1998 – Page 33

The Press Office of the Presidency announced that U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton will deliver a message from President Bill Clinton to the Dominican people from the National Palace on Friday. The First Lady will commence a 24-hour visit on Friday morning with a visit to Dominican President Leonel Fernández, deliver her husband’s message to …

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The 1998 Energy Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (Enerlac ’98), organized by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) and the Technical Secretary of the Dominican Presidency, opens today in Santo Domingo at 6:30 pm, with an inaugural by President Fernández. He will speak on "Energy Policies of the Dominican Republic." On Friday the …

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The coordinator of the Organización Latinoamericana de Energía (OLADE) said, when interviewed by the Dominican press prior to the formal opening of the IV Conference on Energy in Latin America that Dominicans can forget about lower power bills following the privatization of the state electricity utility. Hector J. Ferro said that the process could mean …

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The leadership of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) decided yesterday to pull the PRD out of any and all dialogue and cooperation with government representatives in protest of President Leonel Fernández’s decision to veto a bill renaming the national airport. Last Friday President Fernández announced his veto of a bill to rename the airport outside …

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Santo Domingo Juan de Dios ("Johnny") Ventura wants major changes in how trash collection is managed in the capital by year-end. He has asked President Fernández to transfer the current contract from Dixi Sanitary to an unnamed Spanish firm interested in buying the contract and to completely restructure trash collection in the capital. Currently Dixi …

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The Northern Command of the National Police launched yesterday a "permanent vigilance" against youth gangs in Santiago schools identified by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) and the regional office of the Ministry of Education as having experienced gang troubles. Police units have been set up at the following schools: Los Ciruelitos, Pueblo Nuevo, Pekin, Pastor, …

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The Executive Commission for Health Sector Reform launched its provincial health system project yesterday. The program is intended to decentralize health care provision in the nation, which currently is heavily concentrated in and around Santo Domingo. It will emphasize special programs to improve and maintain the health of pregnant and breast feeding mothers and children …

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The President of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (REFIDOMSA), Francisco Javier García, told El Siglo yesterday that REFIDOMSA has met all requirements, changes, specifications and adjustments required of them by the Directorate General of Norms and Quality Systems (DIGENOR) for the changeover to unleaded gasoline on January 1. Beginning in January leaded gas will no longer …

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Queen Air is the newest alternative for flying to the United States, Europe and South America. The new airline will begin flying on the Santo Domingo-New York-Santo Domingo starting 1 December. Queen Air will be using an Airbus A-320 with capacity for 170 passengers. Emely Tours entrepreneurs, Julio Rosario and Emilia Pichardo hosted a reception …

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A documentary being filmed in the Dominican Republic about the famous Mirabal Sisters is slated for showing on the Discovery Channel. Las Mirabal are three sisters killed on November 25, 1959 for their open and vocal opposition to the dictator Rafael Trujillo. They became a focus of outrage against the Trujillo regime and a symbol …

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