1998 – Page 70

President Leonel Fernandez and the president of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Kenny Anthony will sign the free trade agreement between the DR and that block trade on Saturday, 22 August at 10 am at the Hotel Jaragua. The treaty covers goods and services within a regulated trade scheme. The Caribbean Summit will be held 20-22 …

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President Leonel Fernández, 44, will be the youngest of the 15 chiefs of states that will gather in Santo Domingo from 20-22 August. The oldest of the statesman and the longest reigning is Fidel Castro, the 72 year old Cuban president. In chronological order, the visiting chiefs of state are: Prime Minister James Mitchell, St. …

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Danilo Medina, Secretary of the Presidency, announced that President Leonel Fernández will send several reform bills to the Congress, despite the warning of the PRD that it will not reach a consensus with the government. Medina said that what happened in the Chamber of Deputies was the result of an internal crisis of the party …

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The president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano announced the end of reaching agreements with the government prior to year 2000. Dr. Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero accused the government of the situation created on Sunday in the Chamber of Deputies when the government and PRSC parties allied with dissident PRD members, and disregarded the choice of the …

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The PRD has declared "war" on the government, but the PLD says it’s nothing new, that confrontation is part of the culture of the PRD. Temistocles Montás, Technical Secretary of the Presidency, and a PLD party director, said that one has to understand that the PRD will "systematically oppose" all government initiatives. He said the …

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A police court will try a colonel, a first lieutenant, a private and a corporal for the death of 29-year old student Franklin Fabián Mejía on the grounds of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. The student was killed during riots at the UASD held to protest the announcement that students who did not fulfill …

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Venezuelan fashion designer Carolina Herrera presented her 1998 fall collection in a benefit fashion show. Proceeds will go to the La Romana Fundacion MIR. The fashion show was sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue Dadeland and held at the Country Club of La Romana, part of the Casa de Campo residential community. Verushka Ramirez, Miss Venezuela …

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The Santo Domigo Chamber of Commerce (Cámara de Comercio y Producción de Santo Domingo) presents Expo Haiti 18-22 August at the city chamber of commerce located at Calle Arzobispo Nouel in the Colonial City. The exhibition features paintings, coffee, rum, liquors, handicrafts, music, jewelry, folklore and furniture from Haiti. The exhibition coincides with the visit …

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Tue Dominican Republic won two silver and four bronze medals in the Maracaibo Central American and Caribbean Sports Games yesterday. The Olympic Committee had forecast the national team would win a total of 65 medals. The country has accumulated 43 medals in its first week of competition. Of yesterday’s medals, four bronze were in wrestling, …

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The Sydney Morning Herald clarified that Australia’s most wanted fugitive, Christopher Skase has secured a passport to the Caribbean island state of Dominica, not the Dominican Republic as revealed earlier. Skase resides in Mallorca, Spain since he fled Australia in 1991, but Spanish authorities are expected to serve a deportation order, and it is expected …

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