1998 – Page 204

The Minister of Public Health, Dra. Altagracia Guzmán Marcelino, announced that the Spanish government will help equip the regional hospital of San Pedro de Macorís with a Traumatology unit. At present, the Darío Contreras Hospital of Santo Domingo is overburdened with the referral of cases from all around the country. The director of the new …

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A recent employment study made by the Harvard Institute for International Research, commissioned by the Central Bank, ascertained that male unemployment averages 15.9% in the Dominican Republic. This is much less than the 20-30% range perception. The study showed that unemployment has declined from last year’s estimate of 16.5%. The study shows 9.5% men to …

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The president of Dixi Sanitary Services, Jan Hendrickx, told the Listin Diario that while their contract for garbage collection was not transferred to the municipality, the government will reduce the payment of their service from monies transferred to the municipality every month. The government has a commitment to pay US$800,000 a month to Dixi, equivalent …

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Government income was up 32.5% last year. In 1997, the government tax collection departments received RD$33,962.2 million, up from RD$25,620.9 million in 1996. The government planning department had estimated collections to be above RD$34,000 million.

Jayson Gonzalez, the performer of the popular music group Los Ilegales who suffers from paralysis after a car accident over the holidays, was transferred to the Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, where he was interned in the intensive care unit. Press reports indicate that his treatment at the Universidad Central del Este hospital cost …

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Jacinto Peynado may accept to run for mayor of Santo Domingo for the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC). Peynado would accept the post in order to counteract the decision of the PRD to go with their leader, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, as candidate for mayor in the May 1998 municipal election. Press sectors say …

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Political analysts have been commenting that the self-proclamation of Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, leader of the PRD, as candidate for mayor of Santo Domingo, as a solution to the crisis in that opposition party, could become a greater problem than what it is hoping to resolve. Peña Gómez has admitted that because of his …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) determined that it is illegal that minibuses detour from their route to take the Mahatma Gandhi short cut. Residents in the area recently corded off the street in protest for the passing of the minibuses. Since February of last year there have been 19 deaths at the intersection of Mahatma …

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The Executive Branch authorized the construction of a US$25 million fuel terminal in Puerto Plata. Environmentalists and the tourism businesses in Puerto Plata oppose the installation of an Esso Standard Oil terminal. An environmental impact study done by the U.S. firm GeoChemical Engineering Inc. showed that Costambar, Cofresí and Riu Merengue tourism developments could be …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) announced the East-West route for transport in the city of Santo Domingo. The new bus route begins in Los Tres Ojos and will continue on through Las Americas, Calle 17 of the Ensanche Ozama, Club Rotario, Duquela, Avenida España, Puente Mella, Avenida Mexico, Calle Juana Saltitopa, Calle Ravelo, Calle Doctor …

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