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The Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) yesterday finally delivered its official reply to President Fern?ndez’s letter of last week regarding the proposed political dialogue. In a letter to the President signed by PRD President Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, the main opposition party said that it was open to discussing any issue of national interest with the notable …

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The Executive Director of the Government Commission for the Millennial Change, Domingo Tav?rez, told reporters yesterday that technicians hope to have all electronic equipment in priority areas tested by July to verify that they are ready to handle the Y2K problem. For those who have somehow missed all the publicity about Y2K, experts warn that …

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Julio Mar??ez Rosario (PRD) yesterday denied accusations of impropriety leveled against him by Senator Amable Aristy Castro (PRSC – Altagracia), his rival for the post of Secretary-General (SG) of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). On Monday Aristy Castro told reporters that auditors have found an "administrative mess" and evidence of "real mischief" in the LMD …

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Labor Minister Rafael Alburquerque said yesterday that Spain and the U.S. will help fund Dominican programs to combat child labor. His comments were occasioned, he said, by the announcement that the DR is accepting the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The treaty underpinning the Court includes a provision on the protection of …

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On Monday Migration Director-General Danilo D?az stirred a hornet’s nest by declaring that his department had indications that large numbers of aliens are receiving Dominican (as opposed to resident alien) identity cards ("cedulas") from the JCE, and that most of these aliens are Haitian. Asked about the charge the same day, the Director of the …

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Cuban cyclist Yosvani Guti?rrez won the fourth stage of the 20th National Independence Tour, the most important bicycle race of the year in the DR. Guti?rrez, part of a Cuban national team participating in this event, won the 139.5 kilometer segment from Santo Domingo to Ban? via San Crist?bal with a time of 3:24:42. After …

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Brugal rum is sponsoring the following big band orchestras to play at the Avenida del Puerto in the Colonial City, starting at 9 pm:Wednesday, 24 February: Manol? y La Banda del Truco Thursday, 25 February: Banda X Friday, 26 February: Parada Joven y Juan Manuel Saturday, 27 February: Grupo Contagio y Di?medes y el Grupo …

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The DR and Mexico have agreed to strengthen their bilateral economic, trade and investment ties, with a particular emphasis in the energy, tourism and air transport sectors. That is the announced outcome of the Second Meeting of the Dominican-Mexican Bilateral Commission recently concluded in Mexico City. The Commission was created by the two countries last …

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The Association for Tourism Development in Juan Dolio and Guayacanes is fighting a project to install an oil off-loading buoy near the coast of these beach resort areas. The project, originally requested by the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE) and already approved by the Dominican Government, would allow off-loading of No. 2 petroleum at a buoy …

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The Dominican Republic announced yesterday that it will recognize the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The announcement was made at a Washington, D.C. meeting of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, a subsidiary body of the Organization of American States (OAS), by Dominican Ambassador to the OAS Flavio Dar?o Espinal. Although the DR …

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