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The ruling Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD) has spent more on TV advertizing during the current presidential campaign than all the other political parties combined. A survey sponsored by a group called Citizen Participation found that the PLD paid for 52% of all TV ads on all channels since July, 1999. The Partido Revolucionario …

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The National Cattle Producers Organization ( APROLECHE), and the National Porcine Commission complained to the congress that the government’s lenient attitude toward beef and pork imports is driving them into bankruptcy. Spokesmen for the two organizations offered testimony before a senate committee that is considering raising from 25% to 40% the duties on imported beef …

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Some 7,500 people and 70 ambulances will be on standby alert at beaches and bathing holes, along highways and mountain trails next week, according to the Civil Defense Agency. "Operation Holy Week 2000" has recruited personnel from such organizations as the National Police, the armed forces, the Red Cross, the National Meteorology Office, the Office …

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Following closely on the heels of the agreement forged by President Leonel Fernandez with Microsoft to combat intellectual piracy in the country, several major Dominican businesses are being sued for the illegal use of copyrighted software. The International Business Software Alliance (IBSA) will file suit in SD against "automobile importers, box manufacturers and ceramics producers." …

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Although the protracted drought may be the root cause, investigators have been dispatched to the scene of three blazes to look for "other causes." At the moment, hundreds of acres are being consumed by flames in the woodland preserve of Loma Comadreja, in Monte Plata, in the Santo Domingo Greenbelt, and in the Eastern National …

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A leak from an ammonia gas cylinder at the Alaska Ice Factory, located in the La Fe section of the capital, caused several families to be evacuated from their homes nearby. Firemen rushed to the scene of the incident, which occurred around 9:30 last night. Seven employees of the factory were working in the compressor …

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The president of the National Council for Private Enterprise, Celso Marranzini, said that the approval of a national stock exchange ought to be "a priority," since it will foster savings and create an infusion of new capital to spur business growth. A bill to create the Santo Domingo Stock Market was presented to congress by …

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Things are on schedule for the completion of preparations for the XII National Games, scheduled to open in La Romana on April 29th. Reynaldo Nova, head of the Organizing Committee for the games, stated that the "stage is practically set" for this month’s event that will include the participation of 2,943 athletes competing in 25 …

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Dominicans shone in the first week of the big league baseball season’s opening week. Five Dominicans figured among the 15 leading batters with at least a .400 batting average. They are Vladimir Guerrero, Fernando Tatis, Luis Castillo, Adrian Beltre, and Ron Belliard. Guerreo, of the Montreal Expos, was in first place with a score of …

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With just 36 days remaining before the election, the pace of the presidential campaign is picking up. Over the weekend, the candidates criss-crossed the country seeking votes. PLD party candidate Danilo Medina, headed east to La Altagracia and El Seibo Provinces, where he told crowds of supporters that the PRD would "drag the nation into …

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