1998 – Page 94

Hatuey Decamps, secretary general of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, the largest opposition party, said that a PRD government would support the staging of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo in year 2003. Polls show that at the present time, two years from the elections, the PRD is the party to beat. Decamps said that …

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Attorney General Abel Rodríguez del Orbe ordered the release from prison of Retired General Salvador Lluberes Montás (Chinino), who is suspect of participating in the murder of journalist Orlando Martínez more than 20 years ago. The General suffers from cancer of the prostate and would like to travel to the US for medical treatment. The …

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The Avenida Luperón will be extended to intersect with the Autopista 30 de Mayo (Malecón), the sea-bordering boulevard that itself is being expanded. The construction will affect the Santo Domingo Savio orphanage. The director of the orphanage, Priest Francisco Lizardo requested that the avenue be extended in a straight line to avoid that it pass …

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Air Santo Domingo, after a year of domestic flights, announced the start of its first international flights. The airline will be flying to Haiti starting 15 July. The route will be Herrera-Port-au-Prince-Las Americas. The airline has announced an introductory price of US$135 for the round trip. For more information, call (809) 683-8020.

The dollar is sliding downwards in Dominican exchange banks. From charging those purchasing dollars RD$15.77 earlier this week, the exchange banks are now requesting RD$15.72. The decline occurred despite the fact that the Central Bank increased the purchasing rate of the dollar from RD$15.33 to RD$15.35. Dollars are being bought from RD$15 to RD$15.40 in …

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Minister of Industry and Commerce Luis Manuel Bonetti and Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations Minou Tavarez Mirabal traveled to Taipei and Tokyo to formally apologize for the decision of President Leonel Fernández to suspend his trip to those countries. The President suspended his trip to attend to more pressing domestic matters at home. The President …

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Physician Milvio Carrera Guzmán, close friend of the late Cuban physician Jorge Enriquillo Salgado, who also died in unexplained circumstances, was found dead in the bushes off Autopista Duarte Km. 10-1/2. His friend, the late Dr. Salgado was initially said to have committed suicide, but later the forensic reports indicated he had died in unexplained …

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El Siglo newspaper reported that the La Mansión hotel, in the mountains of San José de las Matas, on the outskirts of Santiago de los Caballeros, has been closed. It was operated by Occidental Hotels, a major Spanish hotel chain. The newspaper reported that the road leading to the hotel was in dire need of …

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Hoy newspaper mentions four companies that are vying for contracts related to the construction and operation of Dominican airports. According to the newspaper at Las Americas International Airport (Santo Domingo), an investment of US$75 million is needed to rebuild the runways, expand the taxi way, build a new terminal, remodel the existing terminal, rehabilitate the …

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The Central Bank set the exchange rate to the US dollar at RD$15.35 today. The level is up RD$0.02 from the RD$15.33 level set by the monetary authorities on 2 July after almost two years of the official market rate being RD$14.02. Exchange banks and commercial banks were selling the dollar for RD$15.54 and RD$15.77, …

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