1998 – Page 18

The Northeast Giants beat the Licey Tigers 6-3 last night in Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Stadium on the strength of a four-run rally in the seventh inning. The loss put Licey back to 4-1/2 games behind the Cibao Eagles in the Winter Professional Baseball Tournament. Licey and the Giants will have a double-header today at Julian …

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Santo Domingo, the underdog, was chosen on Sunday, 6 December as the host city for the 2003 Pan American Games. Santo Domingo defeated the cities of Guadalajara, Mexico and Medellín, Colombia. Guadalajara had offered the most perks, but regional solidarity, primarily the vote of fellow Caribbean islands, resulted in the win of the Dominican capital …

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Judge Katia Jiménez reopens today the case against a group of former military suspect of the assassination of former journalist Orlando Martínez in 1975. Orlando Martínez had been critical of the Balaguer administration, but it is believed he was assassinated because he was about to cover in his column an issue that touched upon major …

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William Gray, of the Colorado State University, who failed to forecast the intensity of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, but has had some past success predicting hurricanes, has warned that the 1999 season could be just as bad. The Atlantic basin will see 14 tropical storms next year, nine of which will grow to hurricane …

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The Dominican press is focusing on the need to curb the increasing trend of untimely pregnancies and the spreading of AIDS among teenagers. School directors feel that incorporating sex education as a subject would have a positive effect. Physicians from major public hospitals say that 40% of mothers-to-be attending those centers are under 20 years …

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The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) chose Julio Maríñez, present secretary general, as their candidate to run again for the leading position in the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). The position is coveted because the secretary general has a lot of influence on the allotment of the 4% of the National Budget allotted to city governments. The …

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As of 1 January 1999, all state centralized and autonomous institutions will have to pay for power consumed, including the National Palace, said Engineer Radhamés Segura. The billing falls within the restructuring of the CDE as the state entity prepares to admit private partners seeking efficiency and capital for needed expansion. The government has budgeted …

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Constanza, one of the principal areas for the production of foodstuffs in the DR, is communicated by land as a consequence of the constant rains that have been falling in October and November, following Hurricane Georges. The president of the Asociación de Productores de Hortícolas de Constanza, Julio Trinidad said there are more 100 trucks …

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National League Most Valuable Player, record breaking Sammy Sosa will be received by US President Bill Clinton on 9 December at the White House. President Clinton had called Sosa when he broke Roger Maris’s record of 61 home runs last baseball season. "I am proud of being a Dominican and with the President of the …

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The heads of several important business groups called yesterday for the Fernández Government to lower the price of key combustibles. Issuing the call were Celso Marranzini, president of The National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP); Antonio Espín, former president of the Association of Industrial Firms of Herrera; Cesáreo Contreras, president of the Association of Ranchers …

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