1999 – Page 47

The director of the leading central regional hospital, the Hospital José María Cabral y Báez of Santiago, Dr. Daniel Espinal urged the international community cooperate to build a medical center near the Haitian frontier with the Dominican Republic. At present, because of the deficiencies in the Haitian system, hundreds of Haitian women are traveling to …

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Haitian ambassador in the DR, Guy Lamothe spoke about the increase in trade between the DR and Haiti and the increase in Haitian-Dominican business joint ventures in the past three years. He said that what is most important is to promote cooperation between both nations. In his opinion, the isolation of both countries must become …

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The improvising in order to put the process through on time that went on regarding the privatization of the state electricity utility is now surfacing. Just two months into the contract, there are already millionaire differences between the state electricity utility and private companies. Hoy newspaper highlights the conflict between the CDE and the Unión …

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Temístocles Montás and Miguel Cocco, two leading political strategists of the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), met yesterday with former President Joaquín Balaguer, the guru of Dominican politics. Both the PLD and the PRD are courting Balaguer, seeking his support in order to try to win in the first round of the election …

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The former rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Roberto Santana proposes an overhaul of the state university structures in order to fulfill its academic commitments to its over 100,000 students. Santana proposes: 1) That the nation’s leading political parties dissolve their committees or their party sections in the state university. He says …

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Pedro Martinez, of the Boston Red Sox, and José Lima of the Houston Astros could play in the DR next March. Major League Baseball may authorize an exhibition game between both teams at the Quisqueya Ball Park, said Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League president, Leonardo Matos Berrido. Last year the Mets and Expos played an …

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A report in El Siglo newspaper says that three European firms are interested in building the eight apartment towers that will lodge the 5,000 athletes coming for the Pan Am games in 2003 and that later be sold to individuals. The companies would finance the buildings, relieving the Dominican government of the investment. The DR …

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The Fernández administration Government Council met yesterday and agreed to complete 34 priority works, that call for an investment of more than RD$7,000 million (about US$438 million). The Fernández administration is also giving priority to presenting to the National Congress six bills that will simplify and modernize the tax system. These will simplify business, real …

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The repaving of the Las Americas Highway, that leads from Santo Domingo to Las Americas International Airport, and onwards to the beach destinations of Boca Chica, Juan Dolio and the East Coast, will be completed in four months time at a cost of RD$115 million, says Eng. Miguel Logroño. The works began two months ago. …

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The National Police has formally accused a gang of six of the death of professor Vilma Núñez Guzmán and of 60 other assaults and seven rape cases of women in southern Santo Domingo. The case was sent to the District Attorney for its remission to the judiciary. The gang includes former policemen 25-year old Fausto …

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