2000 – Page 10

According to the Listín Diario, it will not be so easy for the proposed constitutional reform to pass. Journalist Bolívar Bello explains that 90 is the magical number needed for the installation of a valid National Assembly that would study the originally proposed 27 reforms. Article 118 of the Constitution requires that to validate the …

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Leopoldo Espaillat, a former president of the National Petroleum Refinery, says that Dominicans are in their legal right to reject the installation of the new Edesur and Edenorte meters that have not been certified. Where the new meters have been installed, power bills have gone up considerably, as per newspaper reports. Espaillat says in an …

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A headline in Hoy newspaper’s sports section says that former Minister of Sports Juan Marichal opposes Santo Domingo hosting the games. Marichal was one of the main supporters when the Dominican Olympic Committee sought the seat of the event in 1998. Now the legendary US baseball Hall of Fame pitcher says that he gave the …

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The Listín Diario headline alerts of the declining age of the start of puberty in Dominican girls. The news story highlights that 66% of Dominican girls are showing signs of early puberty. It highlights gynecologists are seeing too many cases of girls eight to 10 years starting to menstruate. Gynecologist Luis de los Santos said …

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The powerful trucking union, Fenatrado announced a 30% increase in cargo fares. Fenatrado justifies the hike due to the diesel price increase in effect since last Saturday. Regular diesel increased from RD$22 to RD$24.79, or 12%. Fenatrado says the difference is to cover other increases in their costs. Fenatrado is a monopoly that has grown …

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The head of Unión Fenosa distributors Edenorte and Edesur, Luis Amaro Díaz admitted to Hoy newspaper journalists that Dominicans pay one of the highest electricity rates in the world today. When asked, Amaro Díaz said he could not think of another country where power was more expensive than in the DR. But, he is optimistic, …

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Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez said that the congressmen that have announced a constitutional reform prior to Christmas this year have the wrong idea. He said that one has to tell the legislators that they have a lot to learn from the civic society and from any person and that the fact that they …

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The board of Indotel revoked the license issued in favor of Circuito Independencia for the operation of channel 6, a VHF frequency, on grounds that it had been irregularly granted by former Telecom director Rubén Montás. Likewise, it recognized Camilo Carrau Villanueva as the legitimate owner of the frequency of Channel 21, a UHF frequency.