1999 – Page 225

The news daily Listin Diario continues to trickle out the results of its latest poll, conducted with the Spanish polling firm Sigma Dos. Today’s headline-maker is that among acknowledged PLD partisans, Vice President Jamie David Fern?ndez Mirabal is no longer the favorite to be the Party’s candidate in the year 2000 presidential elections. Secretary of …

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President Leonel Fern?ndez yesterday sent a letter to PRD President Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero providing his response to PRD’s stated preconditions for entering into a political dialogue. Just the day before Esquea Guerrero had sent Fern?ndez a letter laying out PRD’s demands. In his own letter, President Fern?ndez called for PRD to suggest a date for …

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The Dominican Teachers’ Association (ADP) has called another strike beginning tomorrow. The first was for two days just one week ago. This one is slated to last 72 hours (three school days), effectively giving teachers a five-day weekend. The ADP says this strike is to underline its determination to see all teachers receive the incentive …

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The Senate adopted yesterday a resolution empowering its President, Ram?n Alburquerque (PRD-Monte Plata), to take legal action on its behalf against the Interior and Police Minister Ram?n Andr?s Blanco Fern?ndez. The measure was passed by 17 Senators from the Santo Domingo Accord (ASD), the coalition of PRD and allied parties who together command a majority …

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Dominican home run king Sammy Sosa was proclaimed "Humanitarian Athlete of the Year" last night. The Dominican player for the Chicago Cubs received the honor at the ESPY Awards, a new series of sports awards launched yesterday with a ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Sammy’s competitor in the contest to …

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Tower Air has stepped up the start up date of its new service to the Dominican Republic to fill the void left by American Airlines’s canceled flights. American operated only a trickle of flights out of Santo Domingo yesterday, and Tower Air hopes to get a head start by flying AA’s stranded passengers. The airline …

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The Monetary Board announced the Central Bank will be injecting US$50 million of its dollar reserves to stabilize the value of the peso exchange rate. Last week, exchange houses were buying the US$1 for upwards of RD$16. Some exchange houses were reported to be paying up to RD$16.60 for the US$1. The monetary authorities attributed …

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CNN announced that Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and his wife, US actress Melanie Griffith are seriously considering buying a vacation home in Macao, north of the Punta Cana beach strip. The investment is being considered in the property of Playas Macao, S.A.

President Leonel Fern?ndez invited the president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), the leading opposition party, and its five presidential pre-candidates to a meeting at the National Palace to clear the obstacles in the way of the celebration of the presidential elections in year 2000. The invitation was made public by the Press Department of …

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President Leonel Fern?ndez officially opened the Central Corridor of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET). This bus transport route is a joint venture of government and unions that operated on the route and to whom the government is selling the new busses. The Central Corridor is 15 kilometers long and will cover the route from the …

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