2004 – Page 171

Take your umbrella with you to vote on Sunday, 16 May, as the weather forecast for that day is for rain. The National Weather Department said the rains that have been falling in Santo Domingo since Wednesday will continue until Monday, 17 May. This precipitation is affecting most of the island, from Barahona to Puerto …

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While the Mejia administration has declared Monday, 17 May to be a holiday, it will be business as usual at DR1. Contrary to the normal DR1 Daily News practice of taking the same holidays as those celebrated in the DR, the news service will be published as usual on that date. For frequent updates on …

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The International Monetary Fund has suspended the disbursement of a US$62 million allotment that was to be received on 18 May. Diario Libre reports that the money could be released in June, however, pending final results of the review that IMF officials are conducting regarding the Dominican government?s compliance with the standby agreement requirements. Central …

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As of 24 May, Radio Disney will be broadcasting in the Dominican Republic, according to the Listin Diario. The Grupo Progreso says it purchased the franchise to operate the transmission from The Walt Disney Company Latin America. The programming will target younger audiences and will arrive on the airwaves in July. Joel Reyes Colon, the …

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The president of the Dominican College of Medics (CMD), Waldo Ariel Suero, suspended the work stoppage of its affiliates at the public hospitals and social security hospitals nationwide. Public hospitals were operating yesterday afternoon normally, after the CMD called the week-long strike off. The physicians had abandoned their posts in demand for wage increases and …

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President Hipolito Mejia extended the electoral national holiday until Monday (17 May) at 6 pm. The holiday officially begins at 12pm on Saturday and would have ended on Monday morning, but the President yesterday decided to extend it until the evening, saying that people need time to return from their journeys to vote in their …

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In the PRD?s closing campaign rally, President Hipolito Mejia told the nation that he is leading in the polls and would win in a first round, ?or in the second round.? Appealing to the affections for the memory of the late PRD party leader, Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, Mejia stirred the pride of PRD followers, …

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The Dominican Republic just forked out a multimillion-dollar expense to build the Santo Domingo Pan American Games facilities in August 2003. The DR is at present in a financial and economic crunch, but Sports Minister Cesar Cedeno yesterday announced the Mejia administration would go ahead with the undertaking of the national sports games to be …

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In the run-up to what could well be the most monitored Dominican election ever, Hoy newspaper reports today that approximately 8,000 national and international observers will monitor the 2004 Presidential election. Participacion Ciudadana has registered 6,513 Dominican observers, while the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has also accredited 210 foreign observers from the United States, the …

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The Organization of American States has requested access to the final results of the voting certificates of each of the polling stations. The OAS Electoral Observer Mission wants to perform a preliminary tally of the votes based on the electoral certificates, using a statistical sampling in order to project a nationwide result. These preliminary results …

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