1999 – Page 247

The Political Committee of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) yesterday decided to postpone the national party convention originally scheduled for February 28. The convention is to decide who will be the PRD candidate for President in national elections next year. The Committee decided to postpone the convention until an unspecified later date in favor of …

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Yesterday National Police (PN) chief Major General Jos? An?bal Sanz Jimini?n continued his shake-up of PN ranks, replacing 32 commanders, including the head of the Central Investigations Archive, Major Genaro Suero Jim?nez. Suero Jim?nez had been the subject of a mini-human rights scandal when a video tape surfaced showing him beating a narcotics suspect in …

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President Fern?ndez sent to Congress yesterday a bill that would create a system of state pensions for Dominican sports stars "who given the Dominican Republic a good name." Stars that have been elected to the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame would receive RD$6,000 monthly from the state; those no yet in the Hall of Fame …

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Adrian Beltr? of the Cibao Eagles was elected yesterday as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 1998-99 Winter Professional Baseball Tournament. The election was made by 50 journalists, announcers and commentators at the Sal?n La Mancha in Santo Domingo’s Hotel Lina as part of the 29th annual Shell Awards "Los Dominicanos Primero." Beltr? was …

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The Prime Minister of Taiwan, Vincent C. Siew arrived in Santo Domingo yesterday about 3:00 pm on a state visit that will last through 13 January. He was met at the airport by a welcoming delegation headed by Vice President Jamie David Fern?ndez Mirabal and his wife Lissy Campos de Fern?ndez. Prime Minister Siew heads …

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President Leonel Fern?ndez begins his European tour today, the longest trip of his Presidency. He leads a delegation of 30 – 16 high-ranking officials and 14 "special guests." Officials accompanying the President include Foreign Minister Latorre; Industry and Commerce Bonetti; Technical Secretary Tem?stocles Mont?s; Attorney-General Mariano Germ?n; Armed Forces Chief of Staff Manuel Florentino; Lom? …

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In ceremonies yesterday to present the first government checks for public works for Santiago, President Fern?ndez announced an expansion of the list of works the central government intends to underwrite for the DR’s second largest city. The Ministry of Public Works had already announced that the Fern?ndez government will be investing RD$400 million in public …

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President Fern?ndez said in a televised speech last night that the extraordinary session of Congress that he has invoked must as a matter of national priority approve the emergency loan agreements his government has made with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD). The loans in question are critical for completing the process …

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The National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) reported yesterday that the DR missed its tourism income projections for 1998 by US$125 million. Using the industry assumption that each tourist spends about US$1,000 on his vacation in the DR, this represents some 125,000 tourists fewer than expected. Industry sources blame the lower numbers not only …

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The Superintendency of Banks said the deadline for financial institutions to submit their reports on plans to confront the Year 2000 ("Y2K") computer problem passed yesterday with some institutions not yet reporting in to the Inter-Agency Committee in charge of the issue. Most commercial banks in the DR are already investing large amounts to be …

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