2000 – Page 206

José Joaquín Puello, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, said that the Dominican Republic expects to send a 45-person delegation to the Sydney, Australia Olympic Games. This will be the largest Dominican delegation ever to an Olympic Games. The large delegation is because Santo Domingo is the site of the 2003 Pan Am Games. The …

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Chris Frederick of the Miami bicycling squad won the third stage of the Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional, a major cycling event in the Caribbean. Dominican cyclist Wendy Cruz of the Alico-DR team who had won the first and second stage of the competitions came in 49th. Frederick posted a time of 2:58.20 for the 120 …

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President Leonel Fernández returned to Santo Domingo last night. The President returned from a 10-day tour that took him to Japan, Singapore and Thailand. The focus of his trip was to promote investment in the Dominican Republic. He arrived on a regular American Airlines flight from Miami at 10 pm. Vice President Jaime David Fernández …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that businessmen from Singapore will visit the Dominican Republic in April, as a result of contacts made by the Dominican government. The businessmen attended a seminar on investments in the DR carried out by the Office for the Promotion of Foreign Investment in Singapore. The workshop was part of official activities …

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Dirección General de Impuestos Internos announces that as of 1 April taxpayers will be able to declare and pay their taxes by Internet. Dennis Manzanillo, deputy director of the department, said that this will make it easier to pay taxes. The DGII web site will enable taxpayers to use home banking services of several banks …

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Expect the nation’s aspirants to win the presidency in May to be directing most of their campaigning efforts to convince voters in Santo Domingo. According to the Junta Central Electoral, the highest voter concentration is as follows: National District (Santo Doming): 1,553,811 voters Santiago: 491,591 voters La Vega: 188,441 Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 183,134 …

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Sunday, 27 February, Independence Day. 10 am. Final report on the state of the nation by President Leonel Fernández. From Congress. 4 pm. Military Parade along the Malecon. 7 pm. Fireworks, merengue, grass roots music groups and dance show. Parque Juan Baron (facing the Parque Eugenio María de Hostos, Malecon. Starring: Toño Rosario, Raulín Rodríguez, …

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