2000 – Page 211

Hoy newspaper reports that the government will carry out a real estate inventory of the city of Santo Domingo starting in March. US$10 million will finance the project funded by the Spanish government. The inventory will be carried out to determine ownership, worth and availability of property in Santo Domingo. The Catastro Nacional department is …

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The National Police has not allowed illegal occupants of the Los Girasoles to return to the Girasoles property that is located on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The former occupants of the property were ousted and relocated to a nearby lot property of a physician as they await the government to resolve their alleged homeless …

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Hoy newspaper’s Hamilton poll published today indicates that Hipólito Mejía of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano continues to lead runner-up Danilo Medina of the ruling Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. Forty-two percent of Dominicans said they would vote for Mejía in the 16 May presidential election, versus 27% who would vote for Medina and 20% who …

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The computerized billing problems of the new electricity distributors have been giving the privatization process a bad name. Little had been written until now of the very successful privatization of the state flour mill, Molinos Dominicanos. For decades a bottomless barrel, the new managers that purchased 50% of the shares of Molinos Dominicanos, have done …

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The Foreign Investment Promotion Office reported that Central Bank figures show that international companies registered US$1,374 million in foreign investment in the DR in 1999. This is up from US$699.8 million in 1998. Of the total, 47% was injected into the energy sector, 22% in tourism, 16% telecommunications, 3% free zones. Major players in 1999 …

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A fire destroyed the installations of the pathology department at the Instituto Oncológico Dominicano Heriberto Pieter, the leading public cancer hospital. The fire occurred at 10 pm following a blackout. There were no personal injuries but the fire destroyed all medical records, equipment and furnishings of the department that gives service to Dominicans that can’t …

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El Siglo newspaper published today results of a survey carried out 25 January-1 February during which Dominicans were asked to name which has been the best government from 1966 to the present day and the best president in this century. The results were as follows: Antonio Guzman 46% (1978-1982) Leonel Fernández 23% (1996-2000) Joaquín Balaguer …

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The National Police announced the arrest of three men that they have been sent to justice accused of carrying out 10 assaults and sexual violations of women. The victims had boarded their vehicle that posed as a taxi car on the Winston Churchill and 27 de Febrero main city thoroughfares. The individuals, José Lorenzo Perelló …

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