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The BHD Bank is organizing a stroll from 2 to 7 pm at the Botanical Gardens. The event is set for Saturday, 1 April. Tickets are RD$50, and the funds will go to help preserve the lovely gardens of the Botanical Gardens. For more information, call 243-3232 (BHD) or 567-6211, ext 249 (Botanical Gardens).

The Italian Gastronomy Festival is slated for Sunday, 2 April at the Fortaleza Ozama. It is organized by the Casa de Italia and leading Italian restaurants and food companies represented in the DR participate. For more information, call 688-1497 or 689-7962.

The National Car Speed Racing Championship is slated for Sunday, 2 April at the Autódromo Las Américas, of Km. 14 Las Americas Highway. This is the Campeonato Nacional Power Rider 2000. Sixty Dominican and international competitors have signed up to participate in the following categories: RS1, RS2, PM1, PM2, GT3 y GBS. 10:30 am. Luis …

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"Artistas por el Gagá," an organization that describes itself as "a collective of alternative and Dominican contemporary artists, has organized a day with Afro-contemporary music and art. The group promotes the event as a way to welcome the spring with a Haitian-Dominican solidarity and brotherhood event through music and dance to the tune and beat …

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The United Nations Fund for Population estimates that by year 2010, the population in the Dominican Republic will have increased to 9.7 million. At the end of last year, the population of the Dominican Republic was 8.3 million. By year 2025, the UN sets the Dominican population at 11.2 million, 50% when compared to the …

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President Leonel Fernandez has sent the Congress the draft of new legislation that would overhaul the existing patchwork of nebulous immigration laws and regulations and fortify the regulatory agency. As proposed, the bill would govern immigration, emigration, residence, citizenship, transit through national territory, temporary and permanent worker status, and requirements governing the status of returning …

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The National Postal Office announced that the city will soon begin to implement a modern postal code system. The system will serve to expedite distribution of letters, but will also help to organize the city. Pending for the actual implementation is that the President issues a decree to the effect. An educational campaign is planned …

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The Department of Transit of the National Police told the Listín Diario that 90% of the accidents that occur in the DR are due to drivers breaking the rules. Colonel Rafael Guillermo Fermín said that about 60 accidents occur per day in the DR, with an average of two deaths in Santo Domingo and four …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of the presidential election in the DR, gave out RD$224 million yesterday to help finance political campaigns. The money was distributed as follows: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) RD$78.421,934.61 Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) RD$63,984,852.55 Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) RD$30,444,563.37 Partido Unidad Democrática (UD) RD$6,546,295.17 Partido …

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The Rumbo newsweekly magazine/Gallup Poll released today shows that if elections were held today, the placement of the three leading presidential candidates would be as follows: Hipólito Mejía (PRD) 44%, Joaquín Balaguer (PRSC) 26%, and Danilo Medina (PLD) 25%. 4% of voters said they did not know whom they would vote for. Since to win …

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