1998 – Page 74

President Fidel Castro of Cuba will arrive on Thursday, 20 August at 3 pm. He will be received at the Las Americas International Airport by President Leonel Fernández, Vice President Jaime David Fernández and members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps. He will stay at the Hotel Jaragua together with President of Haiti Rene …

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U.S. acting ambassador Linda Watt expressed her hope that the chiefs of state gathered in DR will convince President Fidel Castro of Cuba to promote democratic changes in Cuba. President Castro, President Preval of Haiti and 13 statesmen of English-speaking Caribbean countries will be in Santo Domingo next week for a Caribbean Summit.

Air France’s new offices in Santo Domingo are located at Plaza El Faro at Av. Máximo Gómez 15, facing the Supermercado Nacional. This is Air France’s 11ths year, since its first flight 6 December 1987. The Santo Domingo Air France office is responsible for the northern Caribbean. Air France flies daily to Paris from Santo …

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The Municipality of Santo Domingo announced the celebration of a big party at the Plaza España in front of the Alcazar to commemorate the city’s 500th birthday. The music will be very varied including merengue, bachata, son, gaga, atabales, salves, boleros, salsa, jazz and rock. Participating artists are Vickiana, Grupo Maniel, Adalgisa Pantaleón, Transfusion, Francis …

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Dominican NBA player, Luis Felipe López, the fifth Dominican elected to play in the National Basketball Association professional league was received last night with his family by President Leonel Fernández at the National Palace. López gave the President an autographed ball as a gift. The native of Santiago accepted to be a sports ambassador in …

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The DR won three more medals in tae kwon do for a total 10 in the sport. These include two silver medals, won by Gabriel Mercedes on the first day of competition. The tae kwon do team is 12 athletes strong and will return 17 August to the DR. So far the DR has won …

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President Leonel Fernández appeared live on television this morning from 8 to 10 am to answer questions by morning talk show hosts of different television channels on why he converted into law the controversial Judicial Career Bill. The program was widely broadcast by most television stations and radio stations all throughout the country. Controversial aspects …

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The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano announced it would enter recourses attesting to the unconstitutional nature of the recently passed Judicial Career Law before the Supreme Court and the Chamber of Deputies. Likewise, the leading opposition party said it would enter a bill to reform the Judicial Career Law, the Supreme Court of Justice, and the National …

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The President advocated for reaching agreements between the branches of government, rather than confrontation. He said that if the PRD seeks to foster confrontation in Congress what would result would be the stagnation of the work of that branch. The PRD does not have the 2/3 of the vote in Congress that would permit PRD …

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The PRD senators failed to attend the session yesterday so that the necessary quorum could be met to ratify seven loan contracts pending between the Domincian state and international lending organizations. The loans totalled US$130 million, including several that will expire if they are not passed this week. Government party senator Bautista Antonio Rojas said …

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