2008 – Page 78

Aside from flooding, this year’s rains have led to increased deterioration on the nation’s streets. Hoy reports that holes have been popping up on Santo Domingo’s streets at an alarming rate, due to the frequent rains. But what’s worse is that those very same rains have made it almost impossible for the Ministry of Public …

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Basketball great Alonzo “Zo” Mourning made a special visit to students at the Politecnico MIR Esperanza, in La Romana. Zo took a moment to speak to children at the school and explained that “basketball is what I now how to do best, but it requires a lot of practice and discipline. It’s a profession like …

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The Boston Red Sox are treading on thin ice against one-time perennial bottom dwellers Tampa Bay Rays. The vaunted Sox started off the series with a win in Tampa Bay on Friday. The Sox looked to talk their momentum into game two, on Saturday, but Tampa had plans of its own and took game two. …

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Dominican fashion week is here with the nation’s best designers putting their talents on display. This is the third year of Dominican Moda with designers Robert Flores, Gutierrez Marcano and Sully Bonnelly opening up festivities. The event will run through next Saturday with 35 scheduled events throughout the week. For a complete schedule, see www.dominicanamoda.com

Seems like the Dominican Republic will be spared the brunt of Tropical Storm Omar that is making its way from the southern Caribbean to cross Puerto Rico. The weather forecasts are for rains, but not with the intensity that would have happened if the storm had come closer to the DR. The forecast for the …

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The president of the Dominican Senate, Reynaldo Pared Perez and the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio Cesar Valentin, have agreed to invite the leaders of the Dominican Medical Association CMD) to discuss their demands on behalf of public hospital doctors. Pared Perez said that the meeting could take place this very week, as …

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