1999 – Page 9

Ilianov de León Alvino, the 14-year old boy whose parents held a nationwide crusade to collect the more than US$500,000 needed for a bone marrow operation in New York City, is in a state of semi-coma. His system failed to assimilate treatment following the bone marrow transplant. El Siglo newspaper says that at 8 am …

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Elvis Crespo will perform in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 31 December from 12 midnight to 1 am in Puerto Rico and then take a private flight to Santo Domingo in time to perform from 3 to 4 am at the Plaza de la Independencia (Plaza de la Bandera). He is the star of the …

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"Navidad 99" is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretaría de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisión de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city). Most of the events take place at …

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The Ministry of Public Works has organized a tender for the design, construction and/or reconstruction of major sports works in the DR. These include the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, site of the 2003 Pan American Games. Only Dominican and Venezuelan firms can pre-qualify as the funds come from accrued petroleum credits as a result …

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Major General Pedro de Jesús Candelier Tejada, chief of the National Police, announced that he will meet today with Pierre Denizé, chief of the police in Haiti. They will sign an agreement to fight crime. The meeting is set for the Dirección General de Aduanas (Customs Department) in the frontier city of Jimaní, in the …

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Police Chief Pedro de Jesús Candelier said he would investigate Father José Núñez’s (Parroquia Domingo Savio) denunciation that police agents assist drug traffickers in the Los Guandules, La Cienaga, 27 de Febrero and Agua Dulce slum barrios. The priest denounced an increase in assaults, sexual violations and consumption and sales of drugs due to lenience …

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Fondomicro recently published research that shows that 19,811 new small companies were created this year in the DR, or 6% more than last year. Women direct 50% of the companies. The companies employ 29% of the economically active population. They are mostly service businesses and shops. The research shows there is a boom in the …

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The Fernández administration will modify the 2000 National Budget to include the additional RD$153 million requested by the Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election. But Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Temístocles Montás says that the government has strong reservations about the managerial capacity of the present judges to successfully …

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Hoy newspaper prints data from the Dirección General de Impuestos Internos on the number of vehicles circulating in the DR. The total number of vehicles is up 30% compared to last year, increasing to 1,459,125 vehicles, up from 1,021,389 in 1998. There has been a 13% increase in accidents so far this year. The vehicle …

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The government paid out RD$1,400 million in Christmas bonus checks yesterday. Some 300,000 checks were issued to comply with the Christmas salary requirement. This is up from RD$1,150 million in 1998. Private sector annual bonus and Christmas salary checks are expected to inject RD$9,000 million into the economy this month.