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Cruz Roja Dominicana will host the Red Cross’ Sixteenth Inter-American Conference at Boca Chica’s Coral Hamaca Resort June 1-4. The event brings together the 35 national societies in the Western Hemisphere, plus the International Red Cross directors and representatives of Red Cross societies in Belgium, France, Holland and Spain.

In the just released results of the Listin Diario-Sigma Dos poll in April of Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) faithful, former Agriculture Minister Hipólito Mejía is still showing a commanding lead of 67.9% among the five pre-candidates. Next is Suberví, whose margin has increased from his slump of 15.5% in February to 20.4%. Santo Domingo’s Senator, …

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Danilo Medina, a leading pre-candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) nomination in the year 2000 presidential elections, caused a stir in Santo Domingo over the weekend by saying that if he were to win his party’s nomination, he would be open to the idea of accepting a member of the PRSC as his running …

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Allegro Resorts, the owner of several resorts in the DR, and Aserca Airlines/Air Aruba, have signed an agreement to bring charter flights of Brazilians to Dominican vacations at Allegro hotels four times a week. The flights will leave Sao Paulo Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm, stopover in Caracas, and then delivered Brazilian …

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On Tuesday three key legislators added their voices to that of Senate President Ramón Alburquerque (PRD-Monte Plata), who Monday called for the closure of the state mining firm Rosario Dominicana. Senator Vicente Sánchez Baret, representing Sánchez Ramírez, the province where La Rosario operates, and the PRD spokesman in the Senate, said that the closure was …

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What started as a 48-hour strike on Monday and Tuesday has now been extended until the weekend. Two nurses’ unions the National Service Union of Dominican Nurses (UNASED) and the National Unions of Nursing Service (UNASE) has been extended to include the rest of the workweek. The nurses are demanding pay hikes. The strike affects …

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Yesterday the Senate unanimously approved the bill that would grant a state pension to retired Dominican sports stars. The bill now goes to the Chamber of Deputies, where it is expected to be approved as well. President Fernández has promised to sign the bill as soon as it lands on his desk. Originally proposed to …

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The Dominican Republic’s national selection men’s team soundly defeated Costa Rica’s 84-53 in the first round of play in the Sixteenth Central American and Caribbean Basketball Tournament ("Centro-basket 1999"). The Tournament is being held in La Havana, Cuba. The Dominican offense was led by Franklin Western and Ricky Greer with 20 and 15 points, respectively. …

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With its victory yesterday over Costa Rica, the Dominican men’s national selection team clinched a slot in the Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament to be held July in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Pre-Olympic Tournament determines which teams from the region will go to the year 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The President of the Dominican …

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The flurry of Dominican government anti-piracy enforcement activity over the past few months has evidently persuaded U.S. authorities to wait another year before taking trade measures to punish the DR for its poor protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Under a law known as Special 301, every year the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative …

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