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The PLD aired on television yesterday a video where a man identified by the PLD as PRD presidential candidate security guard Benedicto Rivas (Benero) is seen firing at Reformista activist Ramón Leonardo Rodríguez. Minutes earlier, Rodríguez had waved a package of grass at the PRD caravan on Saturday 29 April, making fun of the PRD …

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The JCE says that 62,000 Dominicans will be employed in the 16 May 2000 presidential election exercise. The election will cost RD$167 million, of which RD$35 million will be used to pay the people that will staff the 11, 422 voting stations at 3,500 electoral centers. The breakdown of eligible voters by sex is as …

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The president of a board called to investigate the crash of a single engine Cessna 152 in Santiago said that the accident most likely occurred because the pilot, Richard Alba flew too low and one of the wings of the airplane got tangled with a steel telephone cable. The accident occurred after the plane was …

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The Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (OMSA), the government entity that operates the public bus transport system, announced that four Volvo buses with capacity for 240 passengers each will circulate on the corridors of 27 de Febrero and John F. Kennedy starting this week. The start of the megabus service could be either on …

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"El Merengue se Viste de Gala" is the name of the show Hector Acosta and his Los Toros Band will be presented at the National Theater of Santo Domingo. The Santo Domingo Philharmonic Orchestra in the 12-13 May presentations will accompany him. Joseito Mateo, Jose el Calvo, el Cieguito de Nagua and Miriam Cruz will …

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Next year’s book fair will be dedicated to Chile, announced the president of the Permanent Commission of the Book Fair, Jose Rafael Lantigua during the closing ceremony. During the closing event, President Leonel Fernández formally invited Chile to be the main guest country of next year’s fair. He personally handed an invitation to Chilean Ambassador …

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Oracle Corporation will support the Dominican government’s modernization plans and superior education programs. The US high tech corporation signed an agreement for Internet technology. Technical Minister of the Presidency, Temístocles Montás signed the contract on behalf of the Dominican government; Gerardo Martinez signed for Oracle Corporation.

A National Emergency Operations Center will go up at the Center of Operations of the Health Plaza (Plaza de la Salud) in Santo Domingo. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has consulted with the Dominican Civil Defense department and helped develop the design for the new center. The construction will be funded by the …

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The government of Spain appointed Fermin Prieto-Castro Roumier new ambassador to the Dominican Republic. He will replace Jose Manuel López Barrón, present ambassador. The appointment still has to go through diplomatic channels and formalities.