1998 – Page 78

Orlando Gil of El Siglo explained the debacle of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate in a commentary in the newspaper. He speculates that what is going on is that President Leonel Fernández and the PLD want to please the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano. The PLD would like to stay in the good graces of …

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Monsignor Nicolás de Jesús Cardenal López Rodríguez favored that the presidential re-election be submitted to a plebiscite so that the entire population could have a say on the important political issue. Consecutive presidential re-election was banned in the constitutional reform that took place in 1994. President Leonel Fernández favors the referring the important political question …

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President Leonel Fernández will make a day trip to Puerto Rico later this month to participate in a meeting of governors of southern states of the United States. The announcement was made by Adriano Miguel Tejada, press secretary of the Palace. President Fernández was invited by Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Roselló.

President Leonel Fernández handed to the General Attorney of the Nation, Abel Rodríguez del Orbe, the preliminary report prepared by the nation’s military and security forces on the disappearance of university professor Narciso González on 26 May 1994. Present were the Secretary of the Armed Forces, Admiral Ruben Paulino Alvarez; the director of the Department …

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The Vatican appointed 40-year old priest Freddy Bretón as Bishop of Baní. He replacing Monsignor Príamo Tejeda Rosario, who resigned at the end of 1997. The announcement was made by Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Francois Bacque.

According to the executive director of the Consejo Nacional de Zonas Francas de Exportación, Gabriel Castro, exports of free zones will reach US$3,000 million in 1998, generating foreign exchange for US$800 million. Exports are up 15% compared to last year’s total US$2,600 million. This is a 52% increase over year 1996, when exports were US$1,900 …

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AES Dominican Power and Smith and Enron told El Siglo newspaper that their contracts include clauses that guarantee the state’s obligation in case of the dismantling of the state electricity utility, Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad. The contracts of both these companies are under the limelight because of the high cost of the energy they oblige …

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An Australian current affairs TV program reported that fugitive businessman Christopher Skase has secured Dominican Republic passports for himself and his wife Pixie, as reported in "The Australian," a leading Australian newspaper. The program claims that should Skase be forced to leave Spain, since that country is about to implement an extradition agreement with Australia, …

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Sammy Sosa hit his 43rd homer yesterday. He is now only four homers away from the record of 47 for a Latin American batter. The record of 47 is shared by Dominican George Bell, Andrés Galarraga and Juan González. Sosa is also a contender to break the Major League record of Roger Maris of 61 …

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Dominican athletes won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Blind Persons Sports Games, Madrid 98. Athletes Ceferino Ventura, Andres Núñez Nova and Antonio Ventura, Robert Jimenez and Jose Bobadilla participated for the DR. Antonio and Ceferino Ventura won medals in the games that were organized by the Federación Española de Deportes para …

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