1999 – Page 12

El Siglo newspaper reports that the European Union increased aid allotted for African, Asian and Caribbean countries to US$13,900 million, up 7%. According to the DR Ambassador in Brussels, Clara Quiñones President Leonel Fernández, president of the ACP bloc of nations, had requested the increase in a letter sent to Lipponeen Pavvo, acting president of …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that the Y2K phenomenon will have little effects on CDE power plants. Engineer José Luis Moreno explained that power generation will not be affected because most of the generators operate manually. He said that some plants may shut off at 12 midnight 31 December, and there could be problems at some …

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Tricom, the nation’s runner-up telecommunications company, announced that its clients will now be able to pay their Tricom telecommunications bills, from anywhere in the world, by Internet using Visa or MasterCard credit cards. Executive Vice President Carl Carlson said that the new electronic billing system will revolutionize the way of doing business in the DR. …

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TV producer Freddy Beras-Goico said that he was offered the vice presidential candidacy of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana but did not accept. He said he is not interested in becoming a politician. "My character clashes with the political system, where you have to give in too much and be diplomatic. If I were …

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Three daughters of former leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, José Francisco Peña Gómez, announced their support to the presidential candidate of the opposing Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, Danilo Medina. The three daughters — Angela, Lourdes and Arlene Peña Guaba — and the former wife of Peña Gómez, Julia Idalia Guaba announced their support …

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Frank Rainieri, who can be recognized as the promoter of the Punta Cana beach strip, told the Listín Diario that air arrivals using the Punta Cana International Airport were up 20% compared to last year. He said there are 16,000 hotel rooms in the eastern Macao-Punta Cana area, which makes it the largest single Caribbean …

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Casa de Bastidas, in the Colonial City, is showing an exhibition of Haitian painter Jean Claude Legagneur highlighting the beauty of Haitian woman. 32 acrylic paintings are being shown in the exhibition sponsored by American Airlines. Legagneur is one of the highest rated Haitian painters. In 1971 he migrated to the US where he studied …

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"Navidad 99" is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretaría de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisión de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city). Activities start today, Wednesday, 1 December and …

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Dominican Professional Winter Baseball League’s All Stars Game will be held Sunday, 12 December. In it the best players of the Santo Domingo city teams, the Licey and the Escogido, will match the best players of the interior provincial teams – Pollos, Estrellas and the Aguilas. The game will be held at the Quisqueya Ball …

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Leading representatives of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano met yesterday with the judges and technicians of the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election in the DR. Dr. Manuel Ramón Morel Cerda, president of the JCE, said that the …

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