1998 – Page 86

The Presidency said that during the meeting between President Leonel Fernández and a commission of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano held at the National Palace, the government seat, the government made it clear that it will not get involved in internal affairs of the PRD. The PRD commission met with the President concerned that the government …

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The judge of the Sixth Penal Chamber of the National District postponed for 31 August the court hearings in the case against the confessed murderers of 12-year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar. The defendants of accused Juan Manuel Moliné Rodríguez and the lawyers of Llenas Aybar both requested that the judicial authorities present the items …

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El Siglo reported that the Dominican Republic has received US$2,132 millions in direct foreign investment during the period 1991-1997. This represents barely 1.3% of the total of capital flows to the Latin America and the Caribbean, according to statistics of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish acronym).

The president of the Association of Traditional Product Harvesters (Aprotex), José Antonio Martínez Rojas, told El Siglo newspaper that the Dominican coffee producers erred in their expectations that coffee prices would improve. Due to this perception, Dominican coffee producers stored half of their harvest awaiting better world market prices. Unfortunately, what happened was that the …

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During the first six months of 1998, the DR received double the number of cruise ship passengers that visited last year during the same period. El Siglo newspaper, citing statistics from the Dominican Port Authority, reports that from January to June of last year, 130,450 passengers arrived on 128 ships. This year some 263,443 tourists …

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Dominican Vladimir Guerrero was voted Player of the Week of the National League. The Dominican outfielder who plays with the Montreal Expos was the best player for the 20-26 July week. He was also chosen as AFP press service Latin Player of the Week. During the week he batted for .462.

President Leonel Fernández favors the modifying of the Constitution to include the possibility of celebrating referendums, where the nation would have participation in major decisions of importance to the country, not leaving these up to the political parties. President Leonel Fernández met last week with the persons responsible for the economic policy of the nation, …

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The chief of the Police Major General José Aníbal Sanz Jiminián said that the modernizing of the National Police is moving ahead. The traffic department is being computerized so that accident reports can be issued in ten minutes. Today, an accident report can take three to four hours to be filed. A ten floor tower …

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President Leonel Fernández gave instructions for the accelerating of the bidding process for the La Rosario sulfide ore deposits. The director of Mining, Octavio Lopez said that the President recognizes that there are opportunities that should not be let pass. Recently, Alejandro Losada, of M.I.M., a major Australian company participating in the bid, said that …

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The government reached an agreement with the Smith-Enron electricity generating consortium for a payment plan. The electricity utility had threatened to disconnect from the national electricity grid for arrears in government payments. The government agreed to pay US$1.6 million as of 10 August to reduce a debt of US$5.4 million owned to the company. The …

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