2000 – Page 235

The Fernández Administration has collected 20% more taxes this year than last. Tax collections went from RD$17,000 million in 1998 to RD$20,327 million in 1999, or RD$3,327 million more. Director General of the Dirección de Impuestos Internos, the local tax bureau, Juan Hernandez said that the largest increases were in the sales tax or the …

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Minister of Sports Juan Marichal promised that before the end of this government’s term, 16 August 2000, the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center will be completely repaired. He is promising to complete in seven months what hasn’t been done in four years. Some repairs have been started but the 15-year old facility continues in a …

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Sigma Dos-Listín Diario survey says that 32% of Partido Reformista Social Cristiano voters would cast their vote for Danilo Medina of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. 16% of the PRSC voters would favor Hipólito Mejía of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano in a second round. A candidate needs 50%+1 of the vote to win in …

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Peynado rejected accepting to be vice presidential candidate on a PLD-PRSC alliance ticket. He said that he does not seek the vice presidency and will not be a candidate of any party other than his own, the PRSC. José Tomás Pérez, secretary general of the PLD proposed that Peynado be chosen the vice presidential candidate …

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Falconbridge Dominicana reported a production of 47.6 million pounds of nickel, of which it exported 46.6 million pounds. The ferronickel producer paid US$13.6 million in taxes and had profits of US$11.9 million.

Juan Luis Guerra was nominated for a second time for a Grammy Award. "Ni es lo mismo, ni es igual" is competing against Ruben Blades’ "Tiempos;" Maná’s "Maná Unplugged;" Luis Miguel’s "Amarte es un Placer;" and Jaci Velásquez’s "Llegar a Tí" in the category of popular Latin music.

El Siglo newspaper reports that Dominican musician José Antonio Molina, in association with Emilio Estefan, is producing music for CDs of several popular Latin music stars. CDs with music arranged by Molina are being produced for Alejandro Fernández, Gloria Estefan, Charlie Zaa, Armando Manzanero, Jose Feliciano, Cristian Castro, and Chichí Peralta. Molina achieved world fame …

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Pedro Martinez will travel to Boston on 11 January to receive the Cy Young Award, for being the best pitcher of the American League last season. This is the second time he receives the award. Last year he won the award while pitching for Montreal, of the National League. Martínez spoke with reporters when attending …

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Dominican and Pan American champion judo competitor, Vicbart Geraldino will travel on Friday to Canada to continue his training en route to the Sydney, Australia Summer Olympics. He will train with some of the best North American athletes for two months in Canada. He qualified for the Olympics during the Panamerican Judo Championships held last …

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