2000 – Page 129

President-elect Hipólito Mejía announced his choice for governor of La Vega is deputy Fausto Lopez Solis; for Santiago Rodríguez governor, deputy Julio Nolasco and for Monte Cristi governor, Lorenzo Rodriguez. He said his choice for Administrative Secretary of the Presidency is Pedro Franco Badía. Franco Badía, a PRD long-timer, is remembered as one of the …

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El Siglo newspaper publishes today an article signed by former President Joaquín Balaguer (http://www.elsiglo.net/portada.htm) that advocates that the new government discontinue the practice of the Fernández government of giving preference to cars over people. In the article, that obviously by its style was not written in its entirety by the former President, Balaguer endorses the …

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Consumption of petrol products in the DR is increasing, riding on the economic boom. El Caribe reports that from January to May, consumption reached a record 2.9 million barrels of regular gasoline, or 11% more than last year. Premium gasoline sales declined 6.3%, relative to the January-April 1999 period, reflecting the availability of lower cost …

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The board of directors of the Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), the organization that rules telecommunications, ordered an investigation to determine the radio stations, cable television, television and telecommunications services that are operating illegally. In resolution 5-00, Indotel says that in the next few days provisional suspensions of concessions, licenses and authorizations to companies …

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The National Police said that Police Lieutenant Jose Antonio Baez Japa was removed from the ranks yesterday by order of the Executive Branch. He is accused of allowing the escape of alleged drug trafficker Omar Francisco Santiago Cabrera, now a fugitive of the Police. The escape occurred 7 June from the Ciudad Nueva Court House. …

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Yesterday, the business sector advocated the approval of economic reforms as a way to confront the distortions that affect the current economy. Celso Marranzini, and Andres Dauhajre, presidents of the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada (CONEP) and of the Union Nacional de Empresarios want to form a leader summit to come up with a …

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The authorities of Panama and Nicaragua, respectively, detected illegal traffic of Dominicans to the United States, going through their countries and then crossing the Mexican-Texas border into United States. The newspaper Hoy said that the travelers used both a Dominican and a US passport. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week, 40 Dominicans were …

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Taiwan Ambassador Adolfo Sun contributed to Environment Day, 5 June, by releasing 100,000 Aztecus shrimp variety into the Samana bay area in the northeast. The shrimp were released in a mangrove of the Los Haitises National Park. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jose Miguel Martínez, represented the Dominican government. Ambassador Sun highlighted that the contribution falls …

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Listin Diario remarks that "red has arrived". The flowering tree called "El Flamboyan" produces brilliant flowers with five petals, and colors ranging from red and orange to whitish and yellowish. The ornamental tree is a native of Madagascar, and transforms the city into a great garden this time of the year as it adorns the …

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