President Hipolito Mejia finally made good on his promise of an apartment to Dominican athletes who won gold medals in the Pan American Games last August in Santo Domingo. The gold medalists have repeatedly demanded that the promise be kept. On Friday, 12 March, President Mejia authorized the director of the national assets department (Bienes Nacionales) to grant apartments in the Pan American Athletes’ Village to Juana Arrendel, Felix Sanchez, Luis Benitez, Gina Maria Ruiz, Heidi Rodriguez, Rubel Salomon, Juan Ubaldo Cabrera and Luis Lin Ju. Wanda Rijo, another gold medalist, had already received her apartment in the Villa Juana governmental housing complex. According to the Listin Diario, the volleyball team’s gold medalists would receive cash instead of apartments.