1998 – Page 138

XII Panamerican Karate Championship opens 2 May in Santiago de los Caballeros. Karate athletes from 24 countries will participate in the sports event that opens on Saturday. Best athletes from the Americas will compete in the event that serves as training for the Central American Sports Games of this summer in Maracaibo, Venezuela and the …

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President Leonel Fernández will inaugurate Puerto Plata’s brand new multi-use sports pavilion that is part of the Gregorio Luperón sports center. The RD$63.8 million pavilion with capacity for 5,000 seated sports fans is part of the complex that also includes a soccer field, and another indoors multi-use facility. Construction of the sports center was begun …

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El Siglo reported that negotiations with the Caribbean Community that would lead to the signing of a free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic are stalled. Frederic Emam-Zadé, in charge of negotiations on behalf of the Dominican government, said that several of the islands demand preferential treatment. The Dominican Republic seeks trade reciprocity with the …

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Police Chief Anibal Sanz Jiminián said that it is most likely that the bullet that was fired at the glass window of the Supreme Court was a stray bullet fired by a drunk. He said that the Police, in coordination with the Armed Forces, will soon began an operation to disarm civilians. He said the …

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A gunshot perforated the glass of one of the windows of the office of Supreme Court Judge Julio Ibarra Ríos in the Supreme Court of Justice building located in the Centro de los Héroes. The bullet perforated the glass and several office divisions ironically ending up in the office of Colonel Angel Rosario Terrero, in …

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President Leonel Fernández announced on 28 April in Higüey, the capital of the La Altagracia province, that the government is at present negotiating a US$60 million loan from the World Bank that would be used to improve the infrastructure in the East. The President said that the money would be used to build a new …

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The Central Bank announced that as of 30 April a RD$5.00 coin will circulate, gradually replacing the present RD$5.00 bill. The Central Bank explained that the placing into circulation of the RD$5.00 coin follows a global trend. Coins are more durable, thus more economical in the long run, and are more hygienic. The RD$5.00 coin …

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The Federación Nacional de Transporte La Nueva Opción (Fenatrano) suspended the hunger strike whereby union members sought participation in the government programs being implemented to make more efficient, safe and modern public transport in Santo Domingo. The union groups owners of mini-buses that in the past were the principal transporters on the main avenues of …

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A report in the Listín Diario states that the Spanish contractors of the major repairs at present underway at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto expect works to be finished by 22 July. This would be in time for the semi-finals and finals of the Santo Domingo basketball championship, which is the second …

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Ministry of Labor announced that as per Law 139-97 of 19 June 1997, the national holiday of 1 May, International Labor Day, will be celebrated on Monday, 4 May. International Labor Day falls on a Friday. But employees in the Dominican Republic, with an exception of those that by the nature of their work are …

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