1999 – Page 189

President Leonel Fern?ndez made changes in his administration over the weekend. The changes in director positions were at the following institutions: Fondo de Promoci?n a las Iniciativas Comunitarias: Taina Gautreau Radio Televisi?n Dominicana: Pedro CabaLas Americas International Airport: Ar?stides Fern?ndez ZuccoCorporaci?n de Fomento Industrial: Lidio CadetNational Lottery: Aristipo Vidal

The Government is advancing on preparations for the II Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States. The event opens in Santo Domingo 16 April. Some 25 nations make up the association. Delegations from 14 Caribbean Community nations; Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; and Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa …

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The Ministry of Education received a donation of 700 Taiwanese computers, second lot of a total of 5,000 computers promised by the Government of Taiwan for public schools. The Taiwan government had already delivered a first bundle of 500 computers and promises to deliver the remaining computers before the end of this year. The government …

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Don Julio Alberto Hern?ndez, regarded as one of the leading national music composers of all times, passed away Friday, 2 April at the Plaza de la Salud medical center. He died of pneumonia. He was 98 years old. He is the grandfather of outstanding Dominican singer, Maridalia Hern?ndez.

Two persons died and three are missing from a fatal excursion of 20 to the Los Haitises National Park on Wednesday, 31 March. The group was made up by local residents of Sabana de la Mar (this is the city from where most excursions to the park leave) that boarded a National Parks Department boat …

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The District Attorney’s Office confiscated 600 computer terminals property of Caribbean Data Services, the largest telemarketing-call center in the DR, last week. The company is accused of violating Law 32-86 on copyright in prejudice of Microsoft Corporation. The District Attorney detected that 361 terminals were operating without the correct license for Windows 3.11, while 67 …

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Dominican free zone businessmen are making investments in Haiti free zone operations. Fernando Capell?n, of the large Grupo M, the largest textile manufacturing operation in the DR, says they expect to take advantage of Haiti’s trained personnel and unused export quotas to the US. He said that in some operations, they will be using Dominican …

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The PRD board suspended for 30 days young politicians Guido Gomez Mazara, Frank Guerrero Prats, Leo Adames, Angel de la Cruz, Alejandro Abreu and Andr?s Henr?quez for meeting with Jos? Tom?s P?rez, recently elected secretary general of the ruling Partido de la Liberaci?n Dominicana. The "new generation" politicians of the PRD met with P?rez at …

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The Hoy-Hamilton & Staff poll, carried out 13-19 March throughout the Dominican territory, showed that 6% of Dominicans feel the present government is an excellent one, 39% feel is it a good one, 33% say it is a bad one, 20% say it is a very bad one. 2% are undecided. This is the third …

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Some 30 foreign authors will participate in the II International Book Fair that opens 22 April and will last more than a week. The event is sponsored by the Dominican government to promote an interest in reading. The fair will be dedicated to Pedro Mir, who is regarded as "the national poet". Renown authors are …

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