1999 – Page 13

The most recent Listín Diario-Sigma Dos poll, held 27-30 November, during which 1,200 persons were interviewed throughout the DR, revealed the following: A third of the Dominican population does not have their new voting or identification card. Of that, half has requested the document, but has not received it for multiple reasons. (About 35,000 voting …

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The Listín Diario reports that President Leonel Fernández, in Miami to speak at the Miami Conference, met with the Adjunct Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Romero and discussed the possibility of the US condoning Haiti’s foreign debt so the moneys could be used to install a free zone in a frontier area to generate …

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Some 5,000 fans showed up for the First Manny Mota Celebrities Classic held at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo. Major League greats José Canseco, Andruw Jones, Todd Hundley, Raul Mondesi, Vladimir Guerrero, Neifi Perez, Henry Rodriguez, Quilvio Veras, Moises Alou, Jose Mesa, Robinson Perez Checo and others, many dressed in shorts, showed their …

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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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President Leonel Fernández yesterday proposed that the nation’s political parties sign a pact that would guarantee the long term social and economic development of the DR, regardless of the political party in power. President Fernández made the proposal at the Seminar, "Proyecto de Diseño de una Estrategia Competitiva Nacional" held at the Hotel Lina all …

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The Superintendent of Banks, Vicente Bengoa disputed the claim by Donald Reid Cabral, acting president of the PRSC, that the debt of the government with private banks is RD$7,000 million. He said that as of September the debt was RD$1,064 million. He asked politicians to leave out the banking sector from their political debates because …

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The presidential candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, Hipólito Mejía says that the little awareness on behalf of President Leonel Fernández of the term "pichirrí," that describes the tail of the chicken, is a demonstration that the President has lost contact with the poor in the Dominican Republic. President Fernández said in an interview with …

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The Listín Diario publishes today results of its 27-30 November Sigma Dos survey that showed that 30.7% of Partido Reformista Social Cristiano followers would vote for the Partido de la Liberación candidate if the PRSC did not make it to the second round (which is very likely). Of the PRSC voters, 16.7% said they would …

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53% of every 100 Dominicans believe that the Fernández administration has been a bad one, versus 45% that believe it has been a good one, according to the most recent Hamilton Beattie & Staff-Hoy survey, carried out 22-28 November. Fernández has most of his support in the younger segment of the population (17-29 years), where …

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