1998 – Page 6

Three Kings Day will take place on 6 January as has been traditional. Law 139 of June 1997 established that the holiday would be moved to Monday, 4 January, but the Ministry of Work overrode the decision and established that stores should stay open on the Monday and Tuesday leading to 6 January. The Ministry …

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As has occurred for years, the new Senate in office since 16 August 1998 left behind several important bills. The Senate is predominantly in the hands of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano that has all but three senators. The senators will not meet again until 27 February 1999. Among the bills the senators, busy with issuing …

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December is to Dominicans what August is to Europeans… very little work gets done. Indeed there is little news these days because everyone is out shopping, partying or preparing for Christmas and New Year partying. News reports are that Duarte Avenue, Mella Avenue and Conde Peatonal are packed as is the city’s largest shopping mall …

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The city government of Santo Domingo is endorsing the construction of the Biblical Park, a project promoted by Father Manuel Ruiz. Visitors to the park will travel through scenes of the Bible from Genesis to the Apocalypsis. The park will feature movie houses, churches, a library, sports areas, exhibition halls, restaurants, an amphitheater, a book …

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Nicolas Eastwick-Field, a well known sales and marketing specialist, has been hired by Allegro Resort Corporation as executive vice president of their Hotel Management Company division. He will be responsible for new businesses, as well as strengthening international relations of the company, reported Benny Guevara, the company’s chief executive. He has more than 33 years …

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Do not miss the 1998 Nativity Concert at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo. The Choir of the Cathedral, directed by Jos? E. Delmonte Peguero will delight all with its Christmas music on 25 December, Christmas Day at 8 pm. Attend early, because seats at the Cathedral are limited. The event is sponsored by the Patronato …

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The Ministry of Public Works has alerted drivers of heavy cargo trucks and vans, motorcycles, pedestrians, horse-driven carts and peddlers that the tunnels of the 27 de Febrero Expressway are off limits to them. The Expressway is expected to open later this month. The Ministry reports that works are about to conclude at the underpasses …

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President Leonel Fern?ndez was present at the inauguration of the new bridge built over the Ban? River in the southwestern province of Peravia. The bridge replaces the other one that dates back to 1955. The new bridge was said to cost the state RD$37 million. The bridge brings relief to traffic bottlenecks that resulted from …

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In 1998 there have been 69 accidents on the Las Americas Highway that links Santo Domingo with San Pedro de Macor?s in the Southeast. The community organization, "Iniciativa para la Salud y la Integraci?n para el Desarrollo Comunitario" told Hoy newspaper that this year 69 persons died in traffic accidents. Of these almost half died …

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PRD dissident, Hector Rafael Peguero M?ndez said that he will wait until January to decide who he will support in the Dominican Municipal League secretary general elections scheduled for 26 January. The post is important because the secretary general is influential in deciding moneys allotted of the 4% National Budget cut to each municipality. While …

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