1999 – Page 58

Sosua and Cabarete are proud to announce their annual jazz festival that will be held this weekend, 8-10 October. The International Jazz Festival will feature an artist line up as follows: David Sanchez Quintet, Pamela Williams Quintet, Los Hombres Calientes (Irvin Mayfield, Jason Marsalis and Bill Summers), Monk Sextet, Mimi Fox, Sunny Sumter, Kotch Reggae …

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The National History and Geography is exhibiting a new collection of copies of maps of Española that date from 1580 to 1914. The maps were donated to the Museum of National History and Geography by former Dominican ambassador in Washington, Bernardo Vega. They complement the map collection of the museum. Vega collected the maps while …

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National Theater presents, Symphony Season 1999. The final concert of the second half of the National Symphony season will take place on Wednesday, 6 October with star performances of Colombian music. Tickets: RD$150-RD$120 for sale at the National Theater. Alejandro Posada Gomez, conductor Works by: A. Mejia: Pequeña Suite, Aires Sinfónicos Colombianos L. U. Bueno: …

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The National Theater is announcing the start of the Second International Iberoamerican Theater Festival. The festival was first held in 1997. This time, Dominican works will be included in the program of plays to be presented. Dominican plays that will be shown are "Amanda," "Quijote," and "Wish-ky Sour." The festival brings to Santo Domingo several …

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Vice Presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, Milagros Ortiz Bosch told the Listín Diario that a government of the PRD would continue the cyberpark effort begun by President Fernández. President Fernández just returned from an 11-day tour to the US and Taiwan where he spent many hours selling the idea of setting up a …

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Former President Joaquin Balaguer made his first public appearance in almost three months yesterday, when he attended the mass in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the death of his beloved sister, Ema Balaguer. Balaguer, has been declared presidential candidate for the Partido Liberal La Estructura for the 16 May elections. He attended the mass …

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Hoy newspaper publishes part two of its September Hamilton Beattie & Staff survey of Dominican voters as the 16 May election date approaches. Probable voters were asked: "Do you have a very favorable, moderately favorable, or moderately unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion about?" The poll establishes that PRD candidate, Hipólito Mejía’s popularity has dropped five …

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Minister of Labor Rafael Alburquerque said that representatives of labor, business and the government will have to meet several times for the Labor Code is to be modified. Business groups have begun to pressure for changes in the Code. They say that while the Code was written to avoid company abuses against workers, today it …

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Major General Pedro de Jesús Candelier ordered the confining to barracks of the "cascos negros" (black helmeted police) of the Campamento Duarte. These agents are usually used to break up riots and protests. Two active policemen (Corporals Luis Meran Sabana and Fausto Ortega) from that division confessed to being part of a gang that had …

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ATH Dominicana, the largest local Automatic Teller Machine network, announced yesterday that it is Year 2000 certified. The network links ATM machines at the Banco Popular, Banco Mercantil, Banco de Reservas, Banco BHD, Banco Intercontinental, Banco Global, Scotiabank, Banco del Progreso and Banco ADEMI. Miguel Gil Mejía, general manager of the financial corporation, said that …

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