1998 – Page 13

The Dominican Republic will host the next summit of heads of state and government of the Association of Caribbean States. The meeting will be held in April 1999 with the attendance of chiefs of state from the region. The Ministry of Foreign Relations said that the hosting of the meeting here, a second time heads …

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Ryan Polanco of Aeromar and Carlos Chevalier of Air Atlantic have decided to join forces to jointly operate the Miami-Santo Domingo and New York-Santo Domingo routes. The strategic alliance will help them reduce operational costs, continue their expansion to other routes, and offer lower cost airfares, as well as improved on service on board their …

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The government will submit a loan agreement for more than US$154 million to Congress for the financing of the construction of the Itabo III, a power plant with capacity for generating 125 megawatts. The 15-year financing will be provided by the Banco Central Hispanoamericano de Espa?a. Construction of the power plant has been awarded to …

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Thousands of young fish were released into the Ozama River in an effort to control contamination of the important river of Santo Domingo. The river that had suffered from heavy pollution was cleaned by Hurricane George’s heavy rains. A private company, Camarones Dominicana, in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, released 30,000 fish into the …

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28-year old bank clerk Lourdes Mayeling Crisp?n Rosario was in the wrong place at the wrong time. At 2:30 am on Saturday, 12 December she was shot to death in a rare incident by a stray bullet fired by unknown bandits who reportedly had been denied access to the American Bar Fridays located at the …

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No one who attended the mega concert at Altos de Chav?n Saturday evening was disappointed. The concert was an usual return to stage of Juan Lu?s Guerra after four years of absence, and the appearance in one night of stars of the quality of Gloria Estefan and Shakira, Carlos Ponce, Carlos Vives, Jon Secada, Angela …

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Weekday games are held at 8 pm, weekend games are at 4 pm. This week’s baseball games are as follows: Monday, 14 December Aguilas Cibae?as vs. Escogido in Santo Domingo. Licey vs. Gigantes del Nordeste in San Francisco de Macor?s.Tuesday, 15 December Gigantes del Nordeste vs. Escogido in Santo Domingo. Tigres del Licey vs. Aguilas …

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Former President Joaquín Balaguer called upon his party followers to support La Altagracia province senator Amable Aristy Castro in his quest to become secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League. The former statesman’s support was contained in a letter read by his personal assistant Rafael Bello Andino at the event in Higüey where senator Aristy …

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Engineer Hamlet Hermann, head of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET), the organization responsible for restructuring the transport systems in the DR, said that the bus corridor that is planned to run from the Centro de los Héroes, up Máximo Gómez Avenue and to end in Villa Mella, north of Santo Domingo, will be in operation …

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A Dominican spaghetti, cracker and cookie manufacturer, Malla & Compañía has become the new partner of the state in the new Molinos del Ozama mill. Malla & Cía. won the tender for the 50% ownership of Molinos Dominicanos, the country’s largest mill and the smaller Molinos del Norte, also state owned. Malla will be the …

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