2003 – Page 266

The forces that seek to re-elect President Hipolito Mejia announced the start of the campaign to seek his nomination as the PRD?s candidate in the 2003 election. At a significant event held in La Romana, the group known as the ?pepehachistas? (PPHers) launched their new slogan, ?Mejia does not govern alone?.  Meanwhile, people such as …

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Rafael Bello Andino, president of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), swore in Eduardo Estrella as the party?s candidate for the 2004 presidential election. The official final results indicated 192,283 votes for Estrella, for 51.89% of the total share, versus 178,298 votes for Jacinto Peynado, or 48.11%. A total of 370,581 votes were validated, cast …

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Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado said he would not accept the official results of the PRSC primaries, saying that they had been irresponsibly manipulated by party authorities. Peynado attributed the anomalies to a group of five party leaders who believe that the upkeep of the party is the best business they have ever had, ?a …

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The Dominican Republic defeated Cuba 4 to 1 in the second round of the American Zone, Group II of the Davis Cup, marking the first time the DR has qualified for the group finals in the renowned tennis tournament. The Dominican team will next face Paraguay, who defeated Mexico to pass on to Group I …

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Dominican Heidi Rodriguez won gold in the open category of the 17th Panamerican Karate Championship, held in Santo Domingo, with the participation of 26 regional countries. The event represents a qualifying round for the competitions to take place during the Santo Domingo Panamerican Games and was held at the handball pavilion of the Parque del …

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List?n Diario’s financial section leads with a report that Finance Minister Rafael Calder?n has given assurances that the government has no plans to extend the 10% surcharge on imports beyond the original 90-day period, which would expire on 17 May. The import tax was adopted as part of recent government measures to promote austerity, in …

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The electoral secretariat of the PRSC is looking into the alleged irregularities in Sunday’s voting in San Pedro de Macor?s. Presidential pre-candidate Jacinto Peynado insists that the voting there was rigged and that this is being sanctioned by official electoral observers. Each pre-candidate will send a representative to the investigating committee, and a re-election will …

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?Plan Presidencial Hip?lito?, the PRD?s internal campaign for the President’s re-election, will proceed by registering the President as a pre-candidate for the party’s presidential primary election. This announcement follows a noncommittal reply from Mej?a when questioned on the subject of his re-election earlier this week. Although reports indicate that Mej?a has not made any firm …

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The meteorological institute is forecasting more rainfall for Friday, following the heavy rains in the Capital and other areas of the country yesterday. The torrential downpour in Santo Domingo on Thursday afternoon disrupted traffic and caused heavy flooding in several main intersections of the city. This comes after several months of drought, with water reserves …

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In the latest development in the hospital disputes, doctors’ leaders have called for Social Security Minister William Jana to resign, while Health Ministry officials attribute the shortages in medical supplies to wasteful practices by medical staff. One of the doctors on strike at the Salvador Gautier Hospital, Fulgencio Severino, accused the minister of deliberately running …

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