1998 – Page 46

The Consejo Estatal del Azúcar, the state sugar council, will donate 200 tareas (approx. 130,000 meters) to the Corporación de Fomento Industrial, that rules over government free zone industrial parks, for the expansion of the San Pedro de Macorís Industrial Free Zone Park. José Tomás Pérez signed for the CFI and Oscar Santiago Batista for …

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The Instituto Azucarero Dominicano, the Dominican sugar institute, reported that as of August 1998, the global production of sugar was 401,345 metric tons. Of this total, the state sugar council, CEA had produced 153,346 metric tons from December-August; and the private firms Central Romana 180,532 metric tons and Grupo Vicini 67,467 metric tons. Inazucar reported …

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The Senate passed a bill that changes the name of the principal port of entry of the DR to honor the late politician, mayor of Santo Domingo and leader of the PRD, José Francisco Peña Gómez. The Senate earlier had modified an original bill to the effect to annex the name of the politician to …

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Hipólito Mejía, vice president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, said he is taking a leave of absence from that post. Mejía is the leading aspirant to the post of candidate on the PRD ticket in the year 2000 presidential elections. Recently, the party ruled that those that aspire to be the presidential candidate of the …

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The Political Committee of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) ruled to ratify the decision of the party’s former leader, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez whereby three senators, 35 deputies and several mayors, deputy mayors and aldermen should hand in their posts to substitutes that were part of a political agreement made by the late party …

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If you are in Santo Domingo for 12 December, be sure not to miss the concert of the decade, a benefit. The Sammy Sosa Foundation, the 4-40 Foundation (Juan Luis Guerra), the Gloria Estefan Foundation, and the Foundation of Young Latin American Artists have joined efforts to present a mega concert at Altos de Chavón …

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Tuesday’s baseball games were suspended because of heavy rains in Santo Domingo and Santiago. Tonight, the Giants are scheduled to match the Tigers in San Francisco de Macorís. The Lions will face the Aguilas in Santo Domingo.

The government sent a brigade of 800 members of the Armed Forces and the National Police and 60 trucks and equipment to clean up the Las Americas International Highway. Hoteliers had complained that the delays in the clean up of the downed coconut trees gave a bad impression to those visiting the DR. The authorities …

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The director of the Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Estatales (Corde), architect Eduardo Selman does not agree with the assessment made to Molinos Dominicanos, the state flour mill by the Comisión de Reforma y Capitalizacion de la Empresa Pública, the government body in charge of privatizing state enterprises. The Comisión announced recently it has assessed the …

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The daily press has reported that the Autopista 30 de Mayo, the western extension of the George Washington Avenue will become a series of parks and gardens lit at night by a special lighting system that has a RD$20 million price tag. A lane has been added to both the southern and northern sides of …

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