1999 – Page 21

The Ministry of Public Health inaugurated a Psychosocial Rehab Unit at the Padre Billini Hospital. The unit will care for homeless and mentally ill persons that today roam city streets. The hospital was recently modernized by the state. The unit was named for Doctor Maximo Beras, the legendary psychiatrist who worked at the Padre Billini …

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The Instituto Dominicano de Seguros Sociales (IDSS) announced it will soon inaugurate a modern toxicology laboratory that was built at a cost of RD$20 million. The lab will test for lead, chemical, insecticide poisoning. Its services will be available to individuals and companies.

The Deputy Minister of Public Works Leonel Carrasco said that the government will repair the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center before the end of the Fernández administration, on 16 August 2000. The Ministry of Public Works is repairing the Olympic stadium, working on the wrestling pavilion and two softball stadiums. Likewise, it is building a …

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Plaza Lama and Sederías California, two large Santo Domingo stores, have cases in the judiciary pending for selling computers with MS-Dos operating systems for which they do not have licenses. The District Attorney has sent to justice more than 30 companies for reproducing or selling merchandise without the authorization of the manufacturers. Maira Guzman, who …

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The president of the Comisión Nacional Avícola estimated that from November to December there will be about a 17% surplus of chicken. Abelardo Liriano, president of the poultry commission, says that only in the month of December some 14 million chickens will hit the markets, two million more than the usual monthly production that ranges …

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The photograph of an aging President Joaquín Balaguer, in a house robe, with long-sleeved white shirt showing below, swearing in the members of the pro-Christmas dinner committee of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano was released to the press yesterday. He was swearing in Alexandra Izquierdo and Victor Bisono. The former President is best known for …

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More than 100 Dominican police will be sent to train with the New York City police and with the Spanish police. For six month straight, the agents will have the mission of assimilating the culture, organization and modern investigation methods as well as developing new skills of how to deal with the community, while applying …

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33 heads of state and government are in Santo Domingo for the II African, Caribbean and Pacific Summit of Heads of State and Government. The event opened at 10 am at the National Theater today. The event lasted almost five hours, ending at around 2 pm. Afternoon work sessions are scheduled for 3 pm. The …

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The city of Santo Domingo took a break from its normal bustling commercial activity to give way to visiting statesmen here for the Summit. As word got around that city residents should keep traveling around the city to a minimum, in order to avoid bottlenecks as a result of temporary short closing off of major …

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Miriam Makebba, the legendary and most well known African music performer, ("Pata Pata", 1967) will be the star performer of the Friday and Saturday evening African, Caribbean and Pacific music extravaganzas at the Fortaleza Ozama of the Colonial City. Chichí Peralta and Son Familia will accompany Makebba during the invitations-only Friday presentation. Toño Rosario will …

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