1999 – Page 204

Former President Juan Bosch continued recovering from a bleeding nose that required his hospitalization at the Centro M?dico UCE of Santo Domingo. He was interned there in the intensive care unit. Reportedly, his condition is under control and he would be sent home today.

According to a report in the Ultima Hora, cruise ship traveled increased from 110,936 arrivals in 1996 to 393,631 arrivals in 1998. Most arrivals, or 270,932, in 1998 visited the newly remodeled Port of Santo Domingo. La Romana’s Port was second with 102,788 arrivals. Increased traffic to Santo Domingo is attributed to the new port …

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A report in the Listin Diario indicates that in 1998 Dominicans living abroad sent revenues totaling more than US$1,715 million to families and friends in the DR. The remittances are the nation’s second source of foreign exchange after tourism receipts that are estimated at US$2,100 million. Thousands of small companies and families depend on the …

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During the summit of leaders of Central America (including Belize and Panama), the DR and U.S. held yesterday in Antigua, Guatemala, President Leonel Fern?ndez called on U.S. President Bill Clinton to find ways to stimulate more U.S. investment flows to the region. "We don’t have another option," he declared. "If we don’t do it, thousands …

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As promised, President Fern?ndez raised with President Clinton problems the DR sees in the current immigration policy of the U.S. and the negative effect upon Central American and Dominican economies and societies of massive U.S. deportations of aliens who have finished serving a criminal sentence. Clinton recognized the impact such deportations can have, and promised …

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The political dialogue between the three principal political parties – the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the Reformist-Social Christian Party (PRSC) – will resume today at the National Palace at 6 pm. This will be the third dialogue meeting – the first, on Wednesday, March 3rd, agreed on the agenda, and …

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The PLD and PRSC delegates to the JCE yesterday petitioned to have the Board halt issuance of voter identity cards ("cedulas"). The requests were prompted by Wednesday’s admission by JCE President Ram?n Morel Cerda that the Board had mistakenly issued "cedulas" to Haitians and other foreign nationals. That admission came after Migration Director-General Danilo D?az …

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For over a week journalists have been asking Central Bank and government officials to explain why Bank and Finance Ministry figures do not match regarding 1998 the petrol tax thereon known as "the differential." This petrol tax was imposed upon most petroleum-derived fuels by the Fern?ndez Government with the express purpose of paying off external …

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A diagnostic study done by Cuban and Spanish consultants to the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR) has found significant erosion in key beaches of the North Coast, namely Sos?a and Cabarete. The preliminary study done by the firms CADIC and CESIGMA says that the beaches from R?o San Juan to the western edge of Cabarete is experiencing …

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Yesterday was the grand opening of the Multicentro Churchill in Santo Domingo, said to be the largest commercial center ever built in the DR. The ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the mall was done by Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez Mirabal (on behalf of President Fern?ndez, who was out of the country) and Rom?n Ramos Ur?a, …

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