1999 – Page 16

The Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing presidential, municipal and congressional elections in the DR, is in the limelight as the presidential election date nears. Elections in the DR are slated for 16 May 2000, and different sectors have questioned the managerial ability and technological aspects behind the organizing the 2000 …

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Expatriate Dominicans returning to Santo Domingo this year will run into bottlenecks at the entrance of the city. The Ministry of Public Works had hopes of completing the works by Christmas, but the frequent daily rains that have fallen in the Caribbean erased these. Travelers should program at least half an hour more than usual …

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The Municipality of Santo Domingo named the stretch that connects the Las Americas International Airport with the Las Americas Highway "Route 66" in honor of the record-breaking 66 home runs Sammy Sosa delivered in 1998. Johnny Ventura made the announcement when hosting Chicago Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa at the city hall last week.

The Civil International Aviation Organization has notified Dominican civil aviation authorities that the Las Americas International Airport is prepared for flights coming in at the turn of the century. OACI report says that the DR leading airports will not have problems with their air control systems, navigation systems. Bernardo Then, who is president of the …

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Hatuey de Camps and Dominique Bluhdorn’s triplets became Dominican citizens last week. The triplets, Alexandra, Olivia and Charles were born in June in a New York City hospital. They were recently issued Dominican passports after their parents applied at the Dominican Consulate in New York. The triplets are now dual nationals, or citizens of the …

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The Ministry of Tourism has sponsored "A Century of Dominican Music," a collection of four CDs that serves as an anthology of Dominican music of this century. The 4:10 hour production features 71 tracks by 57 composers, in the voices of 51 singers. The CD offers a variety of Dominican music, including merengue, mangulina, carabiné, …

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Tickets for the Juan Luis Guerra concert, a benefit for the children of the Hogar del Niño Padre Abreu in La Romana are going for RD$550 per person. They are on sale at the branches of Baninter bank. The concert by the legendary merengue musician and composer will take place on Saturday, 18 December at …

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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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The Technical Secretary of the Presidency Temístocles Montás responded to more questioning as to corruption in government purchases. This time he addressed the issue of the importing of tubes for the aqueducts to be built in the Northwest. He said that the tubing will be imported from Brazil because it was the only way to …

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The Haitian government committed to double efforts to issue identity cards to its citizens. Most Haitians who cross the frontier do so without any legal documentation or identification of any kind. The Haitian government does not make it mandatory for its citizens to get their identity cards, birth certificates, or any legal documentation. This has …

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