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Participation in a gas strike across the United States is being promoted also in the DR. The strike is a general protest against the present high prices of fuel. The promoters are asking drivers to not purchase any gasoline from Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March. The purpose of the strike is to influence …

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The Santiago Industrial Free Zones Association signed an agreement with CENAPEC, the long distance learning center, to help their workers get their high school degrees. CENAPEC will be providing tutors to assist the workers in their studies, and the Free Zones Park will be providing the meeting areas and offering employees on-site facilities to reduce …

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The remaining dates of the worthwhile seeing Sergio Vargas, "Había una vez un merengue," the story of merengue music on tour, sponsored by Baninter, are: 24 March. Parque Estadio Julián Javier. San Francisco de Macorís. 25 March. Parque Duarte. La Vega. 26 March. Parque Municipal Altagracia. Villa Altagracia.

President Leonel Fernández declared of "national interest" the pre-identification and verification process to take place this Saturday, 25 and Sunday, 26 March nationwide. The Junta Central Electoral, the body in charge of organizing the presidential election of 16 May 2000, is urging that all voters visit their pre-assigned voting station to verify their voting card …

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The Junta Central Electoral reported today that it has confirmed the presidential and vice presidential candidacies of the following political parties: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano: Hipólito Mejía and Milagros Ortíz Bosch. Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (the ruling party): Danilo Medina and Amilcar Romero. The Medina-Romero ticket has the support of the minority party, Bloque Institucional …

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El Siglo newspaper’s Penn, Schoen & Berland survey showed that if the elections were held today, Hipólito Mejía of the PRD would receive 44% of the vote, Joaquin Balaguer of the PRSC 24% and Danilo Medina of the PLD, 23%. In January, this same poll showed results of 50% PRD, 20% Balaguer and 27% PLD. …

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"Orlando dice," a popular El Siglo newspaper column comments that former President Joaquín Balaguer engorged Mario Vargas Llosa’s most recent novel, "La Fiesta del Chivo." Balaguer didn’t wait for the Dominican version to be available this week, but ordered his copy from Spain. The column says that Balaguer’s aides had to read it to him …

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Presidential candidate for the minority party, Movimiento de Unidad e Integración Dominicana (UNIDO), Cesar Estrella Sahdalá said that political candidates are committing fraud when they promise what they know they cannot deliver. "Today many organizations meet with the traditional parties and explain their needs and the politicians include these in their government plan as a …

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Danilo Medina, presidential candidate for the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, urged that developed nations contribute to develop systems in Haiti so that that nation can issue identification documents to all its citizens. The fact that most Haitians, primarily because they are too poor and distrust their government, never bother to get their identification documents …

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The District Attorney announced that no new prisoners will be sent to La Victoria, a jail that is overpopulated with 3,358 inmates. The new prisoners will be sent to the Najayo jail, the country’s second largest jail that is also overpopulated with 2,459 inmates. DA Francisco Domínguez said that the judiciary is accelerating the procedures …

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