2000 – Page 190

Five persons died and 14 were injured when a Toyota Corolla car crashed into a Nissan minibus on noon on Sunday. The vehicle was traveling on the wrong lane along the Azua-Barahona highway. The two occupants of the car died, 3 persons on the bus, and 14 persons traveling on the bus were injured. The …

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Baseball player José Lima visited 94-year old former President Joaquín Balaguer prior to opening the spring training game for the Houston Astros at the Quisqueya Ball Park. He urged Dominicans to vote for the former statesman, "because he is the only person who has done everything for the country." He said he would request permission …

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"Las Damas de las Camelias, of Spanish playwright Ramón Pareja" will be staged at the National Theater’s Sala Ravelo on 16-19 March and 23-26 March.

Lurgi Lejes Bischoff of Germany and Acres International and Interteck Consulting, of Canada, will work together to install a generator that uses garbage as fuel, as reported in El Caribe newspaper. During a press conference in Santo Domingo, engineer Pedro Robiou, serving as spokesman for the companies and Roberto Castillo Tió, technical secretary of the …

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The Monetary Junta, the highest-ranking financial authority in the DR, pulled the breaks on government spending yesterday. The Monetary Junta issued a resolution that restricts government spending to the average for the last trimester of 1999 through 31 December 2000. The government is instructed to remove from circulation the excess government expenditure over the established …

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The government is sending a group of physicians to assist Mozambique flood victims. This is the first time the DR sends a relief mission to Africa. Mozambique is a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific bloc of nations, signatory of the Lomé Convention, which the DR presides. The group will be head by General …

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President Leonel Fernández traveled to Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe today, Friday, 10 March to attend a Caribbean Summit of Heads of State and Government. The President of France, Jacques Chirac is participating in the meetings. Trade with France, management of natural disasters, drug trafficking cooperation, development of agrochemical research, and cultural and sports exchanges discussions are on …

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President Leonel Fernández received the credentials of Ambassador of Panama Alberto Castillero Pinilla and Ambassador of Mexico Amanda Mireya Terán Munguía. Ambassador Terán is a languages and Spanish literature graduate, who has been in the Mexican diplomatic corps since 1970. She was first sent abroad in 1998. Ambassador Alberto Castillero, a business administrator, has been …

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Visiting political scientist Howard Wiarda (http://www.csis.org/html/4wiarda.html) attributed the outstanding Dominican growth to the diversification of the economy. He said the DR has five strong growth areas: tourism, free zones, telecommunications, remittances of Dominican living abroad, and construction that have added great dynamism to the local economy. He said a combination of political and economic stability …

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