1998 – Page 155

Puerto Rican Mandy Gonz?lez won the first place in the GTS category of the Shell Pan American GT held 28/29 March at the Las Americas Speedway along Las Americas Highway on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The race marked the inaugural of the new track. Over 20 cars competed in the GT race. Competitors came …

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Some 61 Dominican baseball players are on the rosters of U.S. Major League teams, 40 of these regulars. The U.S. baseball season opened on 30 March. In the opening day, Henry Rodr?guez of the Chicago Cubs batted for a homer that resulted in three runs. Sammy Sosa connected a double and a single. Stanley Javier, …

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The European Union’s Lom? aid program will help finance the construction of a bridge over Masacre River on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the rehabilitation of the Port of Manzanillo, on the Northwest Coast of the DR, and the construction of a highway between the frontier cities of Cap Haitien in Haiti …

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The Department of Migration deported 14 Pakistan citizens that had entered the DR illegally from Haiti en route to the United States and Canada. The head of the mafia that organized the trips, was deported. Danilo D?az, director of Migration said that so far this year 63 foreigners, principally from Asia, have been deported for …

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The president of the Supreme Court of Justice evaluated 169 judges or lawyers that aspire to be judges during three consecutive days at the Centro de Eventos y Exposiciones last week. The interviewing was open to the general public and the evaluation was amply covered by the press. Judge Juan Sully Bonelly said that the …

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Dominican Pedro Mart?nez, the highest paid baseball player in the Major Leagues, and winner of the 1997 Cy Young pitching award, will open for the Boston Red Sox in that team’s first game at the start of the 1998 baseball season in the Untied States. This is Martinez’s first year with the Boston team.

In a press conference held in New York City, Heinz Vieluf, chief executive of the Cibao Meat company, one of the largest suppliers of meat products to ethnic markets in New York City, announced the company’s decision to discontinue its advertising support of El Show de Cristina, the popular Hispanic talk show. El Show de …

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U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright will travel to Haiti on Saturday, 4 April to meet with government officers prior to traveling on the same day to the Caribbean Community ministerial meeting scheduled for Trinidad & Tobago. A press note says that Albright will be in Haiti to express her support to the resolution of …

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The List?n Diario reported that President Leonel Fern?ndez has ordered the arrest of the organizers of the illegal boat trips. In a recent boat trip that capsized off the coast of La Romana, some 40 Dominicans drowned. The press reported that Inocencia Guzm?n, from Nagua, was arrested. In the past, despite the organizers of the …

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The List?n Diario reported that the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano and the Partido de la Liberaci?n Dominicana are trying to end what is described as the "reign" or "Indian chief" of the East. The president of the Senate, Amable Aristy Castro made newspaper headlines last year for alleged use of his political influence to appropriate government …

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