1998 – Page 201

American Airlines announced a seasonal sale on fares to and from the Dominican Republic. Fares apply for tickets purchased on or before 22 January for travel on Tuesday to Thursday up to 30 April 1998. Fare reductions are not valid for several peak holiday travel days. For example, the sale brings down American Airlines fares …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority of Santo Domingo (AMET) is promising that some 300 new 40-passenger buses will be in transit in city streets by summer, providing significant relief to the transport chaos presently affecting the city. Engineer Hamlet Hermann said that while the first corridor will be that of the 27 de Febrero, where the …

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The Licey Tigers defeated the Aguilas Cibaeñas for their seventh consecutive win in their quest for the title of champion of the Dominican Winter Baseball League. The Escogido team opposes Licey in Santo Domingo tonight, and the Aguilas will match the Estrellas in San Pedro de Macorís’s Tetelo Vargas stadium. The Tigres del Licey lead …

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Talks that will lead to a revision of aviation agreements with the European Union and the United States will begin in Santo Domingo on 19 January. The first talks will be held with British authorities. Lawyer Vitelio Ortiz, director of the Civil Aviation Board, said that talks would continue in February with representatives of France …

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The Dominican Republic signed an aviation agreement with Guatemala. The director of the Civil Aviation Board says that for the agreement to go into effect it needs to be sanctioned by Congress in both countries. The agreement includes restrictions for the transportation of passengers and cargo picked up here for a third country.

The Listín Diario pointed out that one of the complaints, deposited in court against Reformista deputy Adriano Sánchez Roa, says he simulated purchases of rice for RD$27 million when he was head of Banco Agrícola, the state agriculture bank. According to the news item, at the end of his administration, purchases were made from farmers …

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Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, attributed to commercial interests the irregular passing of the telecommunications bill by Congress. Peña Gómez spoke shortly before leaving the country for medical check up at the Sloane Kettering Memorial Center in New York City. He suffers from cancer of the pancreas. According to …

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President Leonel Fernández will fly to Honduras for the swearing in of the new chief of state of that Central American nation, engineer Carlos Roberto Flores, scheduled for 27 January. The press department of the Presidency said that the Dominican statesman would depart for Honduras after attending the celebrations here for Juan Pablo Duarte, father …

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Customs confiscated a cargo of falsified Microsoft Office 97 software in CDs, with an estimated value of RD$740,000. The Business Software Alliance, and its Dominican branch, Asociación Dominicana de Productos de Software (Prosoft) had alerted the District Attorney about the cargo. The falsified CDs, found inside a box of soup, were declared as music CDs. …

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