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Representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced yesterday that it is sending a full-scale election observer mission to monitor the national elections scheduled for May 16th. The announcement followed a meeting between a three-person OAS advance team and President Leonel Fernandez held in the Presidential Palace. The team included Cristina Tomassoni, the OAS’s …

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The leading private power distributor in the Dominican Republic, Unión Fenosa said that they have detected that there is more evasion on behalf of wealthy consumers than by poor consumers. Two Union Fenosa affiliates Edenorte and Edesur distribute most of the power sold in the DR. Company spokesperson Yolanda Souto said that they have detected …

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A former president of the Asociación de Empresas Inmobiliarias, Francisco Muñiz Pou alerted there is a saturation of the local real estate market with luxury towers. In other words, prices of high rise deluxe apartments could start declining as developers scrimmage to download the units. Muñiz said that there are more apartments in the RD$5-RD$7 …

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Former ministers of Sports, Luis Scheker Ortiz and Jesús de la Rosa deposited a document in the Supreme Court that impugns Decree 241 of 21 November 1999 that declares of public utility the lot on which the Pan American Olympic Village would be built at San Martín corner Máximo Gómez. They say that declaring the …

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A group of adolescent girls were startled into screaming flight when a man, clad only in an unbuttoned jacket, dismounted from his Range Rover in front of them. The incident took place in front of the Diamond Mall, an upscale shopping center on the periphery of one of Santo Domingo’s most fashionable neighborhoods. The mother …

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The second half of the National Symphony Orchestra 1999-2000 season continues at the National Theater in Santo Domingo. The next presentations is: Wednesday, 29 March Night of Chamber Music. Tchaikovsky, Chavez, Wagner and Bizet.

The nation’s leading exhibition of cattle ranching, farming and industrial production opened this Saturday, 25 March. The fair continues through 2 April at the Feria Ganadera on the Malecón. The Feria Nacional Agropecuaria, Industrial, Educativa y Ecológica 2000 is a sale-exhibition of local produce. A new attraction this year is a flower producers competition.

The Dominican Fiesta Hotel will be hosting Expo Muebles Internacional 2000, the largest exhibition of furniture in the DR. The event opens tonight and is scheduled for 29 March-2 April. Participation of furniture manufacturers from the Dominican Republic, France, Canada, US, Italy, China, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Central America and the Caribbean.

The Ministry of Public Works announced it has suspended the competitive solicitation for the tramway that would be built along a 12-kilometer stretch of Av. John F. Kennedy. News reports yesterday had speculated that the government had changed the terms of the tender to benefit one of the companies. The Ministry of Public Works, in …

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