2008 – Page 67

Dominican sailor Raul Aguayo was crowned champion at the Laser Regatta held in Boca Chica last week. The event was sponsored by the Dominican Sailing Federation and the Spanish Embassy and included some of the sport’s top sailors. Sebastian Mera and Guillermo Flaquer came in second and third place, respectively.

Not that he needs the money, but slugger Manny Ramirez could be raking even more green this upcoming season as suitors prepare their offers. Ramirez, coming off a career year, split between Boston and Los Angeles, has dispelled rumors that he is over the hill and has many teams wondering what they can do to …

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The World Series is under way and the Tampa Bay Rays have decided to make a series out of it. After losing the first game to the Philadelphia Phillies the Rays came out with a vengeance on Thursday, winning the game 4-2. B.J. Upton has continued his MVP post-season and Carlos Pena’s defense, as well …

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The Aguilas were able to get some revenge, or at the very least get the bad taste out of their mouths after their 21-6 thrashing by rival Licey. The Aguilas won last night’s game 14-7 and Mendy Lopez joined the ranks of the immortal after hitting his 50th homerun in the Dominican Winter League. Pitching …

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President Leonel Fernandez says that the country has definitely started on the road to modernization and that it is currently entering the transition phase towards a model of knowledge based on science, technology and the efforts of a new productive system. The President led last night’s inauguration of the Dominican Technology Fair “TECDO 2008” which …

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After many months of strife and an extended impasse with the Executive Branch and the Ministry of Public Health, the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) was able to work out an agreement with the Congress leadership yesterday. The agreement includes an increase in doctors’ salaries over the next two years. The agreement announced by the Congress …

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The vice-president of the Dominican Corporation of State-owned Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE), Radhames Segura, said yesterday that he expects that the energy crisis affecting the country to be solved with the possible entry of AES-Andres into service next week. The AES-Andres plant has been off-line for “technical problems”. The official told reporters from Diario Libre that …

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The new members of the Chamber of Accounts (CC), the government accounting office, have published the amounts of their salaries. In a certified letter sent to El Caribe, CC financial director Ana Maria Rivas Duran points out that because of the austerity directives issued by the President, members’ salaries will be RD$281,973.60 per month. To …

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The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, called the fact that there are so many betting parlors that promote gambling, “an outrage”. The minister, who is currently in Brussels, Belgium, was commenting on a report in Listin Diario that said that there were nearly six times the number of betting parlors as schools in the country, …

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The 48-hour protest that began on Tuesday in San Francisco de Macoris in demand for several public works projects was extended for a further 24 hours by a group of organizations belonging to the Alternative Social Forum (FSA). Two people were killed during the first two days of the protest. They were identified as the …

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