2000 – Page 161

News reports say that Senate and House conferees late on Thursday, 13 April broke their deadlock and reached an agreement in principle on the major textile provisions of bills to grant NAFTA-parity provisions to sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. The Washington Post released the story in their online edition on Friday, 14 April (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17920-2000Apr14.html) Congressional …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) inaugurated a new bus route over the weekend. This is the sixth bus route to be operated by AMET in Santo Domingo. The route will link the Centro de los Heroes in the south of Santo Domingo with Los Rios, in the Northwest. The route will pass by Jiménez Moya, …

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The Dominican Republic formally presented the candidacy of Dominican diplomat Homero Luis Hernandez Sánchez for the post of Adjunct Secretary General of the Organization of American States. The election will be held in June of this year at the 30th General Assembly meeting of the OAS. Hernández has more than 30 years working in international …

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President Leonel Fernandez announced the definite suspension of the extraction of sand, gravel and construction materials from the Haina, Yubaso, Nizao and Nigua rivers. Government contractors have been accused of killing the rivers of this southern province. President Fernández, speaking in San Cristóbal, said that the problem dates back to the 70s and 80s when …

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The District Attorney’s office and the National Commission for Public Shows announced that discos have been instructed to refrain from hosting parties of high school graduating classes until further notice. Roxana Reyes, assistant to the DA, said that recent raids on discotheques showed these were admitting minors, which is against the law. The cut off …

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Mr. Adolf Sun is the newly appointed ambassador of Taiwan to the Dominican Republic. Previously, he was director of the department of foreign affairs of the Santo Domingo embassy. The Dominican Republic has traditionally been a strong supporter of Taiwan independence from China.

President Leonel Fernández, on the campaign trail for PLD presidential candidate, Danilo Medina, said that the Dominican economy grew 10.5% during the first trimester of 2000. He said that inflation was 0.23% and that some 13,000 jobs were created primarily in apparel industries located in free zones. President Fernández also emphasized that the next government …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing the presidential, congressional and municipal elections in the DR, delivered to political parties on Saturday the final voting list that will be used in the 16 May presidential elections. 4,373,081 persons are listed with their photographs. Huascar Frías, spokesman for the JCE, said that …

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In the Sunday edition, Hoy newspaper publishes results of its 10-13 April presidential candidate poll. According to the Hoy-Hamilton poll, if the election were held today, Hipólito Mejía (PRD) would receive 40% of the vote, Danilo Medina (PLD) 26% and Joaquin Balaguer (PRSC) 25%. When compared to the March poll, Mejía declined three points, Medina …

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