Tigers who defeated the Escogido 4-0 yesterday at the Quisqueya Ball Park. The Licey has set a record of most consecutive victories in a round robin with eight. …

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Radhamés Segura, president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, says that the government is evaluating the decline in the price of fuel on international markets to determine whether domestic reductions for fuel here are in order. News reports indicate that petroleum prices are at a 45-month all time low in the London market. In the past …

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José Fermín (Jayson) González, the Los Ilegales modern Dominican music group performer, died yesterday 33 days after a paralyzing car crash on December 13 on the Duarte Bridge. He died from a general infection caused by complications resulting from his spinal cord lesion at 6:50 pm at the Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, the …

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The Dominican Republic would be one of the most affected countries if Mexico is authorized to sell within the preferential sugar market of the United States. Mexican sugar exporters aspire to a 250,000 metric ton raw sugar quota. The Dominican Republic has the largest quota within the U.S. preferential market, exporting 357,060 metric tons to …

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The Listín Diario cites excerpts from official documents whereby the D.R. has reached agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica for an open skies aviation treaty. The El Salvador airline, TACA, aspires to travel to the D.R. from Central America and also to pick up passengers here traveling to the United States. This has …

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Julio Maríñez, president of the Dominican Municipal League, and who hoped to win the Partido Revolucionario Dominican nomination for mayor of Santo Domingo in the May 1998 municipal elections, said yesterday that the self-proclamation of Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez as candidate for mayor Santo Domingo has done away with that party’s internal democracy. Peña …

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The Dominican government signed an agreement with the European Union and the Escuela Andaluza Española de Salud Pública of Spain to implement a RD$30 million program to prevent AIDS in the country. The program will be financed with European Union funds under the Lome Convention program. Dr. Max Puig signed for the Dominican government. The …

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