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El Siglo newspaper interviewed Rear Admiral Radhames Lora Salcedo who spoke on the new facilities enjoyed by the important government department. The Defensa Civil recently moved to new offices in a two-floor building at the Plaza de la Salud, an advanced medical complex. He said that now the Interinstitutional Center for Emergency Operations (COEI) that …

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El Siglo newspaper points out that the announcement by Minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas Maldonado that the construction of the athletes village will not be financed by a US$140 million loan from a Spanish bank could be enough for the country to lose the right to host the Games. Funding for the village would …

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Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofia, King and Queen of Spain, arrived last night for a three-day visit. They were received by the Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp, Dominican ambassador in Spain, Jose Augusto Vega Imbert, the head of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Relations Francisco Nadal Rincón and Ambassador of Spain …

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Marino Ginebra, leading executive at Seguros America, Telecable Nacional and Amhsa Marina resorts will preside the board of the National Council of Private Business (CONEP) for 2001-2002. The new board will be effective 10 January. Other board members are: Elena Viyella de Paliza, Julio Hernández and Carlos Guillermo León, Luis Molina Achecar, Fernando Capellán, Irving …

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The approval of the appointment of Reformista Party leader Leonardo Matos Berrido as ambassador to Italy did not move ahead when 12 senators voted against him, and 12 in his favor yesterday in the Senate. News reports indicate there was a heated discussion with some senators opposing him primarily for positions he maintained in the …

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Former president of the Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior (CONES), Alejandrina Germán criticized that legal consultant of the Executive Power, Guido Gómez Mazzara should have recommended to President Hipólito Mejía the authorization for the reopening of the Universidad Eugenio Maria de Hostos medical school without investigating the reasons for its shut down. Germán was president …

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Pedro Martínez, winner of the 2000 Cy Young Award of the American League, said in a press conference that he would like Manny Ramírez, of the Cleveland Indians, to join the Boston Red Sox. "Manny mentioned that Boston was one of the places he would like to go. I do not doubt Boston will make …

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Vehicle owners need to renew their circulation permits prior to 20 November. As of that date the Police and Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) agents have been instructed to confiscate vehicles. The vehicles will not be returned until the proper up to date documentation is presented. No extension will be given this year on the renovation …

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The Ministry of Public Health is expected to release tomorrow the official list of pharmaceuticals containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) that will be banned from local pharmacies due to new recommendations that they may be harmful to human health. An initial list released by the Ministry met with denials from pharmaceutical distributors (Bronchochem, Sinutab and Mucox) who …

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