1998 – Page 64

The deputies of the PRD and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo were sworn in yesterday. The PRD deputies block had abandoned the Chamber of Deputies session where other deputies were sworn in on 16 August in protest for the re-election of Héctor Peguero Méndez as president of the Chamber of Deputies. They refused to be …

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The Supreme Court of Justice announced users will soon be able to get an update on their legal cases by making a telephone call. The Supreme Court says that Tel. 533-3191, extension 328 is activated to offer the service. Users need only to call the number and then dial in the numbers of the case …

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President Leonel Fernández will travel to Puerto Rico on Sunday, 29 August to attend the 64th Southern Governors’ Association Annual Meeting and Central American to be held August 30 -September 1, at the Hyatt Regency Cerromar Beach Resort in Dorado, Puerto Rico. During the event a Trade Workshop is scheduled where talks on trade, investment, …

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The Ministry of Public Works, Civil Aviation Board and the Airport Department of the government met yesterday with companies interested in participating in the tender for the assignation of concessions to operate Dominican airports. The meeting was attended by 28 companies and five embassies, as reported in the press. Rafael Serrano, represented the Ministry of …

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A strong tropical wave has swept over the Dominican Republic with sustained winds, and heavy rain. The tropical wave does not any direct relation to Hurricane Danielle, the fourth in the Atlantic Basin area. Hurricane Danielle moves West-Northwest and is gaining strength. At 11 am AST, the center of Danielle was located near Latitude 16.5 …

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Hoy newspaper reported that negotiations are taking place between the political parties for the election of a new board of the Chamber of Deputies, new members of the Chamber of Accounts, and a new board of the Junta Central Electoral, the electoral court. The PRSC and PLD joined forces with dissident forces to elect a …

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The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Hector Peguero Méndez, the dissident PRD politician who won the presidency with the support of the PRSC and the PLD, has come up with what the press describes as a "genius" suggestion. His suggestion: The Executive Branch should not fund the money to pay for the new judges …

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Former Vice President of the Republic and presidential candidate, Jacinto Peynado said yesterday that politics is big business in the DR. He was referring to the confrontations between the PRD, PLD and PRSC politicians, following the election of Héctor Rafael Peguero Méndez to the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, the members of the Chamber …

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The new president of the Junta Central Electoral, Ramon Morel Cerda, guaranteed that he would act with independence of criteria and with the best interest of the Dominican people and Dominican democracy. Morel Cerda visited the press and asked the Dominican society to not pre-judge them, and wait to judge them by their acts.

Lawyers and politicians of the PRD placed a recourse before the Supreme Court of Justice requesting that that high court declare the laws that institute the Judicial Career, that established an age limit and working years for judges and the National Council of the Magistracy (that chooses the Supreme Court of Justice) illegal as they …

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