2004 – Page 180

Hoy newspaper focuses on Hipolito Mejia campaign activities where public funds have been used to gain political support. ?If they do not vote for Hipolito Mejia that would be an error and treason to the virtue of gratefulness,? said Culture Minister Tony Raful, who the newspaper identifies as acting president of the PRD. Raful was …

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Former President Leonel Fernandez disputes the argument of governance made by supporters of President Hipolito Mejia, who stress that the PLD would not be able to govern as it will have only have one senator and 42 deputies. Since 2002, the ruling PRD party has controlled the Presidency and has majority in the Senate and …

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The Organization of American States (OAS) in a confidential report to the Central Electoral Board (JCE) recommends that the electoral court carry out new trials to develop contingency plans given the likelihood of power, computer system, main server, and data network and communications problems on election day, as reported in El Caribe newspaper. The OAS …

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Not to be missed are the shows in which the three leading contenders to be the next President of the Dominican Republic will be intervened by a panel of leading Dominican journalists, including newspaper editors, TV talk shows and investigative reporters. The schedule for the interviews is: Wednesday, 5 May, Eduardo Estrella (PRSC); Thursday, 6 …

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The three leading political parties announced the location and dates of their campaign closing events. The PRD will close its campaign on Wednesday, 12 May at the environs of the Francisco del Rosario Sanchez Bridge (Puente de la 17), over the Ozama River. On Thursday, 13 May, the PLD has chosen the same traditional site …

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Diario Libre publishes an advertisement today with a news story by controversial journalist Marino Zapete whereby he mentions that TV producer Julio Hazim received RD$4.2 billion and US$23 million loans from Baninter with no collateral whatsoever. The loans are part of the so-called ?Baninter hole,? caused primarily by lack of adequate government banking supervision. The …

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As the Central Electoral Board (JCE) enters the last fortnight of preparation for the 2004 presidential elections, one of the biggest tasks remaining is locating people who were ?misplaced? over the past few years. The newspaper El Caribe reported that this year?s election is looking at a possible 5,020,000 voters who will have 12,492 poling …

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During the frantic struggle to recoup voters, President Mejia offered a 30% pay raise to all of the government workers. As reported by Idonelia Perez Blanco for El Caribe, this will raise the monthly payroll of the Dominican government from RD$2.5 billion to RD$3.28 billion a month. And President Mejia told the American Chamber of …

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A coordinated effort to arouse public awareness as to the dangers of the piles of rock ash or fly ash deposited in Manzanillo and Samana took place on Saturday as hundreds of people took to the streets of these small communities to protest the presence of the waste product in their towns. The marches, according …

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El Caribe newspaper questions whether or not the Institute for Price Stabilization (INESPRE) is a needed appendage of the government or not. For the paper, the clients of the ?Houses of Horrors?, that is to say the supermarkets and corner stores of the country, are relieved to know that there are limits on the price …

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