1998 – Page 85

The Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad has plans to install underground electricity transmission lines along the Winston Churchill Avenue. Major residential and commercial towers and centers are being built in the area. Engineer Caonabo Ortega, director of planning of the CDE, said that the overload of the area will require the installation of the underground cabling …

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The government of Japan has donated US$20 million for health, agriculture and food production programs. Of the moneys, US$8.6 million will be used to build the Centro para la Educacion Médica de Amistad Dominico-Japonesa, an institute for the training of hospital technicians and medical research. Of the total, another US$8.1 million will be used to …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that accounting continues to be the university career most in demand at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the state university. Some 12,602 students are enrolled in accounting. There are 9,595 students registered to study marketing, 4,258 in the business administration school, and 3,055 in the computer sciences sections. Only 44 …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that from January to May of this year, traffic at Dominican international airports was up 11.8% compared to the same period in 1997. Through May of this year some 1,133,699 passengers had arrived by Las Americas, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, La Romana and Cibao airports, according to statistics provided by the …

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The National Forensic Institute concluded that physician Milvio Carrera Guzmán was murdered by unknown persons. He died strangled by his belt, which fractured his thyroid cartilage causing him a pulmonary edema. Carrera had attended Air Force reserve general Luis Santiago Pérez at the Clínica Independencia. Santiago Pérez died from wounds caused when he was beaten …

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Adriano Villar Polanco, who drove heavy equipment to make a living, was the lucky winner of the RD$52 million accumulated Lotto prize. He received RD$43 million once taxes were discounted. He had been employed making RD$40 pesos the hour. He said he will buy a luxury jeep, and invest the moneys in cattle ranching and …

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Sammy Sosa hit his 41st homer yesterday. The home run was hit with bases full. Sosa is near the most home runs for a Latin American ball player, 47 in a season, in the hands of Juan González, Andres Galarraga and George Bell. Sosa is now only the 17th player in the history of the …

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The Executive Branch issued Decree 265-98 yesterday convening the National Congress back to work to discuss important matters left pending in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies and those that may be introduced. Among these bills is the Monetary and Finance Code, the Electricity Bill, and the Customs Bill. Two hours later, President Leonel …

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The general administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, CDE, engineer Radhamés Segura announced that the government will be installing electricity consumption readers in the National Palace, military facilities and in government offices. The counters are being installed so that readings can be established and it is expected the government departments will be required to …

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The Central Bank announced that the new official exchange rate for the purchase of US dollars is RD$15.34, up from RD$15.32 last week. The rate will be effective through 3 August. The Central Bank rate is not necessarily the rate offered by commercial banks or exchange houses that may purchase dollars for less or more …

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