2000 – Page 117

According to a press wire from EFE Spanish news agency, Miguel Vargas Maldonado could be appointed the new Minister of Transport. The Ministry of Transport is a project that has not yet reached Congress. Hamlet Hermann, the present incumbent of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) has proposed the creation of the Ministry of Transport to …

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Only one of the Siamese twins born united by the thorax and the abdomen on Friday, 30 June in Santo Domingo will survive, their physicians say. The twins are in stable condition. They share a heart, and may have other organs in common. The twins were born to 20 year old Julissa Suriel and 22-year …

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The Senate announced it will revise the text of the Electricity Bill, dormant in the Senate for many years now, so that it incorporates articles to protect consumers from abuses of profit-mongering private distributors and generators. Despite extensive blackouts, power bills have remained at the same high levels or have increased and consumers have no …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced he will speak to the nation offering a review of his administration next week. His term ends 16 August of this year. He said he is organizing a round table that will be transmitted by radio and television. President Fernández said that the round table could take place this coming Wednesday …

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The Sala Capitular del Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional issued a resolution that condemns that the private distributor companies are opening holes in the ground to install new electricity poles. Alderman Jorge Frías says that the companies should make the extra investment and install underground cabling, especially after the experience of Hurricane Georges in 1998. After …

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The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana says that if they are the "comesolos", the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano should be known as the "cometodos". PLD secretary general José Tomás Pérez made the comment in reference to the ambitions of the political party to control all state institutions. The PRD has majority in the Junta Central Electoral, …

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Hoy newspaper reports that PRD, PLD and PRSC deputies are now openly campaigning among themselves to secure enough support to pass a bill that would contain a constitutional reform to enable them to remain in their posts for two more years. Hoy newspaper points out that the deputy responsible for the document is Cesar Emilio …

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The Consular Section of the US Embassy and the Banco Popular announced that as of Saturday, 1 July 2000, all interested in appointments to request tourism visas to the United States should visit the branches of the Banco Popular Dominicano in the DR. Either the future traveler or an authorized representative need present the passport …

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The Commissioner for the Reform and Modernization of Justice, Aura Celeste Fernandez denounced that police agents in Santo Domingo have been known to sexually abuse arrested adolescents. She urged that the District Attorney investigate her claim. She said that agents responsible for rape in the Plan Piloto police headquarter in the Honduras neighborhood need to …

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Some 203 engineers and government work contractors took over the reception building at the National Palace yesterday at 8 am. They sat in the hall and said they would not leave until the government ensured the payment of RD$317 million owed to them. Spokesman for the group, engineer Amable Montás said that debts range from …

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