2001 – Page 68

A mission of Dominican health authorities travelled to Haiti for talks 2-4 August on how both nations can cooperate. Health Ministers Jose Rodriguez Soldevilla of the DR and Henry Voltaire of Haiti agreed on the need to invest US$20 million over five years in joint programs to combat malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS and to implement …

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An apparently three-day-old baby girl was rescued from death at the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Park near the Malecon in Santo Domingo. She was found by teenagers who first thought the cries they heard were from a kitten. They found the baby girl wrapped in a towel in a bush. She had been bitten by …

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President Hipolito Mejia has announced that the PRSC and the PRD will present joint candidates to head the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the municipalities and municipal boards in the elections to be held 16 August. The announcement was made after Mejia met with the PRSC party leader, former President Balaguer, yesterday. The president of …

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After President Mejia’s meeting yesterday with former President Joaquin Balaguer, he said the construction of sports venues for the Pan American Games would continue in Mirador del Este Park. Mejía said there is no turning back on the commitment. The Listin Diario newspaper revealed that the construction violates the Environment Law. In June, Minister of …

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The Municipality of Santo Domingo has banned the installation of giant billboards in Santo Domingo and ordered the dismantling of existing ones. The measure was taken by city hall after torrential rains and gusts produced by a recent thunderstorm toppled several of them in Santo Domingo. The 100 kilometer per hour gusts revealed the fragility …

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The Armed Forces has carried out a second surprise crackdown (Operation Centella) in major Dominican cities. Occupants of vehicles were frisked in search of illegally-held guns. The measure is part of government actions to reduce crime in the DR. The searches caused bottlenecks yesterday evening on the Las Americas and Duarte Highways.

Santo Domingo’s Transport Authority has agreed on new one-way street directions near Maximo Gomez Avenue. From now on, the street directions are: Desiderio Valverde: South-North Wenceslao Alvarez: South-North Elvira de Mendoza: North-South Filomeno Rojas: East-West Aristides Fiallo Cabral: East-West Santiago: West-East Juan Sanchez Ramirez: East-West Jose Contreras: East-West Felix E. Mejia: East-West Maria Montez: North-South …

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The Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) has criticized the shortage of refined sugar that occurs every year at this time. Engineer Ivan de Jesus Garcia, president of the FDC, said this is due to a lack of preparation by the Dominican Sugar Institute (Inazucar), which he described as a government body manipulated by sugar producers. …

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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) expects the Dominican economy to grow 3.5% this year, down from 7.8% in 2000. Inflation is estimated to reach 10%. Eclac forecasts a Latin American and Caribbean growth rate of 2% for this year, down from 4% last year. For more information, see the Eclac …

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