1999 – Page 37

Juan Luis Guerra, one of the most outstanding Latin American performers of the 80s and 90s, has scheduled a presentation at Altos de Chavón in La Romana. He will perform at the Altos de Chavón artistic village amphitheater on 18 December 1999. The amphitheater seats only 5,000 persons. Guerra had plans for a presentation at …

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The population of the DR will be 8,518,483 inhabitants by year 2000, says the National Office of Statistics (ONE). The ONE says that the population of the DR has grown by one million since the last National Census in 1993. ONE estimates that there will be 2.7 million people living in the National District (Santo …

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Hoy newspaper reports that multimillionaire Donald Trump, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, Reverend Jesse Jackson and baseball player Derek Jeter have already confirmed they will be in the DR for Sammy Sosa’s birthday party. President Leonel Fernández and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez are also expected to attend. The list of rich-and-famous invited to the party …

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The United Nations has declared the 25th of November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in the name of the Mirabal sisters. The story of the Mirabal sisters became better known when Julia Alvarez, a Dominican migrant in the US, turned it into a best-selling historical fiction novel. Her "In the Time …

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Yesterday was a day of celebration in Santiago, the second largest city that concentrates the largest number of apparel manufacturing plants. The US Senate had just voted in favor of permitting Central American and Caribbean textile plants to export quota-free and duty-free goods using US materials to the US. President Leonel Fernandez said it is …

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Minister of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Manuel de Jesus Florentino considered that repression of Haitians illegally coming to the DR is not the solution to the Haitian problem in the DR. The Listín Diario reports that the Dominican military has given Dominican soldiers the order to avoid confrontations with the Haitian population. The Minister …

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The president of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects (CODIA), Martín Concepción said that the construction industry has found a great ally in Haitian workers, not because they are cheaper, but because they work harder. He said that 95% of the Haitians employed in construction works are illegal. He recommended that the Dominican government …

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President Leonel Fernández also inaugurated yesterday the 516-room Costa Dorada Iberostar (Marapica beach next door to Playa Dorada. The hotel has been receiving tourists since July 1999. Speaking for the Costa Dorada project, businessman Alberto Jana Tactuk said that a second hotel would open in this new beach area in October 2000, bringing the total …

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Deputy Minister of Public Works Claudia de los Santos said that once expansion works are completed, drivers will be able to travel uninterrupted from Santo Domingo to San Pedro de Macorís. Traffic lights will be removed along the 27 de Febrero Expressway, Las Americas Expressway and the new East Expressway (Autovía del Este) that leads …

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Regional director for the Ministry of Public Works Pelagio Marmol announced that the expansion of the Santiago-Navarette stretch of the Duarte Highway will be ready by March. This will reduce the time it takes to get from Santiago to Puerto Plata. The government is adding two new lanes, and Engineer Marmol says the highway will …

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