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The Instituto Nacional de Protección Ambiental (Inpra), an office of the Presidency of the Republic, confirmed that the Rosario Dominicana mine is contaminating the Cotuí area with its toxic residuals. El Siglo newspaper carries a report confirming that the Margajita and Mejita rivers in the province of Sánchez Ramírez are affected. The toxic waste treatment …

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Laura Faxas, Dominican ambassador for Paris-based UNESCO, announced that executives from the French Ministry of Culture and the French firm Pactarin will be in Santo Domingo 16-20 May to present their proposal for the development of cultural programs and colonial monument conservation programs. The program would facilitate loans to the indigent persons who live in …

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Hoy newspaper reported that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano would announce on 10 May if its extraordinary national convention to choose the party’s presidential candidate in the year 2000 election would be postponed. The convention is set for 16 May. Dr. Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, president of the organization, said that by then the technicians of the …

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Hoy newspaper reported that it is uncertain whether former President Joaquín Balaguer will be the presidential candidate of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano. According to a report, some party leaders feel that his running again will negatively affect his historical image, that of the country and that of the party. Others feel that Balaguer is …

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Dominique Bluhdorn, wife of PRD presidential candidacy hopeful, Hatuey DeCamps is expecting triplets. Dominique Bluhdorn is the daughter of the late former founder of Gulf & Western’s hotel operations in the DR Charles Bluhdorn who is regarded as the father of Dominican tourism. Mrs. Decamps is president of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Foundation. She …

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The Presidente Latin Music Festival will be staged 3, 4 and 5 June at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center gathering leading Latin music stars. So far reports are that the following Latin music stars will perform: Bachata: Raulín Rodríguez Spanish Rock: Grupo Maná Merengue: Los Toros Band, Fernando Villalona, Toño Rosario and Elvis Crespo …

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Spaniard Paul Dones and his group "Jarabe de Palo", of "La Flaca" and "Depende"-fame, will be performing at Casa de España 11 June.

Opera music lovers should go today to purchase their tickets at the National Theater for an extraordinary evening listening to Francisco Casanova, the Dominican who has substituted for Pavarotti and performed at the Carnegie Hall of New York City. He will be the star of a gala concert to commemorate the 74th anniversary of Club …

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Meeting yesterday with the representatives of various cruise lines that serve the Dominican Republic, the Executive Director of the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM), Francisco Javier Gracía, announced the immediate launch of a program to clean up the dock facilities in Santo Domingo and an environmental clean-up of the Ozama and Isabela Rivers emptying into the …

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During his visit to the Santiago area yesterday, President Leonel Fernández told reporters that he himself issued the order to the move the airport facilities at Herrera to a new one in Higüero, north of Santo Domingo near the city dump Duquesa. As such, he said, it is an irreversible decision. Yesterday a session of …

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