1999 – Page 18

El Caribe newspaper points out that the Dominican government plan to provide identification to an estimated 300,000 Haitian agriculture worker has met with serious difficulties in its implementation. Most Haitians do not have a name or say they do not know what it is, are not registered in their country, and have no identification documents …

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The Ministers of Foreign Relations of the DR and Haiti met yesterday in Santo Domingo for a new round of migration issue discussions. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre urged Dominicans and Haitians to "not allow themselves to be overtaken by voices and insensible media that want instantaneous solutions." He said it is a duty …

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President Leonel Fernández said he will campaign in favor of Danilo Medina, the candidate for the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. He said his endorsing and actively supporting the candidacy of Medina, while in office, does not violate any law. Fernández said that President of Uruguay Julio Maria Sanguinetti campaigned for the official party …

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The Department of Passports has installed a booth at the Las Americas International Airport to assist expatriate Dominicans who would like to renew their passports during their visit to the DR. Raul Hernández, director of the Department of Passports, said the passengers can renew their passports while waiting for their luggage to unload from the …

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An Air France Concorde landed at noon in Santo Domingo, en route from Havana, Cuba. The supersonic jet will remain at Las Americas International Airport until Saturday at 10 am when it will continue on to Lima, Peru. This is the third time a Concorde visits. The first time, in 1992, it was chartered by …

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Bienvenido Rojas, sports editor of El Siglo, says that there will be 131 Dominicans on the 28 rosters of Major League teams in the 2000 season. Of these, 58 are pitchers. The Dominican presence is the largest after that of the United States. There are more Dominicans than Canadians, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Mexicans, Venezuelans, Japanese, …

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President Leonel Fernández decorated Dominican pitcher Pedro Martínez with the order of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, in the grade of "gran oficial". The star pitcher of the Boston Red Sox won the Cy Young award this year, after winning 23 games and only losing four. This was Martínez’s second consecutive Cy Young.

"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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Members of the US Peace Corps will be holding their traditional arts and crafts fair. It will take place, Sunday, 5 December at the headquarters of the Peace Corps in Santo Domingo at Bolívar 451 corner Félix María del Monte street in Gazcue. Arts and crafts from all throughout the country will be exhibited. For …

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The head of the Trauma and Orthopedics Department of the School of Medicine of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Dr. Pedro Green again has alerted that imprudence causes most of the tragic vehicular accidents in the Dominican Republic. A recent study carried out by his department shows that in the first 10 months of …

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