2003 – Page 293

Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado says he does not favor his party, the PRSC, allying with the ruling PRD in the 2004 presidential election. In the past, Peynado has ranked as the leading PRSC presidential candidate.  There has been recent speculation that the PRD would devise a pact with followers of a new PRSC contender, …

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El Caribe reports on a high number of child abuse cases being treated at the Robert Reid Children?s Hospital, the largest public children?s hospital in the country. Ninoska Isidor Ysmg, spokeswoman for the hospital?s Department for Protection of Children and Teenagers, called the situation alarming. She said that since the hospital began keeping statistics on …

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Forty-two graduate students of the agrochemical-engineering program at the Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA) in Santiago completed an intensive study of golf course maintenance. The Central Bank (Definpro) picked up the tab for the training that took place at the Playa Grande Golf Course on the North Coast. The Central Bank owns two golf courses, …

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Pilot Miguel Perez is recovering satisfactorily after performing a landing at sea on January 4. 32-year-old Freddy Medina, an airplane mechanic, died from injuries sustained in the emergency crash-landing. The two had taken off from Las Americas and were making their way to the Herrera airport, when the aircraft was forced from the skies into …

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Hoy newspaper?s page-two column hints that the equestrian events for the Pan American Games could be held in La Romana, where fine horseback riding facilities are already in place. The newspaper speculates that if the government invests another RD$15 million in the existing installations, La Romana could be ready in time for the upcoming Games …

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?guilas Cibae?as (3-2) assumed first place in the Dominican Baseball Championship Tournament with a 4 – 2 victory over Gigantes del Cibao (2-3) last night in Santiago. Alberto Castillo knocked in Miguel Tejada and Tony Batista in the sixth inning to break up a 2-2 tie. Hip?lito Pichardo pitched three perfect innings to gain the …

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DR1 will not be updated on Monday, 6 January, a holiday dedicated to children in the Dominican Republic. News from 30 December through 3 January has been compiled for this Friday, 3 January 2003 edition. Note that the Three Kings Day holiday is a long weekend for Dominicans. Most schools open again on Wednesday, 8 …

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Working into the late hours of 30 December, the Chamber of Deputies affirmed the US$600 million bond issue sought by the Mejia government to reduce its debts. The deputies did not read nor did they debate the document, which had first been approved by the Senate on 11 December.  Of 138 deputies present, 91 voted …

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The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rafaela Alburquerque, said that the National Budget for RD$83 billion will be reviewed as soon as the deputies return to work. She said the deputies? work sessions are closed until 27 February. However, the legislature ends on 12 January. As reported in El Caribe, the legal advisor to …

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The Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of the US$17.2 million loan to Ingetec Europa, a previously unknown Spanish company that has no past experience building signs or road protection barriers. The loan was approved at 3 am on Tuesday, 30 December, despite the staunch opposition of most PRSC and PLD legislators.  El Caribe newspaper, …

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