1998 – Page 105

Sammy Sosa tied Rudy York’s 1937 record of the most home runs in a month in the Major Leagues when he batted his 18th homer in June on Wednesday, 24 June. This season he has batted 31 home runs. Sosa also established a new National League record of most homers in a month. Sosa is …

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Puerto Plata will host the Torneo Panamericano de Baloncesto Juvenil from 4-11 July. The modern sports palace inaugurated on 7 May by President Fernández will be the site of the event. Eight countries will come seeking the four slots to travel to the world games in Portugal, in July 1999. Dominican players will match players …

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The Dominican Republic made it to the finals of the World Baseball Championships scheduled for July in Italy. The Dominican team defeated Venezuela 6-2 in the game on Wednesday. Pitcher Pedro Ruiz was the hero of the game.

President Leonel Fernández inaugurated three Roman Catholic Churches in the city of Santo Domingo. The state built the churches at a cost of RD$15 million to tax payers. The churches are the San Ignacio de Antoquía in Hainamosa, San Maxiliamo Korbe in Los Frailes, and San Juan de Avila in Los Mameyes. Felix Bautista, director …

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Private builders feel the government should not construct luxury apartments. The president of the Asociación de Promotores y Constructores de Viviendas, José Rodríguez Cáceres told the Listín Diario that members of that builders’ association said there is a boom in the construction of luxury towers. Members of the association are building around 50 luxury towers …

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Construction works are advancing on the construction of new accesses to the Las Americas International Airport. Two bridges are being built so that traffic does not have to stop at the intersection with the airport. One overpass will be 700 meters long, the other 400 meters long. Several businesses and homes in the area need …

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The Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas, the government drug enforcement agency, closed down 90 betting shops in Santo Domingo and other cities. The owners are under investigation for money laundering. The administrator of the National Lottery, Taína Gautreau said that large illegal gambling stores are cover ups for criminal and money laundering activities. She …

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Dominican sectors are divided over whether it is in the better interest of the nation to reduce or not the price of gasoline and gasoil. The Fernández government is benefiting from a windfall of increased tax money due to the decline in the price of petroleum. Fuel is heavily taxed in the DR. The high …

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A Hamilton & Staff survey commissioned by Hoy newspaper showed that Vice President Jaime David Fernández Mirabal is the favored Partido de la Liberación Dominicana politician for the presidential candidacy of year 2000. President Leonel Fernández is the party’s leading politician, but he is constitutionally impaired from running for re-election in year 2000. Secretary of …

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Milagros Ortíz Bosch, re-elected senator for Santo Domingo, and the most popular political leader of that party, said that she plans to seek the presidential candidacy for her party in year 2000. "I believe I have had a good career in politics, with sufficient success, and there is no reason why I shouldn’t aspire," she …

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