1998 – Page 63

Former President Balaguer has accepted to testify in the case of 12-year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, according to press reports. Reportedly Judge Julio Cesar Cano Alfau of the Sixth Penal Chamber received a letter in which nonagenarian Balaguer requests preferential treatment and so that he may testify in writing or be allowed to testify …

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The five members of the Chamber of Accounts, the government body that supervises the use of government funds, said they would resign if that decision would avert a crisis of Dominican institutions. The new members of the Chamber of Accounts were recently hand-picked by the government. Hugo Arias Fabián, Alcides Benjamín Decena Lugo, Francisco Osiris …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that the government plans to submit to Congress a proposal for the reduction of import tariffs. The government proposes to reduce these to a maximum four levels, with a maximum at 20%. The 20% tax would apply to finished goods, 14% to semi-finished goods, 8% to goods to be finished in …

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The Listin Diario reported that Sammy Sosa has invited Mark McGwire to the DR to play golf in a golf classic in which many superstars of the Major Leagues will also participate. This would be McGwire’s second visit to the DR. In 1986 he played with the Licey Tigers. Alex Rodríguez, Pedro, Ramón and Jesús …

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The law firm of Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti has announced the Dominican Week it sponsors every year in the United States will take place 22 September to 4 October. The event that promotes investment, business, and culture is in its seventh year. Activities will be held this year in Ponce and San Juan, Puerto …

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The Ministry of Public Health has alerted residents in the DR to take precautions to avoid being infected by the dengue fever virus. The Ministry is also extensively making known the symptoms of the illness so that those affected may visit hospital centers and prevent severe conditions. Dengue Fever is primarily a viral infection transmitted …

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It now appears Hurricane Danielle will bypass the Dominican Republic and the entire Caribbean. The hurricane has veered to a more northernly track that will lead it away from the islands. The Hurricane has been upgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, and hurricane watches are still in effect for the region as it is possible, …

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President Leonel Fernández and former President Joaquín Balaguer published full page advertisements in the national dailies calling for the resignation of the recently elected judges of the Junta Central Electoral. The public letter was read yesterday afternoon from the National Palace by the President’s press director, Adriano Miguel Tejada. Present were Secretary of the Presidency …

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The block of the senators of the PRD and allies that make up the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo warned President Fernández and Dr. Balaguer that with "threats, announcements and omens," the Senate will not revert the naming of the judges of the Junta Central Electoral. Earlier, Secretary General of the PRD, Hatuey Decamps had said …

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The Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, the state electricity utility, announced a price cut of 10% in electricity billing of commercial, residential and industrial users. Several sectors had complained of the abusive 50%+ increases in billings. The CDE has attributed the increases in the billing to the devaluation of the peso and to the increased power …

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