2000 – Page 233

Dominican Yudelka Bautista of the Dominican Volleyball Team was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the Norceca Continental Olympics Qualifying Tournament that took place in Miami, Florida. The DR defeated Puerto Rico (25-23, 25-17 and 25-15), but lost to US (25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 26-24 and 15-11) and to Canada (26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 19-25 and 12-15. …

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The president of the Panamerican Confederation of Modern Pentathlon, Mexican Sports Minister Ivar Sisniega Campbell gave his go ahead to the hosting of the events during the Santo Domingo Pan American Games in 2003 at the installations of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Construction of the installations has yet to be completed. Sisniega visited …

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Monday is a national holiday in the Dominican Republic. Thus, a Monday edition of the DR1 Daily News will not be published. The headline news of the day will be compiled for the Tuesday, 11 January edition. In the DR, January is the month with the most holidays. This year, Three Kings Day, 6 January …

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President Leonel Fernández issued yesterday a decree establishing that the new voting registration card/identification card, or cédula, is obligatory for Dominican citizens to carry out transactions with the government. The decision seeks to motivate Dominicans to exchange their old cédula for the new document. The deadline to obtain the new document is 15 January for …

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The director of the Dominican Port Authority, Melanio Parades announced he has handed to Cocimar and engineers Hernández Vázquez and Gerardo García Luzón, a first allotment for RD$3 million of a total of RD$28 million for the rehabilitation of the Port of San Pedro de Macorís, in the Southeast. Paredes said that works will be …

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The government began yesterday work on the ambitious urban renewal of the Hoyo de la Zurza slum area adjacent to Ozama River. The project calls for the construction of 350 apartments and 40 stores in the La Zurza area, one of the poorest in the city. The project is being carried out to protect the …

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The Junta Central Electoral confirmed that 15 January is the deadline for those who will be of voting age for the 16 May 2000 presidential election to request their new voting card/identification card, or cédula for those living in Santo Domingo and other main urban areas. JCE spokesman Wilfredo Alemany says that 31 January is …

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The Junta Central Electoral recognized three more political organizations as having the right to participate in the 2000 presidential elections. These are the Movimiento Independencia Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA), Movimiento de Unidad e Integración Dominicana (UNIDO), and the Partido Nueva Alternativa (PNA), which fulfilled the legal requirements. MIUCA is lead by Virtudes Alvarez, Unido by …

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Customs Bureau announced it collected RD$16,691.9 million in 1999. The 1999 income of the Dirección General de Aduanas was up 20% compared to 1998. Miguel Cocco, director of the department, said the increase comes despite the government eliminating taxes on textiles and farming items. Customs tax collections per month were: January RD$1,123.7 million; February RD$1,258.2 …

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