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President Leonel Fernández left today at 7:20 am to meet with Bill Gates of Microsoft in Seattle, Washington. President Fernández will also attend the Third Annual Conference of Heads of State organized by Microsoft. This is Fernández’s 33rd trip abroad. According to Hoy newspaper, President Fernández wants Microsoft to certify the Santo Domingo Cyberpark, the …

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations Frederic Emam Zade highlighted the benefits the Central American and Caribbean free trade agreements will generate for the Dominican Republic. He said that the country will have savings of RD$5,500 million in taxes in the first year. He said that Dominicans will be able to sell and buy goods free …

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Marcos Cochón, Superintendent of Electricity, said that the present blackouts are the result of eight power plants being out of service. He said the power deficit is at 350 megawatts. Cities in the central Cibao region are those most affected. These cities depend on power generated by the Smith Enron power plant that is located …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election, announced that data contained in 92.82% of the voting cards of citizens that participated in the 25-26 March voting card verification exercise checked out. Some 1,630,730 persons, or 38.87% of the 4,195,000 citizens able to vote participated in the voluntary verification exercise. …

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Members of the Department of Drug Control (DNCD) arrested a 28-year old Haitian in possession of 31 kilos of cocaine. Reportedly, he planned to deliver the cocaine to buyers in Miami. The man’s Haitian passport identified him as Jean Marc Junior Adam. But he had on him a Florida driver’s license, where he was Mario …

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The Minister of Education, Ligia Amada Melo received 500 computers from the Government of Taiwan yesterday. The computers feature a 64 MB Ram memory, 6.4 GB hard disk, and 400 MHZ processor and 56k internal modems. The Government of Taiwan has already delivered 2,200 of a promised 5,000 that are being installed as part of …

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Dr. Emilio Mena Castro said that a successful kidney transplant was carried out at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital last week. This is the second at the hospital. The first took place in 1993, but the operations were suspended because of lack of resources. In a private clinic the transplant would cost RD$200,000-RD$300,000. Ivelisse …

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According to an item in the Wall Street Journal based on US Census data, Dominicans make up 2.5% of the new arrivals to the United States. Dominicans are the 7th largest group of immigrants to the US. The breakdown is as follows: Mexico 27.2%, Philippines 4.4%, China and Hong Kong 4.3%, Cuba 3.5%, Vietnam 3%, …

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The Dominican Republic will host the World Juvenile Bowling Tournament. It will be held at the Sebelen Bowling Center in October or November. Delegations from 50 countries are expected, with teams made up of 14 athletes. The DR became the site to the important world tournament when several nations refused to travel to Colombia for …

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Festival de Rock. Kim Sánchez who has put together a group of the new names in Dominican Rock organizes Rock.do. Time to listen to: Uranio, Mister Klica, La Gente, Neutral, Bienes y Raices, Stupid Silence, Modem 5, Cherry Flavor and Ciencia Fusión. Every Friday in April, except Good Friday. 9 pm. Boulevard 27 de Febrero, …

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