2000 – Page 197

Former President Joaquín Balaguer, who is running for the presidency for the seventh time on the PRSC ticket, urged his followers to support his vice presidential candidate, Jacinto Peynado. Following the keynote speech by the PRSC’s vice presidential candidate, Balaguer gave his two-minute address. Balaguer said: "All that I have to add to what has …

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The Junta Central Electoral set 16 April as the new deadline for the delivering of the identification/voting cards (cedulas) to Dominican citizens. The JCE considers the new deadline sufficient time for the 600,000 citizens that still have not gotten their cards to get these. The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana …

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Middle-aged José Rafael Jiménez Núñez, chauffeur of the Dominican general consul in Port-au-Prince, Carlos Castillo, was shot to death yesterday after leaving the Unibank branch in Petionville, Port au Prince. After he was unable to make a routine deposit of US$6,000 in the bank due to a power failure at the bank, he was making …

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Presidential candidate for the PLD, Danilo Medina said that he is of the personal opinion any person born in the Dominican Republic should be a Dominican. He said this is regardless of whether the person is born to a Haitian emigrant. He favored modifying the Dominican Constitution to this end. The Dominican Constitution excludes those …

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At the Junta Central Electoral deadline yesterday, the contending parties registered their political alliances for the 16 May 2000 presidential election. These are as follows: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD). Alliance with the Bloque Institucional Social Demócrata (BIS), presided by José Francisco Peña Guaba, son of the former Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) leader, the …

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Sixteen United States generals or admirals visited last week as part of a National Defense University of Washington, D.C. training program. They will tour other Latin American countries to get a wider view of the role of the Armed Forces in the region. When meeting with Dominican senators, President of the Senate, Ramón Alburquerque explained …

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The Second Santo Domingo International Movie Showing continues at the Hollywood Diamond Plaza mall. The limelight this year is on films from Europe, Latin America and Israel. It is an excellent opportunity to see films that otherwise would not come to the DR, where 90% of the films are US films. Friday, 3 March Hollywood …

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Expo Automovilismo, a major car exhibition, is now open at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel. The event will continue through 5 March.

Riders from 11 countries will participate in the X Equestrian Grand Prix Brugal to take place 3-5 March at the Centro Ecuestre Las Colinas in Santo Domingo. Competitors are coming from Guatemala, Honduras Venezuela, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Haiti and Panama to participate in six categories. Riders will represent the DR from the …

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