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Armando Manzanero, the legendary Mexican romantic song crooner, will be again at the National Theater of Santo Domingo on Saturday, 29 July at 8:30 pm. For those in Santiago, he will perform at the Gran Teatro del Cibao at 8:30 pm on Friday, 28 July. The presentation commemorates his 50 years as a leading composer, …

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El Siglo reports there is an over abundance of plantains, green bananas, lemons, passionfruit, mangos, oranges, pineapples, eggplant and tomatoes in Santo Domingo. As a result, prices are at all time lows, benefiting consumers. The newspaper reports that plantains were going for 30-50 cents at the Mercado Nuevo produce market of Duarte Avenue. The same …

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President-elect Hipólito Mejía arrived yesterday after a 21-day tour of the United States and Europe. During his visit to the US, he met with Interamerican affairs officers of the US government (Kenneth McKay and Peter Romero), the US Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman. Likewise, he met with James Wolfensoh, president of the World Bank and …

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President elect Hipólito Mejía met in Spain with the top executives of Union Fenosa, the Spanish company that has the largest concession to distribute power in the DR. The board of directors of the company in Madrid received him. Unión Fenosa has also invested large amounts of money in the construction of power plants in …

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The Listin Diario says that the new government inaugural ceremonies will cost more than RD$8 million pesos. Some 600 special guests are expected, including 10 heads of state. The inaugural ceremonies will take place 15, 16 and 17 August.

News reports say that it is very likely that Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre will be chosen the permanent secretary of the Organization of American States office to be opened in Peru. The office is entrusted with following up that the Alberto Fujimori government meets recommendations made regarding democracy in Peru.

The chief of the Police Major General Pedro de Jesus Candelier said that he will send the agents accused by Aura Celeste Fernandez, Commissioner for the Support of Reform and Modernization of Justice, to ordinary courts. He accepts the recommendation made by Santo Domingo District Attorney Francisco Dominguez Brito the effect. Fernandez presented the case …

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Colorvision, the first Dominican television station to broadcast in color, in 1969, announced that it has become the first television station to transmit by Internet. Colorvisión is advertising its 24 hour, 365 days real time programming. The URL for the site is www.colorvision.com.do

Coming up at the National Theater is "Algunos nacen con suerte," a romantic comedy produced by Bersaida Vega. The play was written by Claudio Tirado and Carmen Rivera. Juan Carlos Pichardo, Bersaida Vega, Hernandez Tellez, Milagros Rosado and Quennia Rivera will play the leading roles. The play opens 20 July at the Sala Ravelo of …

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