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The Junta Central Electoral announced that Dominicans that did not secure their voting/identification cards in time for the 15 January deadline may still get these. The document is necessary for legal transactions in the DR. Those that did not meet the deadline, nevertheless, are banned from voting in the 16 May presidential election. The cards …

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The ruling party, Partido de la Liberación Dominicana requested in a letter sent to the Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing the presidential election, that that electoral court invite the Organization of American States, and its affiliate organization Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral (CAPEL), the Carter Center and other international …

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The Ministry of Education said that 192,000 of 225,000 persons enrolled in the learn to read and write programs of the government are now literate. The Programa de Alfabetización y Educación Básica implemented by the Ministry with the cooperation of the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional has the support of 580 institutions, including schools, churches, …

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Rear Admiral Victor García Alecont accused judges of handing out lenient judgments benefiting organizers of illegal boat trips. He said the organizers of the boat trips are criminals and should receive 20 year jail sentences. Hundreds of Dominicans have lost their lives when mechanical failures and bad weather have caused the capsizing of boats.

Thirty Dominican police men and women will participate in a Special Peace Maintenance Mission to Kosovo, Yugoslavia. This will be the first time Dominicans participate in a United Nations’ peace- keeping force. Chief of the Police Candelier chose 60 members, from which 30 will be selected. Those that qualified needed to have a good command …

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Engineer Roque Napoleón Muñoz, a former president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, and a member of the committee that is organizing the tender to choose the builders of the Pan American Games Olympic Village, said that all three of the companies that qualified for the tender for the construction of the Olympic Village towers will …

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Hoy newspaper reports that José Joaquín Puello, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, commented that his colleague Bill Hybl in turn told him that the US will seek the site of the 2007 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo. He said the USOC would like to host those Games in San Antonio, Texas.

The Seattle Mariners have plans to build a training camp in the DR. Ramón de los Santos, Seattle Mariners scout, said that Pat Gillick told him of the decision during his recent visit to the DR. Dominican Alex Rodríguez plays for the Mariners.

The Aguilas Cibaeñas again defeated the Estrellas Orientales last night. Their 9-3 victory at the Estrellas’ home stadium places them just one game from winning the Dominican Winter Baseball Series. The series now moves back to the Estadio Cibao, home stadium of the Aguilas Cibaeñas. The games are being televised in the DR on Friday, …

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The Luther College Jazz Band announced 8:30 pm presentations will be held Friday, 28 January at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Monday at the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano (Santo Domingo), Tuesday at the Teatro de La Vega, Wednesday at the Hotel Puerto Plata Beach and Thursday at Casa Marina Reef in Sosua. Dominican Tony Guzmán directs …

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