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Senator Amable Aristy Castro (PRSC-Altagracia) told reporters last night that he will announce his resignation from the Senate "within hours." Last week Aristy Castro was "elected" Secretary-General (SG) of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) by one of two parallel national municipal assemblies (a second, run by PRD, "re-elected" peredista Julio Mar??ez Rosario), and then installed …

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Yesterday three of six PRD luminaries seeking the party nomination for president in the year 2000 elections rejected the idea of selecting the party standard-bearer "by consensus" among PRD upper ranks. Senator Milagros Ort?z Bosch (National District), former Santo Domingo Mayor Rafael ("Fello") Suberv? Bonilla and ex-Agriculture Minister Hip?lito Mej?a all insisted that they believe …

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Yesterday Interior and Police Minister Blanco Fern?ndez confirmed that the Executive Branch is drafting a bill to place more controls over the licensing and private ownership and use of firearms. He said that the legislative proposal is in the final drafting stages and should be sent to Congress shortly. Among other things, the measure is …

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The DR yesterday racked up its second victory in the Caribbean Series, beating Mexico 6-3 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The DR is represented in the Caribbean Series by the Licey Tigers, winners of the Final Series of the DR’s Winter Professional Baseball Tournament. Mexico is represented by the Mexicali Eagles. …

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At a press conference held in Caracas yesterday, President Leonel Fern?ndez revealed the essence of the "new initiative" proposed by the new Venezuelan President, Hugo Rafael Ch?vez Fr?as. Yesterday Fern?ndez hinted to reporters that in a private meeting with the Venezuelan just hours before the latter’s inauguration, Ch?vez had proposed an unspecified "amplification" in the …

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At yesterday’s press conference in Caracas, President Fern?ndez told reporters that he has urged his fellow heads of state from Caribbean and Central American nations to make common cause and present a united front to demand "textile parity" from the U.S. He suggested that the Summit of Caribbean Heads of State, to be held in …

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At yesterday’s press conference in Caracas, President Fern?ndez announced that Costa Rica will retire its trade complaint against the Dominican Republic in the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the so-called "technical rectification" restrictions on milk imports. Fern?ndez met with Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodr?guez Monday night; he says that his Costa Rican counterpart notified …

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Nearly a week after over 1,000 public school students in the Cibao region became violently ill from drinking bad milk in the national school breakfast program, mysteries remain about the milk’s contaminants and supplier while irate parents and civic groups are clamoring for changes in the way the Education Ministry handles the program. Yesterday the …

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After umpteen delays and postponements, the Senate yesterday finally began serious wheeling-and-dealing in the open on the important and controversial draft Monetary and Financial Code. In a five-hour session yesterday afternoon, the upper chamber of Congress approved 130 out of the 345 articles in the draft Code. The Code is one of the major economic …

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Despite his promises last week to do so, Amable Aristy Castro (Reform Party – PRSC) has yet to resign as Senator for Altagracia Province, raising the specter of a new public row about the leadership of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). The Senate Presidency has reminded Aristy Castro that Article 18 of the Dominican Constitution …

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