1998 – Page 31

The Public Ministery yesterday issued summons to testify for the second hearing on the murder of journalist Orlando Martínez Howley. Orlando, a vocal critic of the then-Balaguer government, was killed in his car in front of the campus of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) on March 17, 1975. The murder has long been …

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Two Dominican artists will be among the first from Latin America inducted into the Salón Internacional de la Fama de la Música Latina (The Latin Music Hall of Fame). Elected were Juan de Dios ("Johnny") Ventura and Johnny Pacheco. Ventura, whose name is synomynous with merengue and who is known affectionately as "The Father of …

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The Licey Tigers defeated the Cibao Eagles 2-1 last night in a game at Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo that went into a 10th inning. This is the 12th win for Licey in the Winter Professional Baseball Tournament. Meanwhile at Julián Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris, the Escogido Lions beat the Northeast Giants …

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U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will arrive around 11 pm tomorrow night for a 36-hour visit to the Dominican Republic. She will spend the night in Santo Domingo at the residence of the United States Embassy. The following morning she will visit the Center for Family Integration (CIF) and then meet at the Pontificia …

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The president of the Commission for Reform of Public Enterprise (CREP), Antonio Isa Conde, told the 1998 Energy Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (Enerlac ’98) that CREP will work to ensure that the upcoming privatization of the state-owned Dominican Electric Corporation (CDE) will not change tariffs for final consumers over the next four …

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The Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Temístocles Montás told reporters at Enerlac ’98 that the government cannot rescind the "onerous" contracts signed by the previous government with foreign generators Smith-Enron and Dominican Power. The Fernández government has complained that the contracts, signed during the administration of President Joaquín Balaguer, are unbalanced and oblige the government …

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The Senate Energy Matters Committee yesterday put the finishing touches on its report and recommendations to the plenary on the draft General Electricity Law. The Committee’s report will be sent to plenary today. The current draft law was sent to Congress after President Leonel Fernández rejected an earlier version passed by Congress. The bill would …

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The widow of Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, Peggy Cabral, said yesterday that the former leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), an ex-Santo Domingo mayor and presidential candidate, would never have accepted the honor of putting his name to the national airport if it meant causing national discord. "The greatness of Dr. Peña Gómez …

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies Hector Rafael Peguero Méndez send the National Budget yesterday for study by senators and deputies. At the time he did so he expressed his disappointment with the reduction in the Chamber of Deputies budget that was allotted by the Presidency. The Chamber of Deputies budget was reduced from …

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A representative of the World Bank’s division for Latin America and the Caribbean, Patricio Márquez said yesterday that the Bank will underwrite health sector reform in the Dominican Republic and help improve the effectiveness, efficiency, equity and quality of hospital services in the provinces. US$42 million will be invested in improving the physical plant, updating …

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