1999 – Page 89

The Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad formally handed over the responsibility for providing electricity to the Spanish firm, Unión Fenosa’s two distribution companies that won the privatization bid. These are Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Norte S.A. (Edenorte) and Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Sur (Edesur). Edenorte will have responsibility for Monte Cristi, Dajabon, Santiago Rodriguez, …

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The government passed Law 86-99 that creates the Ministry of Women. This upgrades programs available to women provided by the Dirección de Promoción de la Mujer. Gladys Gutiérrez, who is expected to be the designated Minister of Women, explained that the new government ministry is responsible for establishing norms and executing policies to promote gender …

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The Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas sent to justice 2,179 persons for drug charges in the fist six months of the year, 25% more than in 1998 for violations to Law 50-88 on Narcotic Drugs and Controlled Substances. Of the total processed, 972 persons were arrested in Santo Domingo and 1,207 in the rest …

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Sammy Sosa batted three home runs to tie with St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire as leaders of the home run competition. Coincidentally, last year Sosa also hit his 47th run on 16 August. He’s ahead, though, of the pace that lead him to bat 66 home runs. But this year, he’s smiling less as his …

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The DR1 Daily News will not be updated on Monday, 16 August. Monday is a holiday in the DR. Headline news will be compiled and published in the Tuesday, 17 August edition. The holiday commemorates the 136th anniversary of the restoring of national sovereignty. In 1861, then President Pedro Santana convinced the Queen of Spain …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer chose Rafaela (Lila) Alburquerque (PRSC-San Pedro de Macorís) to preside the Chamber of Deputies. The actual election of the president of the Chamber of Deputies is scheduled for 16 August. But the leading political parties have voiced their support for whomever Balaguer chooses. News reports say that Hatuey De Camps objected …

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Transport unions are joining forces with the city government of Santo Domingo to purchase 2,000 new buses for the public transport system. The City of Santo Domingo is authorized by Art. 267 of Law 346 to regulate the circulation and parking of vehicles within the limits of the city. The new agreement will set up …

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A study ordered by the Proyecto de Modernización de la Policía Nacional to the Miami-based Consulting Group shows that low morales and salaries, lack of incentives, unkept norms and rules, absence of hiring policies, and internal corruption are key problems affecting the National Police force. The diagnosis shows the National Police is obsolete. The Police …

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The automation of the civil registry in the DR may take another two years. Datocentro has been contracted to digitalize the registrations of Dominicans that are contained in hundreds of books in 155 civil registry offices (Oficinas de Estado Civil) located throughout the country. Maria Dolores Sención de Yaryura, in charge of the Dirección Nacional …

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Major Juan Ventura has protested that hierarchy within the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano took advantage that he had traveled to Winnipeg to officially receive the seat of the Pan American Games for Santo Domingo. When he was abroad, sectors within the PRD called for the election of the city government board, electing Rafael Díaz Filpo. Ventura …

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