2000 – Page 179

2000 News

Lobby group being set up in Washington, D.C.

Former US ambassador Bernardo Vega is advising the Dominican-American National Roundtable on the setting up of a Washington, D.C. office. The office will serve as a national forum for the analysis and strategic planning regarding topics of interest to the Dominican community in the United States. The group seeks to unite voices of the Dominican …

2000 News

Police accuses three of crime against cinematographer

The National Police accused three men, 25-year old José Moreno Beltré, 21-year old Melkin Pérez Otaño and Manolo Pérez Soto (fugitive of justice) of murdering cinematographer Jean Louis Jorge. Jorge was found dead at his Gazcue apartment where he lived alone on 13 March. He was stabbed to death, the evening of 12 March after …

2000 News

New bridge over Ozama expected to be ready by August

El Siglo newspaper reports that the bridge going up parallel to the Juan Pablo Duarte bridge could be completed by the end of the Fernández term in August 2000. The bridge is part of a road plan to decongestion east-west traffic. At present there are three concrete bridges over the Ozama River, and a temporary …

2000 News

Changing the rules of a tender to favor one company?

Hoy newspaper reveals that the Ministry of Public Works has changed the terms for the tender regarding the tramway along Av. John F. Kennedy. According to the newspaper, six of the seven companies that were bidding said they will quit the tender in protest for the last minute change in terms. The Ministry of Public …

2000 News

Driver's license bureau gets new offices

President Fernández participated today in the formal reopening of the Dirección General de Tránsito Terrestre. The DGTT is a division of the Ministry of Public Works that is in charge of issuing drivers permits in the DR. Dominicans for several months now have been able to enjoy the efficiencies brought by the new Sistema de …

2000 News

It's 3,175 meters, not feet up to Pico Duarte

The DR1 Daily News wrongly posted on Friday that the distance up the Pico Duarte, the largest mountain in the Caribbean, is 3,175 feet. Wrong. It’s 3,175 meters. We appreciate that several readers wrote to alert us of the mistake. The correction was made on the web page on Friday, but we had to wait …

2000 News

Discovery Channel televises Dominican surgical operation

Discovery Channel is preparing a one-hour documentary after having filmed several long distance surgical procedures carried out at the Centro Médico de Medicina Avanzada Abel González. The focus of the documentary will be the use of telemedicine facilities and interactive surgery. Dr. Abel Ricardo González performed the operation with Dr. Nick Gabriel, of Yale University …

Reps to Miss Universe and Miss World chosen

Gilda Jovine, Miss Universe Dominicana 2000, and Claudia Santaella, Miss Mundo Dominicana were chosen the Dominican representatives to the leading world pageants. Gilda Jovine is a blonde, 19-year old, advertising student, who represented Constanza. Claudia Santaella is a brunette, 19-year old, professional model who represented the National District (Santo Domingo). Winners of special awards were: …

2000 News

El Gordo de la Semana returns Sunday, 9 April

Freddy Beras Goico, the most renowned Dominican TV producer of all times, announced his "El Gordo de la Semana" Sunday show will be back on TV as of Sunday, 9 April. His show co-host will be Mildred Quiroz. The show will be telecast from 12 noon to 7 pm Sundays on Supercanal, the UHF station …

2000 News

No home delivery for cedulas

The president of the Junta Central Electoral, Manuel Ramón Morel Cerda said that the press erroneously interpreted that voting and identification cards, or cedulas, would be delivered to citizens at their homes. He said that they will send mobile units to city neighborhoods where large numbers of voters live that have not picked up their …

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2000 – Page 179

Lobby group being set up in Washington, D.C.

Police accuses three of crime against cinematographer

New bridge over Ozama expected to be ready by August

Changing the rules of a tender to favor one company?

Driver's license bureau gets new offices

It's 3,175 meters, not feet up to Pico Duarte

Discovery Channel televises Dominican surgical operation

Reps to Miss Universe and Miss World chosen

El Gordo de la Semana returns Sunday, 9 April

No home delivery for cedulas